↓
 

Streetplay Discussion Archive

Kicking it 1999 style

  • Home
    • Discussion Archive Home (this site)
    • Streetplay Discussion Group on Facebook
    • Streetplay.com
    • Streetplay on Facebook
    • Streetplay on Twitter
  • Locales
    • Boston
    • Bronx
    • Brooklyn
    • Chicago
    • International
    • Manhattan
    • Philadelphia
    • Queens
    • Staten Island
  • Spaldeen games
    • Ace King Queen
    • Box Baseball
    • Boxball
    • Curbball
    • Halfball
    • Other Spaldeen games
    • Punchball
    • Stickball
      • Stickball rules
    • Stoopball
    • Wallball / Off the Wall/Point
  • Girl games
    • Clap and Rhyme
    • Hopscotch
    • Jacks
    • Jumprope
  • Other Games
    • Bocce etc.
    • Card Games
    • Cricket
    • Hide & Seek
    • Hit the penny / stick / etc.
    • Johnny on the Pony
    • Marbles
    • Ringoleavio
    • Skully
    • Tag
  • Special topics
    • 1999 Stickball Classic
    • All Seasons
    • Member spotlight
    • Reader Stories
    • Young romance
  • Stickball
    • Stickball rules
  • Street Lifestyle
    • Bikes
    • Food & Drink
    • Hanging Out
    • Playgrounds
    • Roller skates
    • Street Fashion
    • Toys
      • Hula hoops & pogo sticks
Home→Categories Street Lifestyle - Page 2 << 1 2 3 4 … 57 58 >>

Category Archives: Street Lifestyle

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Oh, the memories. Spaldeens…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 16, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
Original author: Bob Anderson
 

Oh, the memories. Spaldeens ruled, anything else was second rate. I keep one in my car to this day. In the Dyker Heights section we used the Spaldeen for everything,slap ball, punch ball , handball, cather-flyers-up, stoop ball, box ball, stickball. Didn’t know pensies existed till we moved to Nassau County. We would use them if local candy store was out of spaldeens or we couldn’t put together the 25 cents for the real deal.

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

Some of these posts are nostalgic…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 9, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 9, 2009
Original author: 1952 KID
 

Some of these posts are nostalgic now,1998,1999.Its 2009 !

Posted in Playgrounds

One day i went to the park…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 6, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
Original author: 1952 KID
 

One day i went to the park with one pack of baseball cards and came home with a shoebox full of cards! Playing colors and war! AN AMAZING STEAK OF LUCK! SALOOGIE EVERYONE.

Posted in Other Games, Street Lifestyle | Tagged collecting stuff, salugi

woops.got a few more, Airplanes…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 27, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
Original author: 1952 KID
 

woops.got a few more, Airplanes with gas motors,you held with stings,they flew in a cirle around you,there were cars like that too! That was for all the big kids.Lawn darts,Moms pots on your head for a helmet. Garbage can lids for shields. Made in Japan toys,tin cars and tanks,some had friction power,some had the wire on them with batteries,early remote controll.Tons of army,cowboys and indian sets with horses wagons and forts.Colorforms was big then.Paint by number sets ,i still see these at flea markets from time to time.RatFink stuff,TROLLS,rabbitsfoot, real ones for good luck,i still have one.Monster and car,plane ,boat models,with the glue we all inhaled while spending hours glueing models,Testors model paint. Toys and sports and fads all had a season,i dont know who controlled it,or said ,ok its yoyo season,it just happened.Getting tropical fish back then was the new thing,i remember ED’S AQUARIUM. Green turtles,and baby alligators,parakettes too. Well……….SALOOGEEE!

Posted in Toys | Tagged salugi

Big cardboard boxes,from…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 27, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
Original author: 1952 KID
 

Big cardboard boxes,from stoves or the best a refrigerator box! Rare items back then,the best for rolling down hills. Or cut windows out for a secret hideout. For boys it was,ball game stuff,guns,tops yoyos.Girls it was dolls and doll stuff,.thats about as simple as i remember it back then.We all had board games,and things like Fascination,REMCO Fascination,the game you love to play! I found one at a yard sale,box is dated 1961,and it still works! Original price;$4.12.Have a great day and…..SALOOGEEE!!

Posted in Toys | Tagged salugi

True story; looked down a…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 25, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 13, 2014
Original author: 1952 KID
 

True story; looked down a sewer in queens for spaldeens,the water was jet black,i saw things moving,it was goldfish with there mouths gulping for air. Ill never forget that contrast of the black water and orange heads popping out.

Posted in Queens, Reader Stories, Street Lifestyle | Tagged sewer fishing

We had a pet parakette in…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 25, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 13, 2014
Original author: 1952 KID
 

We had a pet parakette in our apartment, one day the bird really said,FRANKIE….TOMMY! True story,mom yelled out the window so much the bird picked it up.

Posted in Reader Stories, Street Lifestyle | Tagged calling out

playing cards in the spokes,ballons…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 25, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 25, 2009
Original author: 1952 KID
 

playing cards in the spokes,ballons were the loudest rubbing on the spokes.We had lights that had a generator that rubbed in the tire.

Posted in Bikes, Toys

1954-65 Bellerose/glen oaks,queens….

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 25, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: 1952 KID
 

1954-65 Bellerose/glen oaks,queens. Garden apartments are nice,we where spoiled,we had large grass courtyards,sidewalks,garages behind the apartments,apple trees everywhere.We kids sat on the stoops,some buildings had stoops some didnt.But all the adults sat on beach chairs in the courtyards,in the shade or the sun,with large silver tanning reflectors.The women played a game,mahjon,and always yelled at anyones kids if they where bad.I still have my moms old beach chairs.Everyone had a beach chair,they sold replacement weaving for them,so they all lasted for years.Seems like adults had more spare time for family and relaxing in those years.Now im lucky to see a beach chair at all even on the beach,i really miss those days,im getting that beach chair out,now!

Posted in Hanging Out, Queens, Reader Stories | Tagged stoop sitting

Called a sliding pond in…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 24, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
Original author: 1952 KID
 

Called a sliding pond in queens too.Also we had big kid swings, they had slippery stainless steel seats and no chains,just long bars with loops on them,hooked together,and these where really long swings ,very high. They were on cement,and remember kids slipping off them all the time. And kids walking past and getting clobbered when a swing came down on them. Monkey bars on cement too!Thank god city parks had first aid then.Cement pools with sprinklers in them,the pool never filled up,you ran into each other,everyone closed there eyes running into the strong water spraying.When the water wasnt on it was a dodgeball area,more first aid!!!!We all made it through these cement parks.

Posted in Playgrounds, Queens | Tagged backyards, dodgeball

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Categories

  • Girl games (1,201)
    • Clap and Rhyme (504)
    • Hopscotch (82)
    • Jacks (96)
    • Jumprope (264)
  • Locales (1,369)
    • Boston (14)
    • Bronx (325)
    • Brooklyn (553)
    • Chicago (23)
    • International (13)
    • Manhattan (159)
    • Philadelphia (135)
    • Queens (220)
    • Staten Island (9)
  • Other Games (913)
    • Bocce etc. (14)
    • Card Games (27)
    • Cricket (9)
    • Hide & Seek (22)
    • Hit the penny / stick / etc. (21)
    • Johnny on the Pony (99)
    • Marbles (70)
    • Ringoleavio (49)
    • Skully (339)
    • Tag (16)
  • Site suggestions (48)
  • Spaldeen games (996)
    • Ace King Queen (94)
    • Box Baseball (21)
    • Boxball (90)
    • Curbball (16)
    • Halfball (46)
    • Other Spaldeen games (534)
    • Punchball (95)
    • Stickball (546)
      • Stickball rules (31)
    • Stoopball (101)
    • Wallball / Off the Wall/Point (65)
  • Special topics (542)
    • 1999 Stickball Classic (46)
    • All Seasons (37)
    • Member spotlight (12)
    • Reader Stories (319)
    • Young romance (97)
  • Street Lifestyle (578)
    • Bikes (35)
    • Food & Drink (159)
    • Hanging Out (61)
    • Playgrounds (59)
    • Roller skates (33)
    • Street Fashion (36)
    • Toys (174)
      • Hula hoops & pogo sticks (24)

Tags

"A My Name Is Alice..." "Miss Lucy..." "The Projects" 9/11 1999 Back to Brooklyn Festival Astoria candy store Chinese handball Chinese jumprope collecting stuff Coney Island content suggestions crayons Does anyone remember... dolls & cutouts first kiss Girl / Boy / Cub Scouts Harlem I grew up... Lower East Side Off the Wall Pennsy Pinkie pimple ball pizza potsy running around Russian 7/10/12 (the game) salugi slugs (the game) songs South Bronx South Philadelphia spaldeen types Steve Mercado stoop sitting Streetplay business goals suburbia Summer tongue twisters tops and yo-yos wallball Washington Heights weapons of choice word games young love locations

Archives

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
©2022 - Streetplay Discussion Archive - Weaver Xtreme Theme
↑