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damn dem days were the best,…

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damn dem days were the best, 177st and morris.right acros the street from joseph h wade jhs117 mr.gilman mr.wasselman mr.downey did any body try to teach their kids how to play any of our old school games. i now live sd california the rapper big punisher is my cousin at time he was a baby.now in san diego are two differant friends from my block. this guy we called cookie aka james and his family now james is a sd policeman his brothers are darryl and boo-boo little sister aka yugi is rhonda.i lost touch with some others i ran into like lil lucy dejesus who is a liutetant in the army .lost touch with virginia delos santos and i want to find SELINA WHITE OR WHITEHEAD AKA *SUTTIE* SHE IS AFRO AMER. WITH LONG PRETTY HAIR NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE IT WAS HER OWN. SHE AND I WOULD GO TAGGING OUR NAMES EVERY WHERE>SUTTIE AND ANGIE DO OR DIE SUICIDE .LOL WISH TO SEE HER AGAIN.THEN THERE WAS ALFREDO CRESPO I JUST KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE MY HUSBAND NOT! HIS BROTHERS JOSE AND MARCELINO.AND IN APT 4F ERROL AND HIS MOTHER CARMEN SHE IS THE REASON I NAMED MY LITTLE BROTHER BOOBIE BECAUSE THAT WAS HER CAT’S NAME AND I LIKED IT . BOOBIE IS NOW THE BOXER YES 7 FIGHTS 5 BY KNOCKOUT REAL NAME ALLEN CONYERS I LIKE THEM TO SEE HIM. HE WAS A BABY BACK THEN,SEE HIM AT FIGHTNEWS.COM UNDER ALAN CONYERS/YOUNG FIGHT.HE STILL LIVES IN THE BRONX AND TRAINS ALL OVER THE WORLD HIS BUDDY MCGIRT. HOPE SOMEONE COULD FIND OR MAYBE KNOWS SOMEONE THAT I DO COULD CONTACT ME. please nyboriquamorena [at] yahoo [dot] com thanks lots adios.

damn dem days were the best,…

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damn dem days were the best, 177st and morris.right acros the street from joseph h wade jhs117 mr.gilman mr.wasselman mr.downey did any body try to teach their kids how to play any of our old school games. i now live sd california the rapper big punisher is my cousin at time he was a baby.now in san diego are two differant friends from my block. this guy we called cookie aka james and his family now james is a sd policeman his brothers are darryl and boo-boo little sister aka yugi is rhonda.i lost touch with some others i ran into like lil lucy dejesus who is a liutetant in the army .lost touch with virginia delos santos and i want to find SELINA WHITE OR WHITEHEAD AKA *SUTTIE* SHE IS AFRO AMER. WITH LONG PRETTY HAIR NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE IT WAS HER OWN. SHE AND I WOULD GO TAGGING OUR NAMES EVERY WHERE>SUTTIE AND ANGIE DO OR DIE SUICIDE .LOL WISH TO SEE HER AGAIN.THEN THERE WAS ALFREDO CRESPO I JUST KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE MY HUSBAND NOT! HIS BROTHERS JOSE AND MARCELINO.AND IN APT 4F ERROL AND HIS MOTHER CARMEN SHE IS THE REASON I NAMED MY LITTLE BROTHER BOOBIE BECAUSE THAT WAS HER CAT’S NAME AND I LIKED IT . BOOBIE IS NOW THE BOXER YES 7 FIGHTS 5 BY KNOCKOUT REAL NAME ALLEN CONYERS I LIKE THEM TO SEE HIM. HE WAS A BABY BACK THEN,SEE HIM AT FIGHTNEWS.COM UNDER ALAN CONYERS/YOUNG FIGHT.HE STILL LIVES IN THE BRONX AND TRAINS ALL OVER THE WORLD HIS BUDDY MCGIRT. HOPE SOMEONE COULD FIND OR MAYBE KNOWS SOMEONE THAT I DO COULD CONTACT ME. please nyboriquamorena [at] yahoo [dot] com thanks lots adios.

First stopped by this site…

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First stopped by this site some three years ago. (Check out the jpeg link in the archives section of the old board we played on in the Bronx). Nice to catch up on all the new messages, seeing people from all parts posting about the game and how they share the message of skully with the next generation. Especially enjoyed the posts by Mark D. who’s incorporating the game into a discussion on science and John W.’s last paragraph perfectly sums it up of days-gone-by. Oh, and thanks Hugh for the rule sheet!

Hi my name is Tony…

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Hi my name is Tony (Figgy to all in the bronx) 174th street and washington ave.was my home base I went to ps 58 1955-1958 JHS 118 1958-1962 Bronx voc,HS 1962-1966 Grad, does any body out remember me

I remember the 60’s back…

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I remember the 60’s back in the claremont project in the bronx every kid had a pocket bulge(spalding). we climb on old factory rooftops or the freight tracks and find balls that some seemed to be as old as fifty yrs. being poor I remember taking them home and boilng them in hot water to try to return a bounce to them. It worked but nothing like a spankin new spalding.

I grew up playing in St….

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I grew up playing in St. Mary’s Park on St. Ann’s Avenue. There was a high hill right at the front of the park. The lucky ones got to be the Indians who ran down the hill and attacked the “settlers” at the bottom. Nobody wanted to be a settler. Everybody wanted to run. They used to show movies from a truck at the back of the park in the summertime. People would bring out their Sunday papers and sit on them watching the movies. Can’t remember what the movies were. We were too busy running around. During the summer there was aman who used to bring around a pony and children whose parents could afford it would have their pictures taken on the pony. I never had my picture taken but that’s okay. My uncle Jimmy had a camera and he used to take our pictures up on the roof. I think his camera needed a lot of sunlight. All our pictures show us squinting at the camera and trying to smile. Wow, how I am going on. Anyone remember St. Mary’s Park?

Thanks to Richard Ostrowski…

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Thanks to Richard Ostrowski for the info on “roundup”!! That used to be one of our favorite street games and I couldn’t remember the rules because it was so similar to ringolevio. Brings back a lot of good memories. And to Tony and Fran, I definitely remember “Run, Catch and Kiss”! We’d play with all the neighborhood cuties and it was a ton of fun, unless you catch or get caught by your friend’s “big” sister! Yes, I remember having to make believe I fell to avoid catching “Big Wanda”!!! I tell my kids about all of our old games from the Bronx and they don’t believe any of it!!! I tell them they don’t know how to have fun. This was all before pc’s, cell phones, and x-box/playstation 2 were even being thought of. Poor kids!

On Stratford Avenue in the…

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On Stratford Avenue in the Bronx, this was a neighborhood favorite. But it was basically an all day affair because, we’d hide on the roofs, in backyards, everywhere! We just couldn’t go to one of the neighboring blocks to hide. We’d be running up and down buildings, streets, and alleys, ALL DAY LONG, jumping on cars to free our friends. Man, I wish I was a kid again! I don’t know how we did it but it was too much fun. I saw another post mention “Roundup” and this too was one of our games. It was a variation of ringolevio but also a lot of fun. Anyone have any info on “roundup”?

Growing up on the same Bronx…

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Growing up on the same Bronx block for 21 years, we called the game “slugs” although i do recall the other names (ace, king, queen and chinese handball). It was one of the most popular games on the block. As a kid, I’d watch the older guys play with awe and once I started playing, i loved it. Expecially after learning to “cut” the ball, which would fool the hell out of an opponent, unless he had a nastier cut than you. Then there were all the other “rules” we’d throw in like “waterfalls”, “baby waterfalls”, “hindus”, etc. I’m just mad that I can’t remember what all of these mean or how they were used in the game! I remember how the whole neighborhood would get into the game and we’d play for hours, with sometimes 8-10 players at a time. Then it was on to skelsies, johnny on the pony, or ringolevio. Ah, the good ole days.