Remember When...

[Countryquine]

I remember quite a few of the things you've mentioned. I also remember two of my favourite games were KAN-U-GO (card game like Scrabble without a board) and a precursor (I think) to Lego, where you built houses by putting thin metal roads into holes on a green board and slid bricks, doors, windows between them. Blowed if I can remember the name though....

I remember the building thing as well - seem to remember I was disappointed at first not to get Lego, but looking back had hours of fun with it.   

[Treetotal]

Lots of interesting stories here...I waited a long time for a hula hoop but when I did get one it had beans or something in it so it made a noise.
Swings on lampposts were popular to with your cardigan as a seat to prevent rope burns 
Carol

[Greensleeves]

I'd forgotten about the mud 'cakes' Maggie.  We used to do rather spectacular ones when I lived in Cyprus.  The soil was really sandy and the sun was hot.  We used to mix up the soil with water and add powder paint.  Then we would carefully put our 'cakes' onto the ground and 'ice' them by pouring on runnier earth of another colour.  They used to dry almost immediately.  This continued for some months until the headmaster discovered that we had been  abusing our roles as ice-box monitors by helping ourselves to spoonfuls of powder paint which was stored in the same cupboard. 

[Maggie.]

I also remember writing a play.  I was still at junior school so probably around 9 years old but for the production we used a wooden garage belonging to the parents of one of my friends who was also a member of the cast.  We rehearsed, made a grand pair of curtains and when we were prepared we sold tickets to all of the neighbourhood.  I cannot remember the plot of the play except in involved a great deal of falling about and calamitous events.  The proceeds of the ticket sales did not go into our own pockets - I seem to remember that we were encourage to donate it to a Worthy Cause.

[Wiggy]

So many good memories coming back - I remember the 'Chalet School' books and Swallows and amazons - and of course, for Aussies, the Billabong Books.

There was another series set in UK about May Queens - can't remember the name of the books now - anyone remember?  How I loved those.

Does anyone remember playing tag , statues ,blind mans buff ,pin the tail on the donkey, tiddlywinks or fanning balloons ?          great thread carol !

And do you remember 'blow ping pong' - when you all got round a table and had to blow the ping pong ball if it came near you - had to get it off the side of the table near the opposing person/team.

Also Gran had a segmented dog which collapsed when you pushed the bottom of it - all the strings relaxed and the dog fell down!   Not a good description, but  . . . . can you get what I am talking aobut?

[Maggie.]

Anything like this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Kohner-150-Barking-Dog-Wood-Push-Puppet-/330875329483?pt=Vintage_Antique_Toys_US&hash=item4d09b4dbcb

I remember them 

[Wiggy]

Just like that!!!     

I always wanted a hula hoop - my cousins had them - but I couldn't make them go anyhow! 
 My hips weren't made for swinging . . . . . . .   

[Greensleeves]

Ah yes, I remember those dogs now - thanks for the link Maggie.

[Nanna52]

Oh yes the Famous Five books and the Faraway Tree books.  Loved them.
My granddaughters make the fortune tellers and have fun with them.
Could never get the hula hoop right, but had great fun trying.