bhowells

What games do you remember playing the in the school playground in Infants and primary school.

I recall playing war and sword fencing, or our own version of a current tv programme like Batman or Man From U.N.C.E.

There was always some kid in charge who would direct the action, which usually meant if you were not liked you would get killed off (probably good training for acting in a soap opera)

When I started school in 1965, there were always groups of little girls in the playground who would nab you put their arms around you and ask some very topical questions like,"Who's your favourite Beatle ." and "Are You are a mod or a rocker.?"

The girls played rounders and the boys played soccer with jumpers for goal posts of course.

donna

oh like this one wells... we played peever a lot or think maybe you d call it hopscoth, buttony too and rounders.

wadsy

I remember the girls ( & us lads) doing what they called "French Skipping",

which involved a big elastic band stretched into patterns between two kids

& a third one doing a sort of Scots jig on the gaps in the elastic! Or something

like that. It was a long time ago!

Harleybloke

Bulldog & cos ball games were banned in the playground, footy with cotton reels....................

.....You couldn't hear it, if they were shooting at me with howitzers!

EHV_Emmetts

British Bulldog.

Brigger

Not sure if it`s the same Donna, but the girls at schol used to play a similar game; but it was just called Two Balls as far as I`m aware, that title could misconstrued these days Surely everybody remembers Tag or Tigs as it was called in my area, you could also play Ball Tigs(or Tag) but this was more painful if they got you from close range.

DB7

I think some must change name slightly from region to region. We had a hide n seek game called "Blocky 1,2,3" but elsewhere it seems to be "Acky 1,2,3" - also the name of a track by The Beat.

SirOllyBolly

Fishes-in-the-net anyone?

SirOllyBolly

"What fresh lunacy is this?"

batman

I used to enjoy the games that went on behind the bike sheds ... and British Bulldog!

I wish I had claws.

Steve Crook

Some do vary. One interesting one to track is the children's truce word. That varies from one region to another with some being 'fainites', 'barley', 'kings', 'pax' and variations thereof

Steve

Dame Starry

Making a slide in a designated corner of the playground by compressing the snow was a great favourite in the winter. Sometimes it took a couple of days to get it just right.
I doubt it would be allowed now - some poor ickle-wickle baby might fall over and graze their knees - we wore our 'war wounds' with PRIDE!

DS x.

billy bentley

Suprised no ones mentioned conkers with or without "stampsies (stampsys ?)"

homeguard

FAG CARDS! Brilliant. Every fact interesting to small, inquisitive boys was on the back of a cigarette card. Excellent training for trivial pursuits in later years.

Regards,
HG

CaptainWaggett

I had always thought cigarette cards more or less died with WW2 - were there really that many after it? Certainly I never saw one despite my dad smoking 40 a day. We collected cards with tea (and even sent off for the albums to stick them in)

Dame Starry

If you re-read HG's post, he doesn't specify when he collected them, merely that he did.