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I was born and raise in…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 16, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 16, 2019
Original author: valentinos [e-mail]
 

I was born and raise in Brooklyn, in the Fort Greene Projects 1953, we called it “Hot Peas and Butter. Same rules except when the person who hid the belt called everybody to find the belt they would yell. “Hot peas and butter, come and get your super,your mother is in the gutter eating peanut butter”. Everyone would come running towards the area the belt was hidden. and as we looked for it the person who hid the belt would say your cold, (meaning your not near the belt)or you would say real real cold, but the minute the guy said your hot or real hot, the guys would go crazy looking for the belt, then you started o p paying attention because you knew somebody was going to find the belt soon and start whipping somebody or hey maybe you. it was a lil dangerous because there were some older guys in our crowd, although they would never hit us hard with the belt we saw what they did to the older ones. and we weren’t taking any chances. It was boss.

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Games | Tagged "Hide the Belt", "The Projects"

Deadbox! I have the dirties…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 16, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
Original author: Chrissy [e-mail]
 

Deadbox! I have the dirties elbows in South Philly. Would anyone know where I can get a t-shirt with the game imprinted on it? I saw this once in a magazine and don’t remember where. Can you help me? Thanks, Chrissy

Posted in Locales, Philadelphia, Skully | Tagged deadbox, South Philadelphia

Deadbox – Wow! I had the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 16, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
Original author: Chrissy Lord [e-mail]
 

Deadbox – Wow! I had the dirtiest elbows in South Philly! I would love to get a t-shirt with the deadbox game imprinted on it. I once saw this t-shirt in a magazine and don’t remember where! Can anybody help me? Thanks, Chrissy

Posted in Locales, Philadelphia, Skully | Tagged deadbox, South Philadelphia

I grew up in Greenpoint,Brooklyn…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 9, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
Original author: Drew Thomas
 

I grew up in Greenpoint,Brooklyn and I used to use the red milk caps and put a penny into it for some weight before melting the crayons into it and then skuff the bottom of the cap so it would glide beter.

Posted in Brooklyn, Skully | Tagged crayons, I grew up...

hey I’m a girl…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 8, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 16, 2019
Original author: valentinosmusic@aol [e-mail]
 

hey I’m a girl born and raised in Brooklyn- the Fort Greene Projects and i loved that game we called it crack top too. And i was good till to day, married with two kids. i had a BBQ this Aug 2002 and it so happens that i had seen in a book that i get in the mail. they had the tops and i bought 4 dozen when i got them though they were the bigger ones, i like the smaller one they go faster and humm better. anyway one of the guys i sing with was there and i said hey Gilbert look what i got. So he took one and started playing, then of course i started before i knew it there were about eight people playing, even Gilberts mom whose 76 and my uncle both born and raise in Puerto Rico were spining a top. My brother whose about 13 years younger than me tried but he sucked at it. we would run when he tried. we were all playing in the streets by then. A cop car pass by and i thought they were going to say something but they didn’t. But the best spinner there was Gilbert, man he made that top humm so loud you could hear from a couple of feet. That was the best time i had in a long time. it was great. The only bad thing was the string it came with they were too short and too weak. we had to tie two strings together to get good spins. I still have about three dozens. Next i want to play skellys.

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Games, Skully | Tagged "The Projects", costy (the game)

Well guess what it isn’t…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 8, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 16, 2019
Original author: valentinosmusic@aol [e-mail]
 

Well guess what it isn’t just N.J., Bronx, or Queens, because we played it in Brooklyn too. I was raised in the Fort Greene Projects around the 50’s and man i grew up with a big crowd of kids. we would spend all day playing all kind of games, and kick the can was one of them. No lie we had over fifty kids and you can imagine how pisst off the kid who was it was, when somebody would kick the can and about thirty of us would be free. ahhh it was priceless.

Posted in Bronx, Brooklyn, Other Games, Queens | Tagged "The Projects", I grew up..., kick the can

Hello stick-ball players…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 6, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Tony Mirkin [e-mail]
 

Hello stick-ball players of the world. I used to play on 139th Street in Manhattan between Hamilton Place and Amsterdam Avenue. And this was in the late 40’s!!!. Aurelio Casiano (Cuchi), Paul Fondulas, Skippy Scibilo, Vicky Rodriguez, “Ginza” (Sorry I can’t recall the name)and Andre Ognibene and many others played this great game. Later on 141 Street between Riverside Drive and Broadway in the 50s I also continued the game. I shall never forget it. Keep playing and keep enjoying.Regards from London folks.

Posted in Manhattan, Stickball

Kick the can is not just…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 6, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
Original author: Denise [e-mail]
 

Kick the can is not just a N.J. game. I live in Queens N.Y.(all my life)& I have the kids here on the block playing it all the time. The only thing different these days is we use a liter bottle 1/4 filled w/dirt & rocks. It’s a little easier to get out from under the cars. There wasnt so many when I was younger.Kids have a good old time away from the TV & video games if we just take the time to teach them how.

Posted in Other Games, Queens | Tagged kick the can

I wrote a book of short…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 5, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: johnfigueroa
 

I wrote a book of short storeis about those days in the 40s and fifties in manhattan..out of print now, but called Antonio’s World…it was about raising pigeons, kite-flying and the jibaros who came from P>R….a nice reminisce for me on 105th. and Madison/5th. ave. Johnnyboy

Posted in Manhattan, Toys | Tagged Kites

one kid would hide a belt,while…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 4, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
Original author: john lyons
 

one kid would hide a belt,while the other kids looked away the hider would yell ready ,and we,d surch for it. the guy that found it would start wipping at the otherkids!and he would get to hide the belt. rough game kids was rougher in them days. johnny krimpet south philly

Posted in Locales, Other Games, Philadelphia | Tagged "Hide the Belt", South Philadelphia

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