| School playground games 08:24 - Jul 4 with 12623 views | dmm |
I was thinking about the games we used to play at school. Has there been a thread about this?
I used to love playing 5 jacks
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| School playground games on 20:13 - Jul 4 with 2135 views | MrSheen |
Slaps. Free hit if you flinched. Taught you stoicism. |  | | |
| School playground games on 20:52 - Jul 4 with 2077 views | queensparker |
World Cup doubles - teams of two all trying to score against a keeper in one goal, last pair left is out. Was well into that, in my head it’s been accepted into the rarified world of Beale esque training and the pros still play it
40 40 was always good, trying to make it back to base
Raps with cards. Brutal |  | | |
| School playground games on 21:51 - Jul 4 with 2032 views | hubble |
| School playground games on 20:13 - Jul 4 by MrSheen |
Slaps. Free hit if you flinched. Taught you stoicism. |
Taught you never to play against some nasty big fecker with fast hands. |  |
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| School playground games on 22:01 - Jul 4 with 2021 views | dmm |
No one's mentioned the classic rock paper scissors! | | | |
| School playground games on 22:21 - Jul 4 with 1986 views | Boston |
Bulldog. I was fast, you had to be. |  |
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| School playground games on 22:23 - Jul 4 with 1986 views | DannyPaddox |
| School playground games on 22:01 - Jul 4 by dmm |
No one's mentioned the classic rock paper scissors! |
For those about to classic rock paper scissor stone … we:
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| School playground games on 22:48 - Jul 4 with 1970 views | loftboy |
There was a street near our school that had about 50 houses each side, each house was divided by a hedge about 3 feet high, we used to do “the grand national” all the way from top to bottom.
One resident (quite rightly) got pîssed off, one day he put a wire up about 6 inches above his hedge, when we all tripped over it he then charged out of his house wielding a set of shears!! |  |
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| School playground games on 23:16 - Jul 4 with 1950 views | hubble |
| School playground games on 22:48 - Jul 4 by loftboy |
There was a street near our school that had about 50 houses each side, each house was divided by a hedge about 3 feet high, we used to do “the grand national” all the way from top to bottom.
One resident (quite rightly) got pîssed off, one day he put a wire up about 6 inches above his hedge, when we all tripped over it he then charged out of his house wielding a set of shears!! |
That is a brilliant story! | |
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| School playground games on 00:08 - Jul 5 with 1913 views | distortR |
Conkers? Pickled in vinegar? Jumpers for goalposts, hmmmm!
Wall ball.
I went to primary school in a village in kent. A local man decided to bequeath the school a swimming pool. We were so excited. A breeze block wall was built, with a patterned breeze block screen at the top. The pool stood on the concrete with a little flight of steps up to it. It was uncovered and unheated. We used it all year round. I remember queueing to use it, in swimming trunks and anorak, standing in the freezing rain. when it was your turn, you took off your anorak, swam 2 lengths and then got back in the queue. I hated that f'ing thing. | | | |
| School playground games on 10:04 - Jul 5 with 1782 views | Monkey_Roots |
| School playground games on 10:14 - Jul 4 by paulparker |
British bulldog was great we used to play Year vs Year in our school
Headers and volleys on the school field , plus Wembley and World Cup
Where is Monkey roots ? We went to the same school I’m sure he will remember some of these |
Defo remember British bulldog... that was huge for a time, very violent as I remember.
World Cup down the car park end of the playing field - I was actually only thinking about that yesterday — my sons football team were playing something similar in training and it bought back fond memories.
I was shite at both by the way. |  | | |
| School playground games on 10:09 - Jul 5 with 1777 views | Monkey_Roots |
Actually, whilst we're on the topic - Paul Parker — you were the first kid in our year to punch someone in the face. As kids (around 7 or 8, we used to fight and it would involve some kind of wrestling, punches in the gut, a few kicks etc... but then one day 'Paul Parker' just started going to the face, and the rest of us were looking like 'Hello, he's done something new there!' | | | |
| School playground games on 10:17 - Jul 5 with 1756 views | PunteR |
| School playground games on 10:09 - Jul 5 by Monkey_Roots |
Actually, whilst we're on the topic - Paul Parker — you were the first kid in our year to punch someone in the face. As kids (around 7 or 8, we used to fight and it would involve some kind of wrestling, punches in the gut, a few kicks etc... but then one day 'Paul Parker' just started going to the face, and the rest of us were looking like 'Hello, he's done something new there!' |
Haha.. Paul Parker the trail blazer..
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| School playground games on 13:57 - Jul 5 with 1695 views | R_from_afar |
| School playground games on 09:45 - Jul 4 by LimehouseR |
At Acton High School we used to play Patball which I am sure is called various other things over the years and different schools.
Essentially it is similar to squash but with a tennis ball and you use your hands to slap the ball against a (mostly) blank brick wall.
The ball had to bounce before it hit the wall after you hit it and it was allowed to bounce only once after it had come back off the wall before the next player hits it. First to 10 points or whatever score you wanted to set...
There were a number of interesting and suspect rules that resulted in the replay of a point...
Obs - Player or spectator obstructs you getting to the ball to hit it, either intentionally or not.
Funny Bounce - The ball hit an object on the floor unexpectedly such as a school bag, coke can, big pebble etc.
Mids - The ball hit the area between the ground and the wall so it wasn't possible to tell if it was a legal shot or not.
Tiny ball - Where the shots between players got progressively and ridiculously smaller and you couldn't determine where the bounces were any more!
Or we just used to play football with a tennis ball as footballs had been banned at some point as they caused too many 'injuries'... Improved my dribbling skills though I reckon. |
That Patball reminds me of a game we used to play at my secondary school. There was a tower block which had an end wall with no windows and a cable running across it at about football crossbar height. The game was played with a tennis ball, by individual players.
The way it worked was you had to throw the ball at the wall, above the cable, and the next person in line had to catch it, either on the full or after one bounce. Failure to catch it or catching it after more than one bounce meant you were out. OK, so that sounds pretty dull, doesn't it? Bear with me.
If you caught the ball without it bouncing, you were allowed to change the position from which you threw the ball; ordinarily, you had to throw from where you made your catch. The way you changed position was that you threw the ball in the air, advanced to a different position, then caught the ball again without it bouncing. Those with good hand/eye coordination could use that tactic to get really close to the walk. This is where it got really ugly for the next person.
If you were stood right next to the wall, you could throw the ball at such an acute angle that it just grazed the wall, really high up, and went miles to one side. Even if the poor person who was next could somehow catch it before it bounced umpteen times, they were at such a tight angle that the wall was almost impossible to hit. I saw some really evil throws from players who were stood right next to the wall. Alternatively, you could catch people out with a "drop shot," so a throw which just dribbled off the wall while they were stood gawping many yards from the wall.
I never heard anyone call the game anything but it was fun to play and good for your fitness, hand/eye coordination and catching skills. Oh, and sleight of hand  |  |
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| School playground games on 14:22 - Jul 5 with 1677 views | TheChef |
Coin rugby. |  |
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| School playground games on 15:02 - Jul 5 with 1661 views | Boston |
| School playground games on 14:22 - Jul 5 by TheChef |
Coin rugby. |
Good lord...they throw coins at rugby now! | |
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| School playground games on 15:05 - Jul 5 with 1663 views | LadbrokeR |
I remember playing knockout which entailed kicking a ball against a wall. The trick was to make it difficult for the next person to be able to kick the ball against the wall. | | | |
| School playground games on 15:19 - Jul 5 with 1656 views | CroydonCaptJack |
In a similar vein what about clackers. a pair of hard balls on a string or thin length of plastic. Deadly but great fun. True 70s fad. [Post edited 5 Jul 2022 16:41]
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| School playground games on 15:55 - Jul 5 with 1630 views | connell10 |
People were picked up normally small kids and hurled as far as throwers could chuck said kid into the long jump sand pit !! Furthest throw won.!!! |  |
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| School playground games on 18:13 - Jul 5 with 1577 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
| School playground games on 14:22 - Jul 5 by TheChef |
Coin rugby. |
Is that the game where you had to put a coin between your two thumbs and launch it over something? I seem to remember something like that.
Another coin game (or was it part of coin rugby?) more classroom based than playground. You take turns flicking a coin to the edge of a desk or table, until it overhangs the edge but doesn’t fall off. Then you have to flick the coin up and catch it without letting it drop.
Patball was very popular in my school too. Trick was to keep the ball low which made it harder for your opponent. |  |
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| School playground games on 21:00 - Jul 5 with 1527 views | davman |
| School playground games on 18:13 - Jul 5 by CliveWilsonSaid |
Is that the game where you had to put a coin between your two thumbs and launch it over something? I seem to remember something like that.
Another coin game (or was it part of coin rugby?) more classroom based than playground. You take turns flicking a coin to the edge of a desk or table, until it overhangs the edge but doesn’t fall off. Then you have to flick the coin up and catch it without letting it drop.
Patball was very popular in my school too. Trick was to keep the ball low which made it harder for your opponent. |
Coin rugby used three coins. You started with one behind the other two and pushed off. You then had to push one of the coins you did not push off with through the gap between the other two and keep going until you can push a coin into the try area. Then the conversion attempt by spinning a coin, trapping it between your two thumbs before flicking it over the goal made by your oppo with their hands. |  |
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| School playground games on 21:10 - Jul 5 with 1507 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
| School playground games on 21:00 - Jul 5 by davman |
Coin rugby used three coins. You started with one behind the other two and pushed off. You then had to push one of the coins you did not push off with through the gap between the other two and keep going until you can push a coin into the try area. Then the conversion attempt by spinning a coin, trapping it between your two thumbs before flicking it over the goal made by your oppo with their hands. |
Yes I remember it now. Well described! | |
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| School playground games on 21:32 - Jul 5 with 1473 views | paulparker |
| School playground games on 10:04 - Jul 5 by Monkey_Roots |
Defo remember British bulldog... that was huge for a time, very violent as I remember.
World Cup down the car park end of the playing field - I was actually only thinking about that yesterday — my sons football team were playing something similar in training and it bought back fond memories.
I was shite at both by the way. |
Yeah the British Bull dog was quite brutal at ours the year vs year used to get a bit lively
The World Cup at the car park end was quality though
I seem to recall you hacking people down , I’m sure I remember you having metal studs on the old Patrick boots , |  |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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| School playground games on 21:35 - Jul 5 with 1472 views | paulparker |
| School playground games on 10:09 - Jul 5 by Monkey_Roots |
Actually, whilst we're on the topic - Paul Parker — you were the first kid in our year to punch someone in the face. As kids (around 7 or 8, we used to fight and it would involve some kind of wrestling, punches in the gut, a few kicks etc... but then one day 'Paul Parker' just started going to the face, and the rest of us were looking like 'Hello, he's done something new there!' |
I do remember the lunch time fight clubs  | |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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| School playground games on 22:23 - Jul 5 with 1439 views | RamseyR |
Scramble!!!
At our junior school. Someone would stand at the top of the playground and shout "Scramble". About 100 kids would congregate in the lower playground and the one who shouted would launch an unknown object into the air in the direction of the crowd.
An almighty bundle would ensue, as everyone scrapped to get the item. You'd come out with a bleeding nose, scraped shoes and knuckles and the knees out of your trousers, and slowly unfold your hand to see that you were now the all conquering the owner of a chipped marble or similar that had seen way better days.
Happy days |  | | |
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