Category Archives: Brooklyn
To ‘anonymous’….. I thought…
The “pinky” ruled at Brigham…
Pennsy Pinkies were introduced…
Pennsy Pinkies were introduced during my childhood, in the sixties, so it’s clear that kids from the fifties and earlier would not know them. I remember how excited I was when I was told that there were these great new balls that were better than spaldeens. They did have the Pennsylvania keystone symbol on them. “Hindu” was the do-over term specifically for when the ball took a really bad bounce because of a rock or something on the ground. I found out the derivation of the term when a kid from out of town, during a handball game in the schoolyard, called “hinder” when the ball hit a rock on the court. That told me that the word referred to a hindrance on the playing field.
Today I tought some of the…
Today I tought some of the niegborhood kids how to play skelzee (that was what we called it where i grew up in the early `80s downtown Brooklyn) anyway i was amazed that they never heard of the game before and not suprised at how much thet enjoyed playing it. 3 hours later thier still out there