Patrick Bateman Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Definitely British Bulldog, every lunchtime, without fail at primary school, then I suppose it was football at secondary school.
pap Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 British Bulldog was a favourite at Bassett Green Middle School, especially the back playground. One of the things you learn when you move around the country is that beyond the big games, names for a lot of these games are very local. Used to play a variant of hide and seek called "nine nine in", the catching game where only one person was "it" was called "it", while the one where the caught would start chasing other people along with who caught them was called Scatty. One game we played that I've never seen played anywhere else was "all in", a game played in a square with a ball, with the object to keep the ball in the square using only one touch at a time.
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 British Bulldog was a favourite at Bassett Green Middle School, especially the back playground. One of the things you learn when you move around the country is that beyond the big games, names for a lot of these games are very local. Used to play a variant of hide and seek called "nine nine in", the catching game where only one person was "it" was called "it", while the one where the caught would start chasing other people along with who caught them was called Scatty. One game we played that I've never seen played anywhere else was "all in", a game played in a square with a ball, with the object to keep the ball in the square using only one touch at a time. We used to play that, though using all our imagination we literally just called it 'Square'.
PompeyLass Posted 17 March, 2015 Author Posted 17 March, 2015 We also used to play curby as well but that was mainly at home on the road. Also I think there was one called "what's the time Mr Wolf" where someone had their back to people and you had to creep up behind them and not get caught.
Patrick Bateman Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 "It", I hated that game as a kid, no idea why - preferred Bulldogs
shurlock Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 (edited) Gob run. Our playground was elevated, with a long metal verander overlooking a narrow alleyway. Whenever the ball was kicked (football) or hit (cricket) into the alley, the offender would have to go down and fetch it. Depending on the numbers, people would line up, gobbing and tipping maxpaxes on whoever was running the gauntlet that day. Edited 17 March, 2015 by shurlock
Snopper Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Running away from Hardley School was quite popular in my day.......
Patrick Bateman Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Running away from Hardley School was quite popular in my day....... Ah a fellow ex-Hardley pupil!!
View From The Top Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 British Bulldog was a favourite at Bassett Green Middle School, especially the back playground. One of the things you learn when you move around the country is that beyond the big games, names for a lot of these games are very local. Used to play a variant of hide and seek called "nine nine in", the catching game where only one person was "it" was called "it", while the one where the caught would start chasing other people along with who caught them was called Scatty. One game we played that I've never seen played anywhere else was "all in", a game played in a square with a ball, with the object to keep the ball in the square using only one touch at a time. Played that as well.
SNSUN Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Skipping Kiss chase Knuckles I have a scar on my knee from playing kiss chase. Slipped on the grass, legs went forwards and I dug my teeth into my knee receiving a mouthful of flesh and blood. I got a kiss from that girl a few days later, but if was a pity kiss.
Jonnyboy Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Played that as well. Me too, in Bitterne. Maybe it's a Southampton thing.
pap Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Played that as well. Me too, in Bitterne. Maybe it's a Southampton thing. Don't know if you played it the same way, but it was the classic upgrade on hide and seek. Not enough to go hide; you gotta get back and say "nine nine in" without getting caught.
pap Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 We used to play that, though using all our imagination we literally just called it 'Square'. It was, at its best, an elegant game. The problem was "outs". Last person to touch it is normally out, but if someone just stands there and makes no effort to stop an outgoing ball, they were out instead. At its worst, it was a prelude to bigger arguments
hypochondriac Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 I don't really like that the reason this topic exists is because it was brought up on pompey online. I feel like I'm in a parallel universe.
Hatch Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 The PE teacher had this game where we had to put our winkles in his hand and he would try and guess who's it was with his eyes closed. Probably not played in other schools as he said it was a secret game.
PompeyLass Posted 17 March, 2015 Author Posted 17 March, 2015 I don't really like that the reason this topic exists is because it was brought up on pompey online. I feel like I'm in a parallel universe. Yet you felt compelled to post on it
View From The Top Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Me too, in Bitterne. Maybe it's a Southampton thing. Bitterne for me too.
simo Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Ah a fellow ex-Hardley pupil!! There's a few of us that are hardley educated on here !
View From The Top Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Don't know if you played it the same way, but it was the classic upgrade on hide and seek. Not enough to go hide; you gotta get back and say "nine nine in" without getting caught. Or "nine nine in, release all prisoners".
saint si Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Or "nine nine in, release all prisoners". Yes - that's it! Was nagging me that i couldn't remember the second part of the phrase. I remember it roughly as "nine nine in, all prisoners released". Shirley first/middle.
Patrick Bateman Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Or "nine nine in, release all prisoners". Crikey, yes now I remember, we played that too!
Jonnyboy Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Bitterne for me too. You didn't use to bully me at Bitterne C of E?
Jonnyboy Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Played a bit of French Cricket t my second school. All boys school then I guess?
ericb Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Crikey, yes now I remember, we played that too! Same down in St Deny's too. Also did british bulldog, IT, foxes and hounds and breaking into our primary school (probably a bit more niche that)
sandwichsaint Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Bulldog. lots of football, is nine-in the same as 'buzz'? There was a conker craze once a year, pickled in vinegar and you gained the points if you beat an opponent. Bit of skipping over a long rope, Malcolm McLaren eat your heart out, we were doing the double dutch at Butlocks Heath in the early seventies. We also played marbles, or 'alleys?' 'allies?'. all marbles had a value based on their size, 4-ers, 6-ers etc, kids who's dads were in the motor trade bought in giant ball bearings which were 16-ers. Scraped the marbles into a hole on the playground and the last person to pocket a marble took the pot. We also had a boy in primary school who could lean back and wee against the ceiling of the outside toilets (he frequently did), think he went on to have a reasonably successful career in the adult film industry.
View From The Top Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 You didn't use to bully me at Bitterne C of E? I went to Glenfield Primary and then Beechwood Middle.
Jonnyboy Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 I went to Glenfield Primary and then Beechwood Middle. Ah must've been buctootim then.
buctootim Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Ah must've been buctootim then. Nah not me. Jennifer Bidgood and Wendy Rule had the franchise on all the bullying at Bitterne C of E
Jonnyboy Posted 17 March, 2015 Posted 17 March, 2015 Nah not me. Jennifer Bidgood and Wendy Rule had the franchise on all the bullying at Bitterne C of E Mrs Cross gave me a good old slap on my bum there one time.
whelk Posted 18 March, 2015 Posted 18 March, 2015 Nah not me. Jennifer Bidgood and Wendy Rule had the franchise on all the bullying at Bitterne C of E Wendy Rule was destined to become a bully
whelk Posted 18 March, 2015 Posted 18 March, 2015 Yes - that's it! Was nagging me that i couldn't remember the second part of the phrase. I remember it roughly as "nine nine in, all prisoners released". Shirley first/middle. Draw a snake on a dead man's back, which little finger did that? Fast slow fast slow fast slow. 10 fast and everyone was fcked
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