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Called a sliding pond in…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 24, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
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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

I’ve never heard anyone…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 22, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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I’ve never heard anyone refer to it as a sliding pond… Always a slide. I’m from Chicago.

Posted in Chicago, Playgrounds | Tagged backyards

I once had the brillant…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 8, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsJune 8, 2000
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I once had the brillant idea of going down the sliding pond on my skateboard. It worked great until I got to the bottom at my skateboard hit the floor. Before I could blink, I wound up in the sandbox. As if you couldn’t guess, I NEVER tried that again.

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I hear you blood! I don’t…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 8, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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I hear you blood! I don’t know what the derivation of “sliding pond” in, but that’s what we called it when we were wee lads and lasses. Coincidentally, I was born in the Bronx, so maybe it’s a neighborhood thing.

Posted in Bronx, Playgrounds | Tagged backyards

I am 31 and my family (parents…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 7, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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I am 31 and my family (parents from Brooklyn) called it a sliding pond also. My friend Newmie didn’t believe me and then we found this posting and I am so relieved.

Posted in Brooklyn, Playgrounds | Tagged backyards

Yes sliding pond was the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 22, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsApril 22, 2000
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Yes sliding pond was the term. I have asked several people, who are 40+, all call it that. Not sure about people under 30 though. Will keep inquiring.

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Does anyone call a slide,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 21, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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Does anyone call a slide, in a park a “sliding-pond”? I have a cousin that lives in Penn. she’s originally from the bronx, like myself. when she told her out of state husband that she calls the slide a sliding-pond he thinks she made it up.

Posted in Bronx, Playgrounds | Tagged backyards

Hey Lloyd, in Queens New…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 2, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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Hey Lloyd, in Queens New York, in the 50’s,60’s just wanted you to know, never heard of “Mush Ball”.

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I’m looking for information…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 2, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 2, 1999
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I’m looking for information on what we used to call Mush Ball. As I remember it was a ball just a little bigger than a soft ball but it had external ribs instead of smooth sewn seams. It was played like softball but on shorter bases. Is there anything like it played today? Was it played nationally or just in the Pittsburgh area where I remember it? Any information you have would be appreciated!

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Back in my neighborhood…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 10, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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Back in my neighborhood in South Brooklyn, no one had a pool — not even the kiddie pool. The park in our neighboorhood, Carroll park, was divided into 3 sections and covered an entire block. One end section was the kiddie section — with kiddie swings, slides, and seesaws. There was a large rectangular section in the middle that was two steps down and surrounded by a wrought iron fence. At each end was a sprinkler. Everyone who didn’t hit the beaches in the hot weather, hit Carroll Park to play under the sprinklers and splash around. The easiest way to cool off if the johnny pumps weren’t open!!

Posted in Brooklyn, Playgrounds | Tagged backyards, johnny pump

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