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By *aleforfun22 OP   Man
15 weeks ago

Lancashire

Name a game you played when you was a kid you never see kids playing nowadays.there will be plenty il start with cricket or football in the street or back alleys

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By *lue RascalMan
15 weeks ago

Cheshire Liverpool Manchester

Curby

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By *aleforfun22 OP   Man
15 weeks ago

Lancashire


"Curby"
loved that game to hours of fun

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By *orphia2003Woman
15 weeks ago

Tonypandy.

Conkers

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

Use to play British bulldog when I was a child. Doubt it would be allowed now with health and safety.

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

Hedge hopping.

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By *hortishblondeWoman
15 weeks ago

Essex

Jack's

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By *olgateMan
15 weeks ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

Knock down Ginger

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By *eordieJeansCouple
15 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Egg the crackhead.

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

Dodge ball.

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By *tephanjMan
15 weeks ago

Kettering


"Use to play British bulldog when I was a child. Doubt it would be allowed now with health and safety. "

Same here but I also think they would not allow it too much physical contact especially if girls were involved

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By *ansoffateMan
15 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

Bendies

Find young trees that bend, pull them down someone climbs on and holds on for dear life, everyone let's go.

Fucking hilarious.

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago


"Use to play British bulldog when I was a child. Doubt it would be allowed now with health and safety.

Same here but I also think they would not allow it too much physical contact especially if girls were involved"

I agree with that. Guess we were more innocent at that age and never looked at it as a contact game.

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By *mber SkiesWoman
15 weeks ago

Cardiff-ish

Knock knock ginger

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By *herry delightWoman
15 weeks ago

Ilfracombe

Cat's Cradle.

Just needed a piece of string.

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By *till gameMan
15 weeks ago

two doors down


"Hedge hopping."

Loved that, we called it grand national

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

Doctors and nurses

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By *aleforfun22 OP   Man
15 weeks ago

Lancashire


"Hedge hopping.

Loved that, we called it grand national "

we called it grand national to about 15 of us doing it and always one fell in the garden pond great times though

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By *lue RascalMan
15 weeks ago

Cheshire Liverpool Manchester


"Use to play British bulldog when I was a child. Doubt it would be allowed now with health and safety. "

This was always banned in our primary school. The rumour spread on the playground it was because a kid died from it… which we all obviously believed.

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago

Red rover, was that just British bulldog?

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By (user no longer on site)
15 weeks ago


"Use to play British bulldog when I was a child. Doubt it would be allowed now with health and safety.

This was always banned in our primary school. The rumour spread on the playground it was because a kid died from it… which we all obviously believed. "

I think we believed everything as kids. So gullible

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
15 weeks ago

Reading

Blockonetwothree

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By *rBobbMan
15 weeks ago

Birmingham

Subbuteo

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By *aleforfun22 OP   Man
15 weeks ago

Lancashire

Anyone ever play manhunt or cowboys and indians

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By *ansoffateMan
15 weeks ago

Sagittarius A


"Use to play British bulldog when I was a child. Doubt it would be allowed now with health and safety.

This was always banned in our primary school. The rumour spread on the playground it was because a kid died from it… which we all obviously believed. "

We had that banned too. So we replaced it with legups same rules, but you get booted to the ground instead. They just kind of gave up on us after that.

I don't think anyone died there were a couple of ambulance incidents.

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
15 weeks ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

Patball

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By *lue RascalMan
15 weeks ago

Cheshire Liverpool Manchester


"Use to play British bulldog when I was a child. Doubt it would be allowed now with health and safety.

This was always banned in our primary school. The rumour spread on the playground it was because a kid died from it… which we all obviously believed.

We had that banned too. So we replaced it with legups same rules, but you get booted to the ground instead. They just kind of gave up on us after that.

I don't think anyone died there were a couple of ambulance incidents. "

Sounds a lot worse than Bulldog. Plenty of grazed knees!

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By *till gameMan
15 weeks ago

two doors down

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By *till gameMan
15 weeks ago

two doors down


"Hedge hopping.

Loved that, we called it grand national we called it grand national to about 15 of us doing it and always one fell in the garden pond great times though"

Ha ha yeah and even more fun to do it at night

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By *avexxMan
15 weeks ago

cheshire

kick the can showing my age now

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By *aGaGagging for itCouple
15 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

44 see ya

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
15 weeks ago

About 3 feet away from the fence


"44 see ya"

I find the regional differences in names & rules for these games fascinating.

Down south we had 2 variants of this...."40 40 Home" & "Run outs"

They're both essentially the same game, except our particular version of 40 40 didn't require the "it" person to tag/touch anyone, just seeing them was enough, but they weren't allowed to just hang around the home base (which we called "cat-guarding").

Run outs however did require a tag, which rendered the guarding strategy ineffective.

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By *B69Woman
15 weeks ago

Wiltshire

Kiss chase

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By *avexxMan
15 weeks ago

cheshire


"44 see ya"
,, i havent heard of that one,,

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By *ossyandbissieeCouple
15 weeks ago

Nottingham

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition.

cant believe that the 6th edition of D&D is launching soon. I feel so old

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By *layfullsamMan
15 weeks ago

Solihull

British bulldogs best playground game ever (after football)

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By *4bimMan
15 weeks ago

Farnborough Hampshire

cowboys and indians.

someone will say shouldnt play with guns toy or real and call the police.

the other will say painting your face is racist and they will call the police as its now a hate crime.

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By *layfullsamMan
15 weeks ago

Solihull

Grand national still play it occasionally on way home from a night out

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By *till gameMan
15 weeks ago

two doors down

Building a bogey from an old pram or whatever else you could find

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By *ools and the brainCouple
15 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Climbing trees.

BUNDLE!

bushing someone,not really a game but was definitely something that happened a lot pushing a mate into a bush usually a thorn bush.

Making a "scrambler" bike out of a regular one by the removal of just about everything surplus to requirements and using it as a dirt bike for jump's and gnarly trick's like bunny hopping up a kerb

Kick the can.

Trousering(de bagging)

Playing pirates at school.

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By *ivemealadybonerWoman
15 weeks ago

somewhere

40/40

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By *ealMissShadyWoman
15 weeks ago

St Albans/ Welsh Borders

Bulldog

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By *ermite12ukMan
15 weeks ago

Solihull and Brentwood

52 card pickup.

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By *he turned me GreyCouple
15 weeks ago

Warwick and Coventry

King of the Hill

Mr

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By *igR93Man
15 weeks ago

Sarcasm City

Beehive bedlam on the old sky I think it was called? If anyone remembers it

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By *ixiePoisonWoman
15 weeks ago

Darlington

2 Bally or a tennis ball in tights and you whacked them against a wall

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By *anManCoolMan
15 weeks ago

Camborne

Whats the time mr Wolf....i think it was called that

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By *aGaGagging for itCouple
14 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne


"44 see ya,, i havent heard of that one,,"

One person was 'It' and the others were hiders. It stays at the home base, e.g. a tree and counts to 44 with eyes shut (supposedly). Everyone else runs of and hides. Once It has counted to 44, they call out 'coming ready or not' and goes off to find the hiders. If It sees a hider they run back to home and try to touch the tree. The hider also races back and tries to touch the tree before It. Any of the other hiders can also chance their luck and try and get back to the tree even when not spotted. At some point, It will call out '44 seen ya', but I can't remember if it's when someone is spotted, or if its when they touch the tree.

Anyone fancy a game?

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By *NightingaleCouple
14 weeks ago

Watching


"44 see ya,, i havent heard of that one,,

One person was 'It' and the others were hiders. It stays at the home base, e.g. a tree and counts to 44 with eyes shut (supposedly). Everyone else runs of and hides. Once It has counted to 44, they call out 'coming ready or not' and goes off to find the hiders. If It sees a hider they run back to home and try to touch the tree. The hider also races back and tries to touch the tree before It. Any of the other hiders can also chance their luck and try and get back to the tree even when not spotted. At some point, It will call out '44 seen ya', but I can't remember if it's when someone is spotted, or if its when they touch the tree.

Anyone fancy a game? "

Im sure we just called it " it" your absolutely right about suposedly closing eyes and counting though, we played it on the street, lamposts instead of trees, same great fun, its shame you dont see kids playing like that now

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By *ecret-strangerMan
14 weeks ago

Deeside

Hunt the cunt! Brilliant game

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
14 weeks ago

Leeds

What time is it mr wolf.

Hedge hopping.

Knock and run.

The mr

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By (user no longer on site)
14 weeks ago

“Pile on” always went down a storm

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By *aleforfun22 OP   Man
14 weeks ago

Lancashire


"What time is it mr wolf.

Hedge hopping.

Knock and run.

The mr what game was what time is it mr wolf never heard of that game

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By *abtastic Mr FoxMan
14 weeks ago

A den in the Glen

Poo sticks. No not the boring one where you lob a stick under a bridge a race your friends' ones.

No, the one where you stick a stick (or a lollypop stick from a Cider Barrel) into a piece of dog turd and try to get him with it.

Not poodle shit though.

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By *NewBNWOMan
14 weeks ago

back


"Bendies

Find young trees that bend, pull them down someone climbs on and holds on for dear life, everyone let's go.

Fucking hilarious."

I might be too young but that don't sound fun

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By *aleforfun22 OP   Man
14 weeks ago

Lancashire


"44 see ya,, i havent heard of that one,,

One person was 'It' and the others were hiders. It stays at the home base, e.g. a tree and counts to 44 with eyes shut (supposedly). Everyone else runs of and hides. Once It has counted to 44, they call out 'coming ready or not' and goes off to find the hiders. If It sees a hider they run back to home and try to touch the tree. The hider also races back and tries to touch the tree before It. Any of the other hiders can also chance their luck and try and get back to the tree even when not spotted. At some point, It will call out '44 seen ya', but I can't remember if it's when someone is spotted, or if its when they touch the tree.

Anyone fancy a game? "

we use to call that hide and seek.could never play that now where i live to many cars on the road plus all the back alleys have gates on them now

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By *lue RascalMan
14 weeks ago

Cheshire Liverpool Manchester

Dead arm competitions.

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By *inkShyWoman
14 weeks ago

near Windsor

Man hunt

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By (user no longer on site)
14 weeks ago

Gluing a pound coin to the pavement and shouting SWOOP when someone tries to pick it up.

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By *layfullsamMan
14 weeks ago

Solihull

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By *NewBNWOMan
14 weeks ago

back


"Gluing a pound coin to the pavement and shouting SWOOP when someone tries to pick it up."

Thought you were saying penny up at first that was a classic

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By *ex HolesMan
14 weeks ago

Up North


"Name a game you played when you was a kid you never see kids playing nowadays.there will be plenty il start with cricket or football in the street or back alleys "

I love playing in the back alley

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By *aleforfun22 OP   Man
14 weeks ago

Lancashire


"Name a game you played when you was a kid you never see kids playing nowadays.there will be plenty il start with cricket or football in the street or back alleys

I love playing in the back alley "

same here we played cricket football tennis in the back alley near us was ok until the ball went over in someones garden 99 per cent was ok they didnt mind you retrivieng your ball but you always had one whod wait in the back garden and either keep your ball or pop it.

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By *dventurousSexplorersCouple
14 weeks ago

Fantasy Land


"Hedge hopping."

Now that is a trip down memory lane. Got some hilarious memories hedge hopping.

Harmless fun until you land in someone’s garden with a big dog haha

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By *ouple3334MFCouple
14 weeks ago

birmingham

“Bonnet to backing” jumping on the front of a car and running over the roof and jumping off the back

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By *dventurousSexplorersCouple
14 weeks ago

Fantasy Land

I think this is a tell of the kind of place I’m from. We used to play a game called German Bastards. Not sure if anybody has heard of it but I had a lot of questions off my mum going in covered in bruises oops

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By *9 kisses.Man
14 weeks ago

clacton on sea


"44 see ya"

Loved playing this in the summer, where we grew up there was a massive woods, many an evening playing 44 until it got dark,

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By *ischaTV/TS
14 weeks ago

Sheffield

Marbles

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By (user no longer on site)
14 weeks ago


"Hedge hopping.

Now that is a trip down memory lane. Got some hilarious memories hedge hopping.

Harmless fun until you land in someone’s garden with a big dog haha "

I use to laugh so much doing this.Some times my legs couldn't carry me.

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By *ex HolesMan
14 weeks ago

Up North

Soggy biscuit

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By *aleforfun22 OP   Man
14 weeks ago

Lancashire


"Soggy biscuit "
what game was that never heard of it

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By *nnCeeWoman
14 weeks ago

East of Eden, West of Hell

Used to play 40-40 with the kids who lived near me.

Or Foxes, Horses and Hounds. Bit like Bulldog, there'd be a 'catcher' in middle of the space and one kid would shout either 'Foxes!' and try to make it to the other side of the space by themselves; 'Horses!' and name another kid to run with, or 'Hounds!' and everyone would run. Anyone who was caught, then became a catcher. First person to be caught was the catcher in the next round. The winner was the last kid to be caught.

Hated it, as I was a little fat kid who didn't run very fast. I was always first to be caught.

.

That or we'd just scoot round on our bikes, and make up little games, or pretend we were doing stuff, like going on holiday. We'd ride round the block, and when we got back to base, we'd be at our destination...

The joy of imagination in kids...

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By *agatoXXXMan
14 weeks ago

A Place Where Time Runs Slow


"Kiss chase

"

That's one they need to bring back...

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By *ezoMan
14 weeks ago

The Kingdom


"Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition.

cant believe that the 6th edition of D&D is launching soon. I feel so old "

Ah the old red box. Was my first introduction to D&D games, well I did watch the cartoon first.

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By *IXXVMan
14 weeks ago

Birmingham

I wrote a letter to my lover,

And on the way I dropped it.

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By *oding1Man
14 weeks ago

marlow

Stinger

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By *uctifanoWoman
14 weeks ago

Glasgow

Chinese ropes

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By *aGaGagging for itCouple
14 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne


"44 see ya,, i havent heard of that one,,

One person was 'It' and the others were hiders. It stays at the home base, e.g. a tree and counts to 44 with eyes shut (supposedly). Everyone else runs of and hides. Once It has counted to 44, they call out 'coming ready or not' and goes off to find the hiders. If It sees a hider they run back to home and try to touch the tree. The hider also races back and tries to touch the tree before It. Any of the other hiders can also chance their luck and try and get back to the tree even when not spotted. At some point, It will call out '44 seen ya', but I can't remember if it's when someone is spotted, or if its when they touch the tree.

Anyone fancy a game? we use to call that hide and seek.could never play that now where i live to many cars on the road plus all the back alleys have gates on them now"

Hide-and-seek seek is different as you don't have to run back to the base before the person that you have found.

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By *aGaGagging for itCouple
14 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

French cricket - protecting your legs from being hit by the ball (you're out if it does). Any number of players around the batter, who have to throw the ball from where its stopped after being hit.

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By *ootyfruityCouple
14 weeks ago

andover

Conkers! Great fun but ouch!

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By *aleforfun22 OP   Man
14 weeks ago

Lancashire


"44 see ya,, i havent heard of that one,,

One person was 'It' and the others were hiders. It stays at the home base, e.g. a tree and counts to 44 with eyes shut (supposedly). Everyone else runs of and hides. Once It has counted to 44, they call out 'coming ready or not' and goes off to find the hiders. If It sees a hider they run back to home and try to touch the tree. The hider also races back and tries to touch the tree before It. Any of the other hiders can also chance their luck and try and get back to the tree even when not spotted. At some point, It will call out '44 seen ya', but I can't remember if it's when someone is spotted, or if its when they touch the tree.

Anyone fancy a game? we use to call that hide and seek.could never play that now where i live to many cars on the road plus all the back alleys have gates on them now

Hide-and-seek seek is different as you don't have to run back to the base before the person that you have found."

so that game 44 see you.i think we use to call that manhunt round our way.

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By *ynamicnatureMan
14 weeks ago

Doncaster

Marbles used to be all the rage in primary school

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By *enSiskoMan
14 weeks ago

Cestus 3

kick the can.

Tig but off the ground usually I played in a play ground on climbing frames.

skipping

Action man with the kung fu grip, later with gripping hands.

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By *ot to giggleWoman
14 weeks ago

Coventry


"Curby"

oooh hours playing this

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By *ot to giggleWoman
14 weeks ago

Coventry

Jacks

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By *issYeuxBleusWoman
14 weeks ago

My boudoir - S Wales

Curby. Simple game. Hours of entertainment.

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By *enSiskoMan
14 weeks ago

Cestus 3


"Curby

oooh hours playing this"

Saw some children playing it the other day.

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By *aleforfun22 OP   Man
14 weeks ago

Lancashire

Did anyone use to play cuppies does anyone remember cuppies

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By *indergirlWoman
14 weeks ago

somewhere, someplace

Two ball or 7-up

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By *restonguy1981Man
14 weeks ago

preston

Knock a door run

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By *urry BlokeMan
14 weeks ago

Ring doorbells have ruined knock a door run

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By *restonguy1981Man
14 weeks ago

preston


"Ring doorbells have ruined knock a door run "

Technology is a curse

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By *oeydogsMan
14 weeks ago

brentwood

British bulldog

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By *eah BabyCouple
14 weeks ago

Cheshire, Windermere ,Cumbria


"Curbyloved that game to hours of fun "

Same here

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By *eah BabyCouple
14 weeks ago

Cheshire, Windermere ,Cumbria

Hopscotch

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By *a LunaWoman
14 weeks ago

South

Statues. Where someone stands with back to you and you had to get as close to them without them seeing you?

Also that elastic band trend that went around the ankles and someone jumped in and out?

No idea of proper names.

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By *ustincider888Man
14 weeks ago

Preston Ish

Mummy's and Daddy's

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By *he love catsCouple
14 weeks ago

South Wales

Slapsies and knuckles.

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By *ex HolesMan
14 weeks ago

Up North


"Soggy biscuit what game was that never heard of it "

^^ he’s never lived

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By *ansoffateMan
14 weeks ago

Sagittarius A


"Soggy biscuit what game was that never heard of it

^^ he’s never lived "

Private schoolboys.

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By *aleforfun22 OP   Man
13 weeks ago

Lancashire


"Two ball or 7-up"
what game was that ?

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By *2000ManMan
13 weeks ago

Worthing

We used to visit a friend and play marathon games of Monopoly (max number of players). We were all about age 8-10. Not sure if kids of that age play Monopoly any more.

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By *nnCeeWoman
13 weeks ago

East of Eden, West of Hell


"S

Also that elastic band trend that went around the ankles and someone jumped in and out?"

French Skipping.

We used to play this.

And actual skipping, with the long tope (or lump of washing line). Sometimes with double ropes. They were difficult to jump in and out of!

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