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If you get a top ,remember…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 24, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 24, 2009
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If you get a top ,remember hold it with the point up,then throw it at an angle to the floor.Check you tube for how to throw a top.I think everyone remembers how to use a yo yo!

Posted in Toys | Tagged tops and yo-yos

Queens,Bellerose,glen oaks,PS186…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 24, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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Queens,Bellerose,glen oaks,PS186 1950’S 1960’S.Finding lost balls after the park closes.We had Creedmore Farm on the side of our school park.I would climb the really high fence,and enter the farm to get all the lost balls.A big great dane dog was allways at the old farm house,so you had to be fast and fill your pockets with balls,which would pop out as you climbed back over.Why didnt i just throw a bunch over the fence?We where allways worried someone from CREEDMORE HOSPITOL escaped and was loose in the farm.

Posted in Playgrounds, Queens | Tagged Summer

PS 186 bellerose,glen oaks,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 24, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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PS 186 bellerose,glen oaks, queens 1950’s 1960’s.We played it behind a small brick school park building.Only enough room for two players.Thats the only way i played,one on one,a very fast game,one side of your sneakers allways wore out.And scrapping you fingers on the cement didnt help.The big kids had the little black hand ball,rock hard,with a glove,that was what every kid wanted,that ‘BOSS’ hand ball and special handball glove.And a ten speed bike too!

Posted in Ace King Queen, Other Spaldeen games, Queens, Street Fashion | Tagged sneakers

That calling out,reminds…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 24, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 13, 2014
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That calling out,reminds me about another term,after school we would say to a friend “ILL CALL FOR YA”. Anyone else remember this. QUEENS,BELLROSE,AND GLEN OAKS,1950’S AND 1960’S

Posted in Queens, Reader Stories, Street Lifestyle | Tagged calling out

I “FOUND” my first bike,in…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 23, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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I “FOUND” my first bike,in a storage basement in Grand central apartments in Bellerose,Queens.A old 28″ balloon tire bike,it was the biggest bike i ever saw! I had to mount it from the stoop,and use my tippy toes to peddle it. I was 7 or 8 then,we were to poor to have our own bikes back then. My brother rode it to the library on Union Tpke,and it was stolen.I still tell the story to my kids,now late twenties,the story about the biggest bike in the world. 1953-1964 QUEENS NY.

Posted in Bikes, Queens, Toys

trying to remember the other…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 8, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 8, 2009
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trying to remember the other toys we had in the 70’s……..mostly we made or found things to play with. no $ to buy too much stuff

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i was really into them for…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 5, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 5, 2009
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i was really into them for a while as a kid then once spawn figures came out i got into it again. my wife won’t let me open any of them in case they’re worth something someday. i have spawn, star wars mostly now. as a kid it was G I Joe, and a few marvel super heroes i e hulk, the thing etc. wish i still had those from childhood.

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hahahaha…..i remember trying…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 5, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 5, 2009
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hahahaha…..i remember trying that. no recycling of old matresses in our neighborhood.

Posted in Toys | Tagged Springs

talking about those 2 large…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 5, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 5, 2009
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talking about those 2 large marble looking things on a string that you swung and clanged together? i think we called them klackers or something like that.

Posted in Toys | Tagged Clackers

Anyone remember Louie’s on…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 6, 2008 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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Anyone remember Louie’s on Nostrand Avenue,near Glenwood Road, close to the Junction? The library was nearby and a fur place … what the hell was it’s name — Mitchell’s??? Louie and his wife, Bea, worked their butts off in a hard business, literally working for pennies and putting up with bratty kids like us. Thanks to Milky Ways,Three Musketeers and too many egg creams, I put on mucho weight. Best wishes to the crowd from Vanderveer Estates.

Posted in Brooklyn, Food & Drink, Locales | Tagged candy store, egg cream, Glenwood

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