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Re: Ludo, tiddley winks ... remember the old games ?
« Reply #27 on: Saturday 08 December 07 00:18 GMT (UK) »
Loved French Skipping  ;D
thought for a minute you said
French kissing :D

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I used to wince when the leastic bands got higher and higher, they really hurt if they snapped at that stage!  :-[
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Re: Ludo, tiddley winks ... remember the old games ?
« Reply #28 on: Saturday 08 December 07 00:22 GMT (UK) »
Loved French Skipping  ;D
thought for a minute you said
French kissing :D

Bennett
Really, Bennett!  :o

I used to wince when the leastic bands got higher and higher, they really hurt if they snapped at that stage!  :-[

ooops - the spelling's going a bit dodgy, must be the red wine kicking in!

Right, i'll love you and leave you all reminiscing and look forward to reading about all you childhood shenanigans tomorrow.

night, all!  :P
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Re: Ludo, tiddley winks ... remember the old games ?
« Reply #29 on: Saturday 08 December 07 00:24 GMT (UK) »
`night Stoney  :)



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Re: Ludo, tiddley winks ... remember the old games ?
« Reply #30 on: Saturday 08 December 07 00:24 GMT (UK) »
What was French cricket ???
Never heard of that one :P

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Re: Ludo, tiddley winks ... remember the old games ?
« Reply #31 on: Saturday 08 December 07 01:06 GMT (UK) »
We used to play with tennis balls throwing them against a wall, saying one, two three o'leary, etc.  Can't remember the rest.


We used to say:

Ipsy Gipsy lived in a tent
She couldn't afford to pay the rent
When the rentman came that day
Ipsy Gipsy ran away

then substituted the next move for the last word of each line -

Ipsy Gipsy lived in a skyball (throwing ball up in the air) and so on....

happy days, until someone complained about the thump thump on the wall
 ::)   :D :D

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Re: Ludo, tiddley winks ... remember the old games ?
« Reply #32 on: Saturday 08 December 07 01:29 GMT (UK) »
Oh Oh ....yes...we used to play French Cricket.

It was a way of playing cricket if you had a very small garden.

You stood in front of the wicket with your legs together and the bat in front of your legs. The object was to stop the ball from touching your legs or the wicket.....in other words..you didn't get to swing at the ball but rather push it out of the way.......

Does anybody know what I'm talking about?

 :P :P

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Re: Ludo, tiddley winks ... remember the old games ?
« Reply #33 on: Saturday 08 December 07 01:36 GMT (UK) »
When we went on long journeys......for instance from Brum to Weston Super Mud......... :P........we would have to play games in the car to amuse ourselves. It took Dad 5or 6 hours to drive the 90 odd miles.

Our favourite was I Spy.

I was the eldest of the girls...and of course, the most intelligent!  ;D .....so I would spy all kinds of obscure things

I spy with my little eye.....something beginning with P

Indi  ;D




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Re: Ludo, tiddley winks ... remember the old games ?
« Reply #34 on: Saturday 08 December 07 01:42 GMT (UK) »
Oh Oh ....yes...we used to play French Cricket.

Does anybody know what I'm talking about?

 :P :P

Yes Indi!   :D :D
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Re: Ludo, tiddley winks ... remember the old games ?
« Reply #35 on: Saturday 08 December 07 01:44 GMT (UK) »
Long summer evenings playing kick-the-can.
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis