Children's Ball Games:

[howbuck1:]

I remember throwing a ball against the wall and chanting a rhyme which began;
'Upsies, clapsies, twiddle your wheels to backsies,
High ball, low ball'

I can't remember the next line and it's driving me crazy!

It went on;
'To touch your elbows(?) to touch your toes, to touch your shoulders and under she goes'

I grew up in Armley in the 1940s. Can anyone remember this game. I want to teach it to my little granddaughter.

[Peterdavidshaw]

Curby.....the art of throwing a ball at a curb then letting it bounce bag.
.pegs
Put 3 pegs in a arch sharp....throw the ball at them who ever knocks them all down win.

Kick out ball

Very similar to hide and seek......1 persons counts whilst standing near a ball.

The others hide.....when the counter leaves his base (the ball ) to seek the others, the aim is to run and kick the bloody as hard as you can and shout " Kickout ball ".

[String o' beads]

I remember throwing a ball against the wall and chanting a rhyme which began;
'Upsies, clapsies, twiddle your wheels to backsies,
High ball, low ball'

I can't remember the next line and it's driving me crazy!

It went on;
'To touch your elbows(?) to touch your toes, to touch your shoulders and under she goes'

I grew up in Armley in the 1940s. Can anyone remember this game. I want to teach it to my little granddaughter.

...High ball, low ball
Undie ball, touch the wall

[volvojack]

Don't really have much to add to this subject as we only played reasonably straight forward games, rounders football etc.

But would like to say how much i enjoy reading these posts. I have spent most of my 80 years in and out of Leeds ( not Gloucester Terrace) and your contributions give me great pleasure. Ta. Jack Daly.