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Does anyone out there remember…
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Does anyone out there remember all the steps involved in a game called “Russian”???? We used to play it in Queens in the mid-60’s…..involves a “pinky” thrown again an apt.wall while doing a bunch of things in numerical order…. Also, I remember Chinese Handball too (and Saludgee…sp?)- also, in Queens in the mid-60’s played on the street against apt.retention walls….
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I think that Fred (Wednesday,…
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I think that Fred (Wednesday, December 22, 1999) is right. I grew up in Brooklyn and we always called it a “sliding pon”. I think that what’s happened is that when some of us reached adulthood and tried to make some sense of this phrase to non New Yorkers we assumed that it must have really been a “sliding pond” and that we were just mis-remembering. In fact, I’m convinced that it was “sliding pon” which is a corruption of another term for that piece of playground apparatus. Maybe some posters will suggest what that term might be.
i grewup in queens rochdale…
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i grewup in queens rochdale village i remember many friday and sat.nites going downtown to the fillmoure east and seeing some of the best music of our times at the late show ill allso never forget comming home at 4 or 5;00 in the morning and waiting for the bus at parsons blvd.and having the best pizza i ever had.these were the best days of my life and i woulding change them for anything.i just want to thank all my freinds for making this possible.love wayne
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I played Skully in Bensonhurst,…
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I played Skully in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY in the late 50’s and and early 60’s almost every summer day. I lived on 70th Street between 17th and 18th Aves. I recall A friend of mine Dennis, carving a court in the street with a large screwdriver and then painting in the grooves with white paint. That court lasted until they redid the street in the late 1970’s. Great times and games !!
I grew up in Flatbush during…
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I grew up in Flatbush during the sixties ans early 70’s, and hung out on East 17th Street, between Foster & Newkirk. Anyone out their remember the great stick ball games played? We also engraved a Skelly court into the tar one hot summer day. It stayed their for quite some time. During the day, Harry the ice cream man would come by, and we would take a break to grab one of our favorites. Those were the good old days. I now live in NJ, and no one hear has heard of the game Skelly.
IN THE EARLY 50’S WE PLAYED…
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IN THE EARLY 50’S WE PLAYED STICKBALL AT BORO HALL IN THE BRONX, JUST OFF TREMONT AND THIRD AVES. I WAS CALLED RED… PLAYED WITH BLACKY, EDDIE LITTLE, KING LOUIE, FATS AND SEVERAL MORE WHO’S NAMES I CAN NOT RECALL. WE WERE CALLED THE CBC’S, BOUGHT JACKETS, HAD AN OLD LINCOLN AND TRAVELED AROUND PLAYING ANYONE FOR MONEY WE COULD FIND. WE WERE GOOD, MADE MORE MONEY ON A WEEKEND THAN OUR FATHERS MADE ALL WEEK. PLAYED FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT. WE USE TO CLIMB UP THE FIRE ESCAPES TO GET INTO THE BORO HALL IN ORDER TO GET TO THE ROOF TO RETRIVE OUR BALLS. DAYS OF OLD.. DAYS WE WILL NEVER FORGET…ANYBODY STILL AROUND FROM THOSE DAYS??