Category Archives: Street Lifestyle
How I remember “calling…
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How I remember “calling out”! This was on Frank St. in North Olmsted, Ohio in the 50s. We had lots of kids on the street and everyone did this in a singsong manner. We were always outdoors, going back & forth to each other’s houses, playing on the street and in yards. Sometimes we’d just lie on the grass and look at clouds, or try to find 4-leaf clovers.
Down down baby down by the…
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Down down baby down by the roller coaster sweet sweet baby I’ll never let you go shimmy shimmy coco puff shimmy shimmy POW shimmy shimmy coco puff shimmy shimmy POW I like coffe and I like tea I like the paper boy and he likes me, so step back whore, 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 docter quick quick quick, docter docter before i die Im a close my eyes and count to five shimmy 1 shimmy 2 shimmy 3 4 5 shimmy 1 shimmy 2 shimmy 3 4 5 IM ALIVE
God i love this forum……brings…
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God i love this forum……brings back so many memories of growing up in the 70’s……i’m from jersey city, nj…..loved stickball to death……still got a stick in my closet…..i miss hanging out on my friend tyrone’s stoop…..just watching all the neighbors…talking about them behind their backs etc….i remember one night i was hanging out on the stoop way past curfew and my mom came over and cracked me on the head in front of the guys…..boy did i hear about that one for a long time
I grew up in Jersey City…
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I grew up in Jersey City in the 70’s and we played this game called Caps(Skully) it was fun and I ruined many gallons of milk by stealing the tops of the containers. I also ruined a lot of pairs of sneakers dragging my feet across the board. We used play dough or melted wax with a penny in the middle to add extra weight. Also i dont remember all the rules you have listed here so I beleive we played a modified version sure brings back memories
Me too! As soon as my brother…
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Me too! As soon as my brother (who is 18months yunger) was old enough to play with trucks and other cool so called boy toys, I tossed my dolls and girly toys for the FUN STUFF. Even today I am a daredevil and love the outdoors. I am now married with a great little guy who is 7years old.
How ironic to see these…
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How ironic to see these posts…I was born in 1940 and grew up in Conn. As a kid I remember being called from the back porch for dinner or whatever. After getting married and living in Va in the early 70’s we lived on a cul-de-sac and remember calling my kids for dinner…knowing they were within ear shot of my calls and being summertime, the kids were always outside playing…not like kids today who stay inside too much during summer….Thanks for the wonderful posts as it brought back fond memories of my childhood and growing up.
We used to fish the lost…
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We used to fish the lost spauldeens out of the sewers in astoria projects where I grew up by fashioning a metal coat hanger with a little loop at the bottom enough to lift the ball out of the muck. Someone called “chips” on the ball, 15 cents was couple days of bottle hunting…Yuk…here’s your ball kid.