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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

So swingball was mentioned on another thread abd it got me thinking about games from our childhood/ teens

Rounders in the local estate

Red rover red rover ( not sure is that the right name)

Than you had board games, have to admit I love board games still

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By *unduo000Couple
over a year ago

In and around

Think lots of people have gone back to board games because of lockdown and realised they can be a great way to spend an evening seeing we can’t do what we would like at the minute

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By *eta74Woman
over a year ago

Dublin

Hop skip and jump xx

We called it peggy lol we'd use a a black shoe polish tin to skip with x

Red rover red rover a game we played too , most of our summer days we'd be making our own gats and gogarts, showing my age lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Didnt you used to skid as a child?

I used to love to skid!

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By *eta74Woman
over a year ago

Dublin

Skid on the back of a truck you mean .lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Skids down the back of my trunks

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By *dfabMan
over a year ago

Dunboyne


"Hop skip and jump xx

We called it peggy lol we'd use a a black shoe polish tin to skip with x

Red rover red rover a game we played too , most of our summer days we'd be making our own gats and gogarts, showing my age lol

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You were pegging so young!

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By *eta74Woman
over a year ago

Dublin

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By *lightlySamMan
over a year ago

gorey

Kick the can played by everyone and kerbs for the footballers.

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

Knic knac

Kick the can

Football tennis on the road outside my parents house as no one had a car

Now there's no parking available as everyone has a car

Kerbs

Red Rover

A large rope and about 10 kids skipping at a time

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Kerbsie

Red Rover

Hide and seek(often involving an armed man in uniform hiding in your garden)

Rounders

Run the gauntlet(usually twice a day to and from school and involving lots of armed men in uniform)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kerbs

Rounders

Ting tang topper

Hop scotch

Pitch and toss

Knock a dolly

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere


"Kerbsie

Red Rover

Hide and seek(often involving an armed man in uniform hiding in your garden)

Rounders

Run the gauntlet(usually twice a day to and from school and involving lots of armed men in uniform)

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Did it feel normal or was it always strange as a child

I've seen lots of pictures and the kids never seemed frightened by a soldier with a gun

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bulldog, 45, catch the girl kiss the girl and vice versa, spin the bottle, following/catch.

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast


"Kerbsie

Red Rover

Hide and seek(often involving an armed man in uniform hiding in your garden)

Rounders

Run the gauntlet(usually twice a day to and from school and involving lots of armed men in uniform)

Did it feel normal or was it always strange as a child

I've seen lots of pictures and the kids never seemed frightened by a soldier with a gun "

There was no fear because it was the norm. There was a helicopter pad 200 yards from my bedroom window that was used 4 times a day. Having a Chinook arriving was exciting to start with but that didn't last long. My bedroom window was my TV and it wasn't censored especially when vehicles were blowing up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Kerbsie

Red Rover

Hide and seek(often involving an armed man in uniform hiding in your garden)

Rounders

Run the gauntlet(usually twice a day to and from school and involving lots of armed men in uniform)

Did it feel normal or was it always strange as a child

I've seen lots of pictures and the kids never seemed frightened by a soldier with a gun

There was no fear because it was the norm. There was a helicopter pad 200 yards from my bedroom window that was used 4 times a day. Having a Chinook arriving was exciting to start with but that didn't last long. My bedroom window was my TV and it wasn't censored especially when vehicles were blowing up. "

Wow that's a description

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast


"Kerbsie

Red Rover

Hide and seek(often involving an armed man in uniform hiding in your garden)

Rounders

Run the gauntlet(usually twice a day to and from school and involving lots of armed men in uniform)

Did it feel normal or was it always strange as a child

I've seen lots of pictures and the kids never seemed frightened by a soldier with a gun

There was no fear because it was the norm. There was a helicopter pad 200 yards from my bedroom window that was used 4 times a day. Having a Chinook arriving was exciting to start with but that didn't last long. My bedroom window was my TV and it wasn't censored especially when vehicles were blowing up.

Wow that's a description "

Apart from that everything else was normal and we played on the streets and cycled for miles.

It was funny once though when playing football in a field at a friend's house.

Chasing after the ball one of my friends was swallowed up by the earth when he fell headlong into a trench containing 6 soldiers that had been dug silently during the night as part of a surveillance op. I don't know who got the biggest shock but luckily it turned out ok

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

Our biggest danger was being the child in the stolen shopping trolly getting pushed down a hill.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wiled away hours playing kerbsie and jacks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Kerbsie

Red Rover

Hide and seek(often involving an armed man in uniform hiding in your garden)

Rounders

Run the gauntlet(usually twice a day to and from school and involving lots of armed men in uniform)

Did it feel normal or was it always strange as a child

I've seen lots of pictures and the kids never seemed frightened by a soldier with a gun

There was no fear because it was the norm. There was a helicopter pad 200 yards from my bedroom window that was used 4 times a day. Having a Chinook arriving was exciting to start with but that didn't last long. My bedroom window was my TV and it wasn't censored especially when vehicles were blowing up.

Wow that's a description

Apart from that everything else was normal and we played on the streets and cycled for miles.

It was funny once though when playing football in a field at a friend's house.

Chasing after the ball one of my friends was swallowed up by the earth when he fell headlong into a trench containing 6 soldiers that had been dug silently during the night as part of a surveillance op. I don't know who got the biggest shock but luckily it turned out ok"

That is worlds apart from my childhood memories. We had no fear. Out playing everyday only to go home when dinner was ready.. only ever saw the north on tv.. like most down south i bet.. compelling era indeed ..worlds apart but on the same island..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Playing “war” down the fields throwing stones at each other -no-one ever lost an eye. Remember ‘War of The Buttons’?

Cycling to the highest hill, and then racing to the bottom -usually involved a crash or some form of injury.

Tag/tig -the more the merrier on long summer nights.

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