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Sorry MissM, didn't see top and whip. Yes, we would colour the top of the top . We used coloured chalks. Made nice patterns as they whizzed around.

Over the Moon and Under the Stars was a skipping game we played, but all I can remember is we had to run under it when it was up and jump over it at it's lowest spot, without tripping up. That is probably all it was.

Grazed knees sometimes.

I remember children running around playing horses as you said. Oh, to be young and innocent again.
Didn't have tellies then Yang. You should have remembered that from another thread ! grin

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Granny ,your right it was 'chalk ' to colour the tops ,easy to change ' designs' lol
Higher and higher was another skipping game ,were you got 'grazed knees'....And 'off ground' tick..

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Originally Posted by missmahjong
Higher and higher was another skipping game ,were you got 'grazed knees'....And 'off ground' tick..


Hop Scotch was a total mystery to most boys... what the heck was all that about????? And as for tying a tennis ball inside an old pair of tights and bouncing it off a wall, don't get me started.... doh

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As i recall boys did not play 'hop sscotch' to pissed to explain'''Idont no what the 'ball in the 'tights was all about , being an only child < violens please > i remember 'playing ' tennis against the wall ,,,,lol

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Higher and higher was another skipping game ,were you got 'grazed knees'....And 'off ground' tick..


Hop Scotch was a total mystery to most boys... what the heck was all that about????? And as for tying a tennis ball inside an old pair of tights and bouncing it off a wall, don't get me started.... doh


Hang on Yang, tennis balls in tights? We didn't have tights until 1965 approx. By that time we were playing rather different games behind the bike sheds. (before anyone mentions 'abuse', well it wasn't, because most I'm sure, had a grope or two)


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As i recall boys did not play 'hop sscotch' to pissed to explain'''Idont no what the 'ball in the 'tights was all about , being an only child < violens please > i remember 'playing ' tennis against the wall ,,,,lol


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Originally Posted by granny
Hang on Yang, tennis balls in tights? We didn't have tights until 1965 approx. By that time we were playing rather different games behind the bike sheds. (before anyone mentions 'abuse', well it wasn't, because most I'm sure, had a grope or two)


I think missy and me are far too young to be reading this kind of thing gran. I wasn't even a twinkle in 1965 and the only bottles missy drank back then had free school milk in, not Merlot... wink

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Originally Posted by missmahjong

Some girls i went to school with were mad on horses and used to put a skipping rope around the waist of 'the horse' and the other was the 'rider' ..never got it my-self..
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You may have been behind the 'bike 'shed. i was only 12 to young for groping and tights...You saucy madam...
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We used to tie elastic bands together to make a chain.Two people (or chairlegs- if I was grounded) would step into them, forming a 'traintrack' with the one in the middle performing funky moves?? Was that 'french skipping'?

Once I got to about 9 or 10, we used to play Famous Five, which basically meant following people around, making notes on their description and what they were doing, without being spotted. laugh

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Hang on Yang, tennis balls in tights? We didn't have tights until 1965 approx. By that time we were playing rather different games behind the bike sheds. (before anyone mentions 'abuse', well it wasn't, because most I'm sure, had a grope or two)


I think missy and me are far too young to be reading this kind of thing gran. I wasn't even a twinkle in 1965 and the only bottles missy drank back then had free school milk in not Merlot... wink


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Once I got to about 9 or 10, we used to play Famous Five, which basically meant following people around, making notes on their description and what they were doing, without being spotted. laugh


Was it training for a career in the DHSS? raftl

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Think it was French skipping Rude. Never played that at our school. Couldn't afford the rubber bands.

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