General Chat

My mother told me that when she was a child she and her friends found a dead donkey,they dragged it to the door of a man they all hated (he was mean to all the kids ) leaned it on his door,knocked and ran off.When he opened the door the donkey fell on him,good job they didnt have ASBOs in those days eh ! Lol

Skipping, two-balls, three-balls, handstands against the wall. Five-stones, hop-scotch, cats cradle, knock down ginger, tag, simon says, leap frog, jacks, can't think of any more.....

I played many of these games too. There was another game where a group of children stood in a row with their backs against a wall. Another child stood facing them about 10 feet away. Group chanted something like :- ' Please Mr Crocodile may we cross your golden river in your golden boat today'? ( never thought before, -what odd words !!) Crocodile:-.... 'Only if you've got blue on' ( or other colour choice) Any children wearing that colour then ran like mad to get to the opposite 'bank' before the crocodile chased and caught them. If caught, they would become Mr Crocodile. Gwyn

Never heard o that one Gwyn.......sounds fun though.

The donkey one Shady was brilliant pmsl

Gwyn, Round these parts it's called Red Rover- Red Rover, Red Rover, please may I cross over? Yes, if you're wearing ...... Gwynne

Hopscotch, three balls, rounders, Jacks,marbles,hide &seek,tag, statues, & the very naughty knock down ginger!!! Shirley

Gwyn, we used to play Please Mr Crocodile too, but used to ask if we could cross 'your coloured water'. I went to school in North Cheam in Surrey. My children played it too at their schools in Epsom, Surrey. I've never heard my grandchildren playing it though - I must ask them. Sue xx