THINGS YOU DON'T SEE ANYMORE (Part 1)

oldleedsman · Post by **oldleedsman** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 11:04 am

Trojan wrote: We also played a game called "hot rye or rice" you stood in a circle with your arms over one another's shoulder and dropped a ball and whoever it touched first was "it" and had to catch the others by either hitting them with the ball or tigging them with the ball. Once caught they switched sides. Those who were free were only allowed to fist the ball and not carry it in the hand. I think that's they rules. Anyway you don't see it any more - come to that what do you see? We played a game called Hot Rice which was different. Somebody was 'it' and they had a tennis ball. To catch someone else you ran round the playground and had to throw the ball at people's feet, hitting them below the knee. To evade being caught you jumped in the air - hence the name.

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 11:14 am

oldleedsman wrote: Trojan wrote: We also played a game called "hot rye or rice" you stood in a circle with your arms over one another's shoulder and dropped a ball and whoever it touched first was "it" and had to catch the others by either hitting them with the ball or tigging them with the ball. Once caught they switched sides. Those who were free were only allowed to fist the ball and not carry it in the hand. I think that's they rules. Anyway you don't see it any more - come to that what do you see? We played a game called Hot Rice which was different. Somebody was 'it' and they had a tennis ball. To catch someone else you ran round the playground and had to throw the ball at people's feet, hitting them below the knee. To evade being caught you jumped in the air - hence the name. then there was kick out can

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 12:17 pm

[quotenick="fevlad"][quotenick="oldleedsman"] Trojan wrote: then there was kick out can We certainly played that. Also release, which sort of team hide and seek. High Steet and Bridge Street in Morley used to meet at an apex, the base was Bradford Road, within that triangle we'd play release, teams of 4/5. After dark mind. Kids don't "play out" after dark now I suppose.

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 5:35 pm

I dunno!Turn yer back five minutes and they fill another page!After skeggin' thru that lot; We had American flash bombs,1/2d each ,which consisted of a screw of tissue paper, a 'Cap'and some sand. You just threw the device onto the pavementand it made a tiny bang! Total waste of a ha'penny!Played most of the games mentioned even back in the 30's and 40's! some a bit different, Choosing someone to be 'It' we used todo 'Spuds Up!' Stand in a ring with your fists out and someonewent round hitting each fist with theirs saying'One potato,two potato.three potato,Four!' Out goes YOU!' (Summat like that!).Lucky Bags,Sherbet Dabs(Kayli in a bag with a lollipop to dab it up with! Kayli in a tube with a liquorice tube to suck it up with.Sweet 'tobacco' in a tube&made from shredded toasted coconut.(Ghastly!)Liquorice 'pipes' with 'hundreds and thousands'More later after a 'think! at the bowl end to resemble it being 'lit'.'Brompton' cough lozenges asa sweets substitute. These also contained chlorodyne which couldgive you a 'high!' A lot of those 'tubed' sweets were made by Barretts.School Dentist and Clinic on Willow Road. I was given a MickeyMouse Whistling toothbrush and a mini tube of Colgate's toothpaste FREE!if I promised to brush my teeth night and morn!It was bedlamwhen our class returned to Burley Rd School! Whistles blowing everywhere! The clinic also tested your eyes and I was forced towear specs to correct a 'lazy eye'for 3 years! (Check with my' birth' announcement under the 'High Royds/ St Marys thread!')Another tooth cleaner was Gibbs' solid dentifrice in a small roundflat tin. You dipped your wet toothbrush into the cake of pasteand did your usual dental excercises (Up and Down, NOT across the teeth!). Gibbs' had a much better taste than Colgates!Teens years in the 40's. Joining the 'Monkey run' on Woodhouse Moor. Gangs of us,and lasses, looking for a likeley lad or lassto spark off with!Sunday evenings. If you 'clicked' it was over Woodhouse Lane to the ICP on Raglan Road for hot blackcurrant.If you were lucky SHE paid! The ICP became Chakwal's Take awaybut this was after 1947 when I joined up.There was an Old Men's Shelter like an enclosed bandstandon that section of the Moor .The old lads would pass theirtime in there playing Doms and cards etc. No germs would gonear the place as it was always thick with smoke from Digger Shag and Bulwark Cut plug tobacco! Sure made your eyeswater,even outside!(Must have another 'think' now,back later!)Arry

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 6:59 pm

oldleedsman wrote: We played a game called Hot Rice which was different. Somebody was 'it' and they had a tennis ball. To catch someone else you ran round the playground and had to throw the ball at people's feet, hitting them below the knee. To evade being caught you jumped in the air - hence the name. I can remember playing Hot Rice, but talking to friends from Halifax they've no idea what I'm on about - maybe it's another Leeds only things?What about those whistle lollipops in the chemist shop? Hard lollies but in the shape of a whistle and they actually whistled (to a point) if you blew into them. They were just displayed on the counter - no protective wrapping or 'owt back then despite being on sale in a shop full of poorly people.Or those pink tablets that the dentist gave you - you had to chew them before brushing your teeth and they showed up where the plaque was on your teeth. That was the idea anyway, you just usually ended up with a bright pink mouth, lips, chin....And what about keeping the bottle of milk in a saucepan of cold water in the pantry if you didn't have a fridge? My nan used to do this right up to the late 70's when she bought her first fridge when she herself was in her 70's!

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 7:02 pm

arry awk wrote: I dunno!'It' we used todo 'Spuds Up!' Stand in a ring with your fists out and someonewent round hitting each fist with theirs saying'One potato,two potato.three potato,Four!' Arry We used to do that too. We also used to do "dip dip dip my blue ship"

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 7:23 pm

Sorrry to lower the tone, but white dog poo. Never see that anymore!

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 8:31 pm

chameleon wrote: You couldn't come up with very much then arry? So I was wrong - you did come up with more, and probably even more to come!!

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 8:52 pm

Balaclavas. I had one as a kid. You never see kids wearing them now! In "A Private Function" which is set in 1947, Maggie Smith says to Michael Palin"She Gilbert! She! She knitted you a lovely balaclava"Michael Palin "Yes but she didn't leave a hole for my mouth!"(it's about rationing)Or another Alan Bennett line in "A Chip in the Sugar" "I said to her, if you can knit tea cosies you can knit ski hats, only I have to watch her to make sure she doesn't leave a hole for the spout "

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sat 15 Mar, 2008 8:55 pm

people with cotton wool in thjeir ear.mastoid, what a viciuous sounding word.