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growing up in the Bronx…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 4, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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growing up in the Bronx in the 1930’s i vividly remember playing the game of this chat group. I don’t recall what we called it, but i do remember that you would try to pile on top of the weakest link so as to cave in the group. it was a lot of fun and as one has remarked, i don’t recall any injuries other than hurt pride. also, only the boys would play this, no girls were involved, as it was probably too undignified for them plus the danger.

Posted in Bronx, Johnny on the Pony, Other Games

In Philly we called it Deadbox….

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 28, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
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In Philly we called it Deadbox. Didn’t have the #13 in the middle, but it sounds like the same game.

Posted in Philadelphia, Skully | Tagged deadbox

I used to make my skelly…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 27, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
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I used to make my skelly caps while I was doing my homework. I had a gooseneck lamp on my desk. I’d break up the crayons, crumble them into the bottle cap, poise it all under the bulb of the lamp (close, but not too close), and in the time it took to figure out a math problem the cap was done – looking good!

Posted in Skully | Tagged crayons

I grew up on the lower east…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 27, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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I grew up on the lower east side of Manhattan in the late 50’s early 60’s. I am sure we called the game SKELLZIE. Our day would start off with a visit to the A&P on Bleecker and Leroy st. There we would, err……… borrow a cap from a Prell shampoo bottle, (it was plastic and tappered from top to bottom). It held lots of wax and your favorite, lucky penny. We would then go to the public park on Carmine street and play the game. The guy that worked for the parks deptartment, Rocky, was good enough to paint a Skellzie board on the ground for us. As I can remember, Rocky was a great guy always willing to do things for the kids in the neighborhood. I can’t remember the size of the board, although I’m sure what seemed very large back then probably wasn’t so. I don’t think the board could have been much more than 5’X 9′. When we tired of playing the game we would play Buck-Buck, Box Ball, Stoop Ball, and maybe if it was hot enough go for a swim in the Hudson. Things have certainly changed in 40 years, oh well! Any way, looking forward to seeing the final version of the Skellzie board. Keep the faith. Mike

Posted in Boxball, Johnny on the Pony, Locales, Manhattan, Other Spaldeen games, Skully, Stoopball | Tagged I grew up..., Lower East Side

Do they flip them or play…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 27, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 13, 2014
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Do they flip them or play any of the other card games we grew up with or are they just for trading? For $10.00 a pack, I’d immediately wrap them in plastic, store them out of th light and never touch!

Posted in Other Games, Street Lifestyle | Tagged collecting stuff

I overheard a conversation…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 26, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 13, 2014
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I overheard a conversation between my son and his friends about their Pokemon cards. My son had just got a very valuable card “Charizard,” a holigraphic card. His older friends (9 year olds) were shocked. “You got Charizard? How much did you have to pay for it?” At first he said “I don’t know,” then he said “oh yeah 10 bucks,” which is actually not so far off for the pack of ten. They as surprised at how cheap it was as we were realizing how expensive this could be. All the boys then proceeded to beg him to trade. He didn’t at first, but finally the temptation overwhelmed him and he relented to a deal. The other boy quickly called “No tradebacks.” As the details of the transaction spread around the block, the children concluded that the older boy had taken advantage of my son and the pressure began. “You should give him back the card,” they sai “I called no tradebacks.” “We’re not going to play with you anymore. We won’t even talk to you.” Evil potions were concocted made of soap, grass and leaves. The pressure was on. At first JJ claimed he had lost the card, but finally relented and the cards were re-exchanged. Everthing was back to how it had been and order was restored in the universe for the young children on the block.

Posted in Johnny on the Pony, Other Games, Street Lifestyle | Tagged collecting stuff

Hello all, Welcome…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 24, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 13, 2014
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Hello all, Welcome to the exploding world of skully! My first draft of the Official Skully Rules are now available in .PDF format only (too tired to do a decent HTML treatment right now): http://www.westnet.com/~hmcnally/skully/skullyrules.pdf To read this document, you’ll need the popular Adobe Acrobat Reader, available at: http://www.adobe.com/ (just look for the yellow “Get Acrobat Reader” button on Adobe’s home page). I’m sure there’s mistakes, and maybe stuff you disagree with, but it’s a start! Let me know how you like it!

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Great site. Bringing back…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 21, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 13, 2014
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Great site. Bringing back alot of great memories. I’ve spoken to my brother to work on our rendition of the “skelzee” board as I called it. I do remember that we used mostly street tar to fill our caps. Then we would spend alot of time rubbing both sides of the cap against a rough sidewalk to perfect the “glide”. Can’t wait to see the layout. So I can teach my son. Since I live upstate, looks like I’ll be teaching the whole town. Hey, by the way, I just got some cool spaldines and turned my 8yr old son onto off the point, he loved it. I’m working on the bat next!

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I’ve read through some responses,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 21, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 13, 2014
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I’ve read through some responses, they’re great…brings back alot of memories. In South Brooklyn, we must have been poorer or somethin’ ’cause we used the street tar for cap fillers and rubbed the cap down (both sides) on the sidewalk, preferably a rough one, to get them smooth as silk so they could glide across the court. Anyone else remember that?

Posted in Brooklyn, Skully

Chinese Handball. …

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 20, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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Chinese Handball. We played against the wall of Pete`s Candy Store in Rosedale, Queens. During the late 50`s through the 1960`s Pete`s Candy Store was our handball court of choice. Of course we played Aces,or “A-s“ up … 🙂 … and we usually used a (spelled as it is pronounced) Spaldeene. The spaldeen really did hurt, sometimes leaving a welt. Yeah, some of the guys really threw hard, but fortunately their was only one loser in a group of up to 12 or more of us. Unfortunately, all the guys got to throw at the losers butt. 😉 If you were one of the, probably over 30 to forty players their at the time, I would sure like to see you here. My nick name at the time was, Rosie, Bloom, or worse. ;-a

Posted in Ace King Queen, Food & Drink, Other Games, Queens | Tagged candy store, Chinese handball, running around

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