Category Archives: Other Games
From 1951-1964 I lived in…
how about “Johnnie on the…
this game was almost universal….
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this game was almost universal. i think it was for kids who had outgrown skelly. basically it involved throwing heels at lines on sidewalk boxes versus other players. now that i think about it, heels had lots of the feel of shuffleboard with tossed of slid heels. the rules – now mostly forgotten by me – could get quite complicated. things like heavy heel with tacks embedded in the bottom for sliding, ladies’ high heel heels to avoid being hit, giant heels to avoid being covered, and all kinds of variations. we would be trying to get all kinds of heels from shoemakers – without paying of course. i’m sure others can supply lots more than i have. as i said, it was so universal in our turf that i had no idea until college how local it was.
Yippee. Others who remember…
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Yippee. Others who remember skully. I thought it was skully. Try telling people in Florida about skully. They think I am nuts. We had fun with our creatively designed bottle caps. We played in Brooklyn, in the playground of our projects — which was the Harry Silver’s Butcher’s Coop. I kind of remember the layout, with the border around the center square, but it would be nice if someone knew exactly how it was set up and how to play. I’d like to bring back some fun times.
Capture the Flag was always…
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Capture the Flag was always a favorite. We had two teams that were responsible for defending their own flag while trying to capture their opponents flag at the same time. The game was played thru the whole neighborhood so we were running thru everyones backyards causing all kinds of destruction. Long Island NY in the 1960s-70s.
I played Skelly as a kid…
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I played Skelly as a kid on Long Island NY around 1966-68. I remember that my brother and I would fight for the top to the Skippy peanut butter because it was so heavy and was great for making it all the way across the board from 1 to 2. I think the loser always got the top to the jelly jar which wasnt nearly as heavy. We would play with 6-7 other neighborhood kids in the middle of the street and every now and then a car would run over your top. (ouch) The board was about as wide as the street and was numbered from 1 to 13. You had to “skip” your top across the board and go from box to box. First one to 13 was the winner. Opponents could use their top to knock you out of the box and off the board if they were close enough to you. (another good reason to have the Skippy top) There was some kind of border around 13 in the center of the board but I dont remember what that was for. It might have been a penalty area if you landed inside it.