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we called that chappy

tieing the elasyic bands together we called chineese ropes, we also played double dutch which was skipping but with 2 ropes so you had to jump faster, whats the time mr wolf, kiss cuddle or torture and another game which I cant remember what it was called - you went into 2 groups, and both groups thought up a word and then both groups went and hid around the housing scheme and the object of the game was to catch someone from the other group and torture them until they told you the word, the group that found out the other groups word was the winner hours of fun

we used to get cotton thread it though all the letter boxes cos they had the knocker on it too the cotton used to zigzag across the road - when a car drove down the road all the cotton pulled and snapped knocking all the doors.
we used to tie all our tights together to make a loop and playing i'm sure it was french skipping two people had the loop stretched out and a third did tricks and twists and jumps in the middle then it moved to calves then to knees and then to thighs and bums etc. god i was fitter then (pass the ciggies)

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just thought of another naughty one - grand national, the front of our houses had small gardens and fairly low fences so someone would start at one end of the row and jump all the fences going through each garden and see if they could get to the end without being caught by an old wifey

Thats the one! Had to ask my mum when I went round for tea what it was.

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Living on a farm in the country with only 2 brothers for company when the toys from xmas were broken we made bows and arrows with sally rods (soft bendy branches from the trees) and baler twine played cowboys and indians ususally when excercising the ponies so it was more fun or hide and seek in the plantation or quarry. At school the Waves of Troy Farmer wants a wife hop scotch and of course behind the bike shed as we grew older

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not read all site so may be reapeating but

pitch and toss - a great money maker at lunch time

my mum taught us that one too. Is it the same ,were you throw a coin at the wall and whoevers coin gets nearest the wall wins the dosh?

anyone remember lolo balls?? twas a football with a ring squeezed over it that you stood on and bounced - it looked like saturn! i always liked building things - like dens and treehouses - was a bit of a tomboy - had a lovly train set too, the train was metal+had a little light and steam would puff out - probably worth a fortune if I still had it!

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yeah, loved it and was good at it too!!

just found this thread again lol looks like my kids av outgrown the trampoline lol,they just doss now