⇒ Skip this, take me to the discussion archive!
In 1999, we started Streetplay… and the discussion area quickly became its most popular feature. While we’re carrying on our tradition of discussion 21st-century style on our Facebook Streetplay Discussion Group, we really didn’t want to lose all the years of reader-submitted stories and questions when we closed the discussions on Streetplay.com. That’s why we’ve gathered together every non-spam message we could (our site was getting hacked left-and-right!), and gathered it all here in a new, WordPress-powered archive.
Nearly every message that was on our original discussion board can be found here. Each message is created as a blog post, and when possible, the original author is credited. Also, with the power of the WordPress platform, we’ve been able to group the messages by their original categories (see the menus at the top of the page), and also add new tags to the nearly 4000 posts we’ve retrieved… take a look at the list of tags on the right-hand side, or just look for them at the bottom of any post. Of course, you can also search for any specific words you want using the search function at the top of any page.
To get you started, we’ve inserted the first bit of the message list below, beginning with the most recent. If any message strikes your fancy, try clicking its title, or use the categories and tags to dive deep into a topic you like.
Have fun with this! We hope you enjoy exploring this unearthed corner of Streetplay as much as we do!
Too bad, all the spam crap…
I grew up in southern CA….
Check out the Back in the…
Grew up in Juniata Park during…
Grew up in Juniata Park during the 60’s. I remember all the above. I have not seen any comments about curb ball (use the curb instead of steps) and ass ball a devilish version of box ball. Any one remember that one?
Anyone remember the game…
Anyone remember the game called Dead Man’s Box using a soda bottle cap. The cap would be moved by the player’s index finger in a snapping motion to move the cap to different boxes in the corners and at the end of larger box with a skull in the center.
All great games, don’t forget…
When i played in the late…
Grew up in ENY Brooklyn in…
Grew up in ENY Brooklyn in the 60s … Pensie Pinkies were better for the games girls played like “A My Name is Anna …” and “Composition Letter A, May I repeat the Letter A” (does anyone remember these games by the way!) And if you were a beginner in Handball, the Spalding was a much faster ball …
Spaldeen – no contest. Christmas…
Spaldeen – no contest. Christmas was when the school janitor went up on trhe roof and threw off the dozens of foul balls hit up there. We all grabbed the spaldeens first. To us, Pensie Pinkie was a derogatory term for any ball not a spaldeen!