Owd Pastimes

Caz

Caz

Nori Brick
Tackler
Piece of brghtly coloured card on a string. used to wind the string round and round, then pull - made a lovely whirring sound.

3-balls, against the wall, allsorts of variations on the throw!
Can still do that now!

Jacks, elastic, two rope skipping.

Allsorts of schoolyard games - anyone bring some to mind?
 
we used to play a game called sticks 6 sticks and a start stick only one foot allowed between them but no touching them one player was alowed to move only one stick at a time as the gap got bigger so the game got harder
 
Hopscotch is probably one of the oldest ones going.

Remember doing knock-a-door-run my self,  too!!
 
It seamed to go in seasons at school with conkers, them marbles ,tag, ect
 
I remember having water fights with fairy liquid bottles in t'backyard. Have a great photo of me 25 years ago but I don't know how to copy it on-line. Anyone know?
 
I REMEMBER WAITING FOR HOT DAYS LIKE THESE SO THAT I COULD POP TAR BUBBLES WITH A LOLLY STICK THEN WIND THE TAR AROUND THE STICK MOSTLY GETTING MOST OF THE TAR STUCK TO MYSELF. 8)
 
I remember doing that with my shoe!!!!!! How about collecting firewood for bonfire night? we used to have a fire every year on owd bobs I think it was called, the field next to Gatty park/Milnshaw park. and collecting tadpoles from the pond at the bottom
 
Nowt like tar bubbles for a few hours entertainment!! The really gooey ones were best eh?
 
[quote author=Jo link=board=nostalgia;num=1060000403;start=0#3 date=08/05/03 at 12:59:20]Amd what about knock a door run?[/quote]
We used to play something called Grand National where we ran through back gardens jumping over hedges until one of us either fell over or ripped their pants ;)
 
[quote author=littlemo link=board=nostalgia;num=1060000403;start=0#9 date=08/05/03 at 14:35:39]I remember doing that with my shoe!!!!!! How about collecting firewood for bonfire night? we used to have a fire every year on owd bobs I think it was called, the field next to Gatty park/Milnshaw park. and collecting tadpoles from the pond at the bottom[/quote]

Yes it was Owd Bob's, used to live near Milnshaw Park when the old houses were there.
Used to be a field where the new the red brick houses are off Lupin Road. Had sheep in it, and geese. They would run at you every time you passed.

And the Burco factory down there. Used to be this window with bars, which was always open, where you could look down and watch the workers. Used to get told off for annoying them.

Anyone know anything about Owd Bob?
 
As you know i come from Preston the school was Brockholes(tec)in Frenchwood
at dinner times a group of us would go to a nearby park that had a summer house  climb onto the roof and throw big clods of mud at the passing tramps.
ho the shame .
sometime they would chase us :D
great fun though ;D
 
A set of old pram wheels, a few planks fo wood,a couple of dozen nails,  a piece of rope....and presto! a bogey...or trolley as we called them. Spent many a day terrorising pedestrians at breakneck speeds bombing down York Street and Lupin Road!!
 
Remeber going down the hilly bit in Milnshaw Park near the main entrance (seemed steep then) on one of those. couldn't stop and ended up having stitches in my knee  :'(
 
@ cazzer I remember when it was Eubank, we used to get told off for doing the same thing!!!! I remember the lamp post in the bend always had a yellow light bulb in it, made it look sooo creepy! Lived across the road from the field, everytime after it had been mowed, we used to go out and make outlines of stuff with the clippings, they made a great outline for a football pitch, Do you remember when Fred Dibnah came to blow down the tower?
 
Yes I remember him coming to blow some chimney up! Wish I'd been there to see it. Didn't he do one at Scaitcliffe as well?
 
my dad has scene by scene photo's as he was a bit of a camera buff but we can't seem to find them, if we come across them i'll post them.

Droo...... do you remember the pathway from Lupin road that came out near the Spar shop? we used to pick wild blackberries there every summer, it was inbetween the allotments
 
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