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In Washington Heights (181st…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on August 14, 2006 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 3, 2020
Original author: Les Millett
 

In Washington Heights (181st Street)in the late 50’s/early 60’s, you could get both – Spaldeens were harder and cost 25 cents, while the Pennsie Pinky was only 15 cents and a lot softer and smoother. We preferred the Spaldeen for stickball and the Pinkie for punch ball. When they went “dead” and lost their bounce, the game was to “roof” the ball by throwing it onto the roof of a 6 story apartment building. Sid’s candy store on 181st street was the only place in the neighborhood that let you check all of the Spaldeens and Pinkies by giving them the “bounce test” before buying – holding a ball at about chest height and letting it go to see how high up it would bounce. I broke Mrs. Morrison’s living room window with a Spaldeen and hit the super of the building across the street with a Pennsie Pinkie!

Posted in Brooklyn, Food & Drink, Manhattan, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball, Stickball | Tagged candy store, Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types, Washington Heights

As a kid my big thing was…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 4, 2006 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 9, 2019
Original author: jzero [e-mail]
 

As a kid my big thing was horror. I drew horror comics, hung horror posters in my room, and collected an impressive assortment of horror related toys. I made my own super-8 movies about axe murderers, the dead coming back to life and aliens in miniature spaceships who could render you horribly deformed with a blast of their ray guns. My notebooks were filled with drawings of freaks, multi-limbed oddities and all sorts of straight-jacketed loonies. I wasn’t just a ghoulish kid, mind you – as this was juxtoposed against my other interests of a more joyful nature such as The Beatles, The Marx Bros, super heros and the like. But if I spotted anything creepy or strange in my neighborhood candy and magazine store, my eyes would instantly light up and I would start digging in my pockets to see if I could afford it. An old after school haunt of mine was a small candy shop in Queens Village known only as “Helen’s”. I used to go there to get my “Wacky Packages” bubble gum cards. It was run by a cantankerous old woman who was suspicious of just about any kid she didn’t know who would wander in for an egg cream or a comic book. Even though I had been there hundreds of times I was usually rushed to make my purchase and get out, along with the rest of them – but she always had these dusty old model kits in the back of her store which I’d always gravitate to. The old Universal Monsters of yesteryear were Gods in my eyes… and I eagerly assembled and painted my horror model kits with the care and detail of a fine surgeon. I had ’em all… Frankenstein, The Werewolf, The Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Godzilla and King Kong. These kits came with alternate glow in the dark heads and hands… which I always thought was pretty damn cool. I also collected the lesser known, but even more intriguing Aurora Monster Scenes kits which included Doctor Deadly, The Hanging Cage, The Pendulum and the beautiful Vampirella, also with interchangable arms and legs. Also available was “the victim”, a plastic model kit of a scantly clad woman in hot pants and a torn blouse, that I’d assumed, was intended for the hanging cage. Today, of course, in our politically correct environment – you’d NEVER see toys like this again! One of Queens Village’s best kept secrets was the basement of Stevens department store on Hillside Avenue (now long gone) where, similiar to Helen’s, also seemed to have it’s share of creepy, long forgotten toys. Sort of the land of Misfit toys, I’d say! It was there my older brother bought me one of the creepiest toys I still own today – a ventriloquist doll made by the old Juro company, famous for it’s Jerry Mahoney knock-offs. With his unblinking stare and wearing his dapper little red suit – he was the sort of toy you couldn’t tear your eyes from – yet he was petrifying. It was the same sort of ventriloquist dummy you’d see coming to life in those old, black n’ white Twilight Zone episodes. He must’ve felt right at home sitting up there on my shelf, alongside my other toys of horror. Alas, the great monsters of yesterday have all but dissappeared. Even a trip to Universal Studios last summer left me gravely dissapointed (excuse the pun!) as the store where I had previously bought my wolfman head drinking cup, my animated battery-operated Frankenstein and my Dracula doll – was sadly monster deprived. The nearest thing to a ghoul were their plush mummy figures from the recent Brendan Fraser movies – almost as cute and cuddly as their Shrek dolls. Not the same thing, I’m afraid. Today, these horror model kits sell for big bucks on eBay, and those old ventriloquist dummies can fetch anything up to $300-500 bucks a piece. During my earliest introduction to the internet auction scene I ended up being reunited with many of my childhood “friends” once again – and more recently I was thrilled to meet and talk to some other ghoulish icons from my past at the Big Apple Comic Con this April, the alluring Elvira – Mistress of the Dark, and George Romero, the legendary director of “Night Of The Living Dead”. I was in monster heaven. Once a ghoul enthusiast, always a ghoul enthusiast.

Posted in Ace King Queen, Food & Drink, Johnny on the Pony, Locales, Queens, Toys | Tagged egg cream, Queens Village, Summer

I said a piece a plum a…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 31, 2006 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: kierra
 

I said a piece a plum a piece of bubble gum n mo piece no plum no piece of bubble gum I like cofee I like cream I like a color and like me so step back white boy you dont shine ima get black boyfriend to beat your behind last night the night before I met my boyfriend at the candy store he bought me ice cream he bought me cake he bought me home with a stomach ache i said mama mama im so sick call the doctor quick quick quick doctor doctor will I die he said count to 5 and youll be alive 12345 im alive see that house on tom of that hill thats where me and my boyfriend live cook that chicken burn that rice come on baby lets shoot some dice that how me and my cousins do it

Posted in Food & Drink, Girl games | Tagged candy store, songs

I LOVE COFFEE I love…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 26, 2006 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Azizi Powell (azizi) [e-mail]
 

I LOVE COFFEE I love coffee I love tea I love {boy’s name} and he loves me [or] I love the boys and they love me [or] I love a Black boy and he loves me so step back White boy you don’t shine I’mma get a Black boy to beat your behind **** [the rest of this handclap rhyme then goes] I met my boyfriend at the candy store. He bought me ice-cream, he bought me cake, he brought me home with a belly-ache. Mamma, Mamma, I feel sick. Call the doctor – quick, quick, quick. Doctor, Doctor, will I die? Count to five and you’ll be alive. 1-2-3-4-5. I’m alive. **** [I’m posting this especially for Anonymous on Tuesday, September 19, 2000 – 12:47 pm who said ” I came to this site, hoping to find the first line to a verse — someone typed it here, but the first line is still missing”… These are some first lines for that rhyme. The last example is the way I’ve heard it most often in Pittsburgh, PA in late 1980s and now; I’ve seen that version on other websites too].

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Food & Drink, Girl games | Tagged candy store

Here’s another version of…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 11, 2006 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Azizi Powell (azizi) [e-mail]
 

Here’s another version of Down Down Baby {also known as Shimmy Shimmy Co Co Pa}. This one comes from Tanya who lives near Atlanta, Ga, but I’ve collected other similar versions from Pittsburgh, PA and other cities: Down, down, baby down by the roller coaster Sweet, sweet baby I’ll never let you go Shemie, shemie coco butter, shemie shemie pop I like coffee, I like tea, I like a black boy and he likes me So step back white boy, you don’t shine I’ll get a black boy to beat your behind Last night and the night before I met my boyfriend at the candy store He bought me ice cream he bought me cake He brought me home with a belly ache Mama, mama, I feel sick Call the doctor, quick, quick, quick Doctor, doctor, will I die Close your eyes and count to five 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, I’m Alive!

Posted in Food & Drink, Girl games | Tagged candy store, songs

Played stick ball at PS…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on December 15, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Allen Ringler [e-mail]
 

Played stick ball at PS 46 in Bayside (Queens) N.Y. from 1960-1967. The ‘field’ consisted of the fence (used for the handball court) behind home plate (that was drawn on the ground), a fence from home plate with a distance of approximately 125-175 feet (it ran on a diagonal) and a fence (that was the foul pole) that ran down the right side of the field until it met the other fence in the right corner of the field. The foul pole on the left side of the field was a post on the fence approximately 175 feet from home plate. The pitcher stood approximately 50-60 feet away from home plate. There was no running. The batter would hit the ball and the result would be as follows: 1. A grounder caught by the pitcher was an out. 2. A grounder not caught by the pitcher was a single. 3. A fly ball caught by the pitcher was an out. 4. A fly ball that landed between the pitcher and the fence was a double. 5. A fly ball that hit the fence was a triple. 6. A fly ball over the fence was a home run. I used a number of bats that I purchased for 59 or 69 cents at the local candy store. These bats came in a variety of colors, were regulation size and width and of course they had the unmistakable black tape wrapped around the upper portion of the bat. The ball used was either a Spaldeen or a Pensie Pinkie. What a great game.

Posted in Food & Drink, Queens, Stickball, Stickball rules | Tagged candy store, Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types

My Candy stores were: …

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on August 12, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Mike Abrams [e-mail]
 

My Candy stores were: Oscar’s On Kings Highway right off Ocean Parkway. Even into the 70s, they used to jerk the soda, and serve it in a little paper cup with plastiuc holder. They also always had one pinball game. Near PS 215, we went to Nats. It was right on the corner of east 3rd Street and Kings Highway. Great Lunch Special. There was Nat, a heavy chef guy, and some women that did the register. Anyone else from Kings Highway?

Posted in Food & Drink, Locales | Tagged candy store

Jack’s on Sutter Avenue…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on May 3, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Eric Vaughan [e-mail]
 

Jack’s on Sutter Avenue in the sixties and seventies, East New York Brooklyn. Also, who could ever forget Pitkin Avenue Pizza near the Euclid Avenue train station.

Posted in Brooklyn, Food & Drink, Locales | Tagged candy store, pizza

My stickball was played…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 13, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 3, 2020
Original author: Ed [e-mail]
 

My stickball was played in Marine Park in Brooklyn (31st St.) during the 1960’s. We used both Spaldeens and Pensie Pinkies. I remember the Spaldeen had a rough texture, the Pensie was smooth. I preferred the Spaldeen as it afforded a better grip. Anybody out there remember the candy stores on Quentin Road near P.S. 222? – Harry’s, Josie’s, Dis’s, Lil’s. Another bygone institution – but they always had plenty of pink balls for sale. Kids used to play handball against the wall of Harry’s at the corner of 33rd St. and Quentin Rd across from the school. Wouldn’t trade those street games for all the video games in the world – today’s kids are missing out… Ed Dunscombe

Posted in Brooklyn, Food & Drink, Other Spaldeen games, Stickball | Tagged candy store, Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types

Okay, couldn’t sleep tonight,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 5, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 3, 2020
Original author: sandy2wheels
 

Okay, couldn’t sleep tonight, my mind racing on the many games I loved playing in my youth in Deepdale (Little Neck) Queens in the 1950’s-early 60’s. Want to document some of these for my grandkids, who probably won’t know a street game from a milk machine (‘member those, anyone?). Thrilled to find this website – way to GO! …So, the girls in my “court” (WWII veterans’ garden apartments, with sections built around a central grass area, all over Queens, especially Glen Oaks & Little Neck) loved both Spauldeens AND Pensie Pinkies. I remember at one time each costing about a quarter at our local candy store. And fishing them out of the sewers could be a whole day’s frustrating & exhilirating challenge – mainly with unbent hangers, made into a fishing circle at one end. Anyone remember a game played by throwing the ball high against a brick wall, and doing a variety of activities before catching it? Like 1 = clap one time; 4 = 4 jumping jacks, etc? Can’t remember what it was called – maybe Russian ______????

Posted in Brooklyn, Food & Drink, Other Spaldeen games, Queens, Spaldeen games | Tagged candy store, Pennsy Pinkie, Russian 7/10/12 (the game), spaldeen types

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