Owd Pastimes

[claytonx]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Can remember when I was young everything used to go in seasons there was the marble season, conker season, of curse cricket and football, bonfire season which started in august, in as much as collecting the wood and everything that went with it, going stealing wood from other gangs, all great fun

What about signaling with torches to each other with the morse code dot dot dot dash,
and I should think back in the thread someone will have mentioned throwing a ball against a wall trying to knock a coin out of a chalked ring. Fastening black cotton to door knockers,pulling it then hiding when someone came out

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Can remember when I was young everything used to go in seasons there was the marble season, conker season, of curse cricket and football, bonfire season which started in august, in as much as collecting the wood and everything that went with it, going stealing wood from other gangs, all great fun

Marbles and Conkers were still a serious business when I was a junior school Jay -the lads used to end up in fights over them. Some had ways of hardening the conkers -I think soaking in vinegar was one trick...

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by claytonx

What about signaling with torches to each other with the morse code dot dot dot dash,
and I should think back in the thread someone will have mentioned throwing a ball against a wall trying to knock a coin out of a chalked ring. Fastening black cotton to door knockers,pulling it then hiding when someone came out

Remember fixing a small pearl button to kitchen windows with a pin and black cotton then lying on the couts and pulling the string

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Marbles and Conkers were still a serious business when I was a junior school Jay -the lads used to end up in fights over them. Some had ways of hardening the conkers -I think soaking in vinegar was one trick...

Soaking um in vinegar, that was cheating

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Marbles and Conkers were still a serious business when I was a junior school Jay -the lads used to end up in fights over them. Some had ways of hardening the conkers -I think soaking in vinegar was one trick...

When my 3 were at the conker stage at school, I carved them a conker each out of Lignum Vitea, when they were polished up they looked like the real thing, till you felt at it.
Retlaw.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

Hummers JCB, that's what they called them over Liverpool way,

"Where's our lad ?"
"E's inda jigger, playin' wid is 'ummer !"

Mmmm ... ask for a hummer in North America and you better be prepared to get your face slapped, or part with fifty bucks. Of course, you were over here. You may have met some young ladies of negotiable virtue in the Hat. And if you ever got to Calgary, there's sure as hell no shortage there.

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

When my 3 were at the conker stage at school, I carved them a conker each out of Lignum Vitea, when they were polished up they looked like the real thing, till you felt at it.
Retlaw.

Now that's really cheating , Walter!

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by Eric

Mmmm ... ask for a hummer in North America and you better be prepared to get your face slapped, or part with fifty bucks. Of course, you were over here. You may have met some young ladies of negotiable virtue in the Hat. And if you ever got to Calgary, there's sure as hell no shortage there.

You are rather too well versed for one so respectable, Eric!

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

When my 3 were at the conker stage at school, I carved them a conker each out of Lignum Vitea, when they were polished up they looked like the real thing, till you felt at it.
Retlaw.

Could ya not have made um one out of sumat harder

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Eric

Mmmm ... ask for a hummer in North America and you better be prepared to get your face slapped, or part with fifty bucks. Of course, you were over here. You may have met some young ladies of negotiable virtue in the Hat. And if you ever got to Calgary, there's sure as hell no shortage there.

Ya can remember the other have telling me about going into a store in Dallas and asking for a rubber, she was after an eraser (as the yanks call um) her family member (who lives there) stepped in before she was embarrassed

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by mobertol

You are rather too well versed for one so respectable, Eric!

Respectable he comes from Clayton for heaven's sake

[susie123]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Ya can remember the other have telling me about going into a store in Dallas and asking for a rubber, she was after an eraser (as the yanks call um) her family member (who lives there) stepped in before she was embarrassed

When I lived in the states for a while a friend of mine made what he called a rubber plant - a bit of fake greenery with condoms rolled up and attached to look like flowers - very tasteful!

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by Eric

Mmmm ... ask for a hummer in North America and you better be prepared to get your face slapped, or part with fifty bucks. Of course, you were over here. You may have met some young ladies of negotiable virtue in the Hat. And if you ever got to Calgary, there's sure as hell no shortage there.

Aye Eric, we met a few, but being as we were poorly paid Squaddies, we had to set our priorities with our Dosh = Beer = Drunk = couldn't care less As to negotiable affections, well, if it was free we didn't want it.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by susie123

When I lived in the states for a while a friend of mine made what he called a rubber plant - a bit of fake greenery with condoms rolled up and attached to look like flowers - very tasteful!

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