Things that swept the playground

All the girls in my Primary school collected stickers, and put them into sticker albums, all different ones furry's, Bubbles, shiney's and cronies... Never understood why they were called Cronies...  Weird.

Oh yeah everyone would have the world cup 2006 book and put stickers in.

Im a lot older than you fellers, but i do remember loads of fights in the playground, they were always in style,
but i also remember

Kios, pod shoes, kickers
That game where loads of bull bearings firing really fast cant remember the name
Top Trumps (my kids now play these too, cant hold a good thing down)
Tie your schoolmates with long grass, and leave them there even after registration
S.P.O. T. against a suitable wall
kick the can
Lucky bags............top notch
Cola cubes, pineapple cubes
Space invaders
Granstand consoles
Chase the other schools pupils and try to batter them...he he

Lucky bags............top notch

I used to LOVE lucky Bags!

I graduated High School in 90'. So that was way before Pokemon and Anime stuff.  For me growing up it was Skate and BMX. Lots of stitches,broken wrists and road rash. For me it was Thrasher Magazine, Tony Hawk, Vision Shoes etc.Listening to Punk/Hardcore like D.R.I,Exploited,Minor Threat,
Black Flag.  It was more about the "Scene" then actual Items.

We used to have these Tazo things which were like pogs that you got in chip packtes. Also had a few games like "bull rush" which is exactly like your game of British bulldog. "Brandies" was another game that was ace you would line up a dozen or so fellas about 10 metres from a wall then one would throw a tennis ball against the wall with some force. The aim was to catch it  once it bounced back, but because it was thrown with such force at such a close distance catching it was nearly impossible and if you fumbled it you would have to make a run for it because who ever picked the ball up behind you or next to you had to "brand" you with the ball until you reached the wall and touched it for safety. It was absolutely boss especially in winter when it was cold and you branded someone from 5m away the pain was almost unbearable.

These:

and these:

I used to love these.

British Bulldog - SU-PERB!

We used to do last one onto the yard is it. Just an immense game that was!

How many times did this game end in tears! Unreal how much fun this was, especially when it was the whole Junior school playing (Boys only - at that time girls were smelly)...

Top Trumps (my kids now play these too, cant hold a good thing down)

Had dozens of those, used to love playing it!

Pokemon, yo-yo's etc..

Funny thing with pokemon, they got banned at our school so me and the other boys had to go and do "illicit pokemon deals" behind the groundskeeper sheds Ah, the days of innocence

Pokemon cards, football stickers, yo-yo's, conkers...same as everyone else.

British bulldogs was awesome although it got banned in our primary school because of people running off crying when they got hurt.  We also used to play a game called red rover I think it was, where you link hands with your team and call a member from the other team then they'll try to break through.  If they fail to do that then they join that team and the winner is the team with the most people at the end.  Anyone else play this?

Cracking thread this, brings back memories.

I remember playing Red Rovers. It got banned in our school because a guy broke a girl's arm.

LP, thanks for posting the Dennis the Menace lucky bag! You reminded me - I was in the Dennis the Menace official fan club when I was a kid!

Used to love playing marbles there were so many different games to play with marbles, and then beating the other guys and winning there marbles was good too.

I remember playing Red Rovers. It got banned in our school because a guy broke a girl's arm.

Haha it was a bit rough at times wasn't it?  You always tried to go for the weak link which tended to be the girls. 

If you went for the big bas**rds you tended to get clotheslined and that wasn't nice.

Haha it was a bit rough at times wasn't it?  You always tried to go for the weak link which tended to be the girls.  

If you went for the big bas**rds you tended to get clotheslined and that wasn't nice.

It was very rough. And the girls weren't the weak links at our school, we used to scratch people with our long nails and scream, and annoy the boys until they ran away.

And we didn't allow the big kids to play, we'd probably be dead otherwise.  

I was in the Dennis the Menace official fan club when I was a kid!

You must have had these then like me:





Do you remember the password to know if someone else was a fan?

DING...

I can't! I also had a little plastic wallet with Dennis on the front.

I was another Dennis fan club member! I got sent a bag and it had stuff that I can't remember in it! I used to think that kid was perhaps the coolest kid who never existed!

We had a strange game that got banned in our school, there was like a massive yellow circular table in the playground, and you would stand on it and run around whilst someone in the middle tried to shove you off, get shoved off though and it would hurt! An then you had to become a puller, and just pull people off it. Got banned after some parent complained when she saw her kid get pushed off!

Fake tattoo's i think was a craze at one point.

Them ones you would peel the front off and then hold a wet towel or something on it for a few minutes.

They came off easy though i think

I can't!

DING: Dennis Is Never Good.

Response is DONG: Dennis Owns Naughty Gnasher.

I wonder if any kids actually used the password?

Fake tattoo's i think was a craze at one point.

Them ones you would peel the front off and then hold a wet towel or something on it for a few minutes.

They came off easy though i think

I remember trying to apply in a place I shouldn't. Luckily I was stopped.

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Tattoo too big was it mate   

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