Playground Game

Mags22 | 18:07 Mon 02nd Jun 2014 | ChatterBank

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Can anyone remember a playground game called 'The big ship sails thru the alley alley o', have forgotten the words and what we actually did ?

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maggiebee

Cribbie and Elastics - what happened to them - big in the 70s/80s

chrissa1

I showed my 5 year old granddaughter Andy Pandy and the Wooden Tops, on YouTube. She aghast and when I asked what she thought of them, she said they were boring.

Ann

Who remembers "In and out the bluebells?" I think we sang "In and out the Scottish bluebells - who shall be the master (not leader as on this video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUIGVNV2uWg

Ann

Look at this brilliant website of childrens games from the 1950s - really takes me back!
http://caitmo1.hubpages.com/hub/A-childhood-in-the-early-50s-the-games-we-played-at-home-and-at-school

Georgiesmum

Another rhyme we chanted was
Theres a party on the hill, will you come? Bring your own cup and saucer and your own penny bun.
$$$$$ will be there kissing$$$$$ on a chair. How many kisses will he give her.
then you skipped as fast as you could until you fautered chanting
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two
three and so on....

Ann

We also played Postman's knock and also a strange party game (can't remember what it was called) where a child lay down on the floor covered by a coat looking up the sleeve at the ceiling while someone held the sleeve up in the air. People took turns to peer down the sleeve and the child on the floor had to guess who it was by their eyes. The nasty twist was that someone poured water down the sleeve!

Mags22

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Thanx everyone for the Alley- o,and reminders of other games we used to play.No TV in those days,and I can never remember being bored at all. No Health and safety rules then either, and we all were unscathed, can not remember anyone breaking bones,or rushed to A & E, a good dollop of iodine did the trick, happy days don't you agree?

Mags22

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Bit rude I know,but also remember the primary school outdoor toilets,and the boys seeing who could pee furthest up the wall,and us girls giggling at the other side to their comments ( no swearing either)