Lost your marbles?

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sun 27 Jan, 2013 2:00 pm

Oh yes the good old days!Until this mind blowing game came along that had us amazed for hours, we played with anything from empty boxes to washing machine lids

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Sun 27 Jan, 2013 3:03 pm

One of the best kids games I remember, that didn't actually involve a ball, was "Cricket". It was played with two metal six-sided pieces of metal. One piece was numbered one to six, the other six ways of being out, bowled, caught, etc.. It's a difficult game to describe but suffice to say it could be played anywhere. Am I alone in my recollection of the game?

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Sun 27 Jan, 2013 4:02 pm

hicklingmick wrote: god that cricket game rattled the old memory.I can remember playing that by myself in the 50"s Glad someone else remembers it "hicklingmick". Yes it was a game you could play on your own - great for rainy days.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Sun 27 Jan, 2013 4:27 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OwzthatOwzat?

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Sun 27 Jan, 2013 5:13 pm

Geordie-exile wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OwzthatOwzat? It never fails to amaze me what can be learned on the SL website "Geordie". I would have thought the game had disappeared a long time ago into the dim and distant past. I never remember it being called Owzat and the fact that it was originally started by being made out of pencils is especially interesting. A great little game and thanks once again.

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Sun 27 Jan, 2013 5:27 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Oh yes the good old days!Until this mind blowing game came along that had us amazed for hours, we played with anything from empty boxes to washing machine lids Tilly, I do remember the different sized Tops but until you mentioned it I had forgotten about them!Phill, my ex and I bought the game pictured at a Carboot sale a few years ago. The box/packaging boasted a curly haired Kevin Keagan. The game also came with a rifle that you aimed to shoot at the tv and if I remember rightly there was also a game of Tanks to play on screen. My ex gave the game away, and I sulked for ages. They are really collectable now.(I've still got my Atari and no end of games for it in the loft. I will not be parted from it).

jonleeds · Post by **jonleeds** » Sun 27 Jan, 2013 5:32 pm

Caron I've got a lot of these 'pong' type games, was yours made by Binatone? They did numerous models with the old paddle type controllers and light guns.On the subject of marbles, me an my pals never used to play marbles, but we loved shooting chimney pots with them out of out black widow slingshots...!

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Sun 27 Jan, 2013 8:01 pm

tilly wrote: Caron wrote: As a youngster I also enjoyed playing with marbles but the best of all was my ......... Whip n Top I don't remember boys playing it though??? Hi Caron I have played whip and top when i was a kid. Do you remember the big ones about four times the size of the normal ones then there was the ones with the long thin body.It took a lot of skill to get some of them upright.What about the tanks we made from cotton bobbins i think this has been talked about on another thread.Every thing we played with cost pence my grandaughter who would be the same age has i would have been at the time i am talking obout plays on an i pad. i pod. laptop.x box 360.I would not swop my childhood for hers for a million pounds. Yes, I played whip and top too, and loved painting the tops with different coloured chalk, as Leodian also says. We called the ones with the large tops and thin bodies "mushrooms".