Remember When...

[DavidJP]

Ahh thanks Steve, that was it! Spud Gun was exactly what it was. Glad my memory isn't going faulty just yet!

Kind regards

David

[groom]

Did anyone else make two holes in the base of tin cans, thread string through them to hold on to, and walk about on them?

[Greensleeves]

Oh yes, Jan, that was another good game.  And you could also join the tin cans with a long piece of string to make a telephone.

[DavidJP]

Carol,

re The Magic Robot Game. It's primary name was the Magic Robot Quiz Game but one of its alternate names was.....

Confucius Say: Magnetic Quiz Game. It had a lot of other alternate names as well.

Link to some details about it here: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/17568/magic-robot-quiz-game

Kind regards

David

[nanny jan]

Anyone remember 5 stones (I think that's what it was called)? Small wooden cubes with ridges. Must have spent hours sat on playground/pavement with friends.....could even play it inside.

[suzard]

I loved my cowgirl dressing up outfit - a "suede" skirt with fringing down the side, matching waistcoat, "cowgirl" hat, belt and coloured holster which held a"pop gun"- when you fired it a cork attached to the gun by a piece of string popped out. I always wanted to wear my wellingtons with this outfit - eventually when Mother asked me why I needed the wellingtons I said "For when I get the cows in" -perfectly logical for a six year old who had only seen cows in pictures!

Suz

[suzard]

Anyone remember 5 stones (I think that's what it was called)? Small wooden cubes with ridges. Must have spent hours sat on playground/pavement with friends.....could even play it inside.

I think this is the game we called "snobs" - although the cubes were a type of chalk (unless I had the cheap version)

Suz

[groom]

Mine were a typed of chalk as well, Suz - different colours. Then we progressed to Jacks - metal five pointed one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacks_(game)

[nanny jan]

Maybe mine were a type of chalk......too long ago to remember.  Jacks......that's what I've been trying to recall the name.  Great fun and easy to carry around......happy days.