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OhLook wrote in post #18385615
We had foursquare in school. I kind of remember that a diagram was painted on the blacktop for it, but I now have no idea how it was played. The same with dodgeball.

THis explains it all.
Dodge ball = https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=18ASBsQfXnw
4-square = https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=bA3CsIlVIWU

I love the sound those red bouncy balls made.

In HS we played a version of dodgeball called slaughterball. Could get viscious, especially when we played with about 6-8 volleyballs and not those squishy red rubber balls. And there was a no-man's land in the middle where both teams could go. Couldn't play that game these days. Parents would sue because their boy got hit in the ear or got a bloody nose or some similar life-altering injury.

gjl711 wrote in post #18385621
THis explains it all.
Dodge ball = https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=18ASBsQfXnw
4-square = https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=bA3CsIlVIWU

I also looked up both games on Wikipedia. It says adults play them, too. That was a surprise.

I don't think the way we played in school had so many rules as Wikipedia gives.

gjl711 wrote in post #18385591
As to the climbing of trees, its hard to do with a helmet, elbow pads, knee pads, safety vest, steel toe boots, gloves, and full leathers kids got to wear so the kid is safe.

How true, "health & safety" regulations gone mad ....... and namby pamby parenting too!
Let the kids have fun, scrapes and scratches are all part of growing up to being sensible strong adults like me, Moose, Jay, Subby, JJ, Will, etc., etc., etc.

Thank you JJ, I never knew of these games ..... American I guess.

OhLook wrote in post #18385635
I also looked up both games on Wikipedia. It says adults play them, too. That was a surprise.

I don't think the way we played in school had so many rules as Wikipedia gives.

I like adult games, or even games for adults.

Ian Mackie wrote in post #18385675
How true, "health & safety" regulations gone mad ....... and namby pamby parenting too!
Let the kids have fun, scrapes and scratches are all part of growing up to being sensible strong adults like me, Moose, Jay, Subby, JJ, Will, etc., etc., etc.

Exactly.

I remember playing Britsh Bulldog (brought to the ground version) at primary school. Apparently it was banned

We played downball a lot, bat tennis and four square with a tennis ball.

As far as trees go, no tree was safe when I was around!

gjl711 wrote in post #18385591
My dad worked all day including Saturdays so we barely ever saw him. In the summer, when the sun came up, we were outside and had to be home for dinner then stay in the immediate neighborhood until dark. My mom had no idea where we were or what we were doing. In the evenings, all the adults were over at the Dulaks house talking, smoking and drinking as they were in the middle of the block and we ran willy-nilly all over the place.

As to the climbing of trees, its hard to do with a helmet, elbow pads, knee pads, safety vest, steel toe boots, gloves, and full leathers kids got to wear so the kid is safe.

I think every neighborhood had this family. Ours were the Walmsleys.

Not a game per se, but we could have used these rules at our house growing up!
http://www.shotgunrule​s.com/

jay125 wrote in post #18385770
I think every neighborhood had this family. Ours were the Walmsleys.

My neighborhood didn't have any such gathering place. The kids visited back and forth before dinner and played outside or indoors or rode bikes around, but there was no assembly of adults as far as I know. The residents weren't all families with children at home. They varied: homeowners, renters; working, retired, on welfare; native language English or Spanish; married, divorced, possibly widowed (I didn't know everyone's circumstances). Neighbors didn't necessarily have much of anything in common.

icopus wrote in post #18385851
Not a game per se, but we could have used these rules at our house growing up!
http://www.shotgunrule​s.com/

Hmm.. Without really knowing it we always followed nearly all of them.

OhLook wrote in post #18385856
My neighborhood didn't have any such gathering place. The kids visited back and forth before dinner and played outside or indoors or rode bikes around, but there was no assembly of adults as far as I know. The residents weren't all families with children at home. They varied: homeowners, renters; working, retired, on welfare; native language English or Spanish; married, divorced, possibly widowed (I didn't know everyone's circumstances). Neighbors didn't necessarily have much of anything in common.

Our neighborhood was new, with newly built homes, very middle class, but diversity was not a part of it. Looking back I remember it as a working class neighborhood with a sense of family on the whole street. Something you don't find these days. We actually knew our neighbors and they knew us, kids and all. Think Kevin Arnold in The Wonder Years. No streetlights except on the corner. The street was illuminated with porch lights. I wasn't introduced to diversity until I was well into my teens and heading out into parts unknown to someone who doesn't have a car. We had no mass transit, just cars and bikes. I do miss that, the whole sense of family and such.

In my current neighborhood, I vaguely know my next door neighbors, and certainly nobody on the next block. So sad.

jay125 wrote in post #18386003
Our neighborhood was new, with newly built homes, very middle class, but diversity was not a part of it. Looking back I remember it as a working class neighborhood with a sense of family on the whole street. Something you don't find these days. We actually knew our neighbors and they knew us, kids and all. Think Kevin Arnold in The Wonder Years. No streetlights except on the corner. The street was illuminated with porch lights. I wasn't introduced to diversity until I was well into my teens and heading out into parts unknown to someone who doesn't have a car. We had no mass transit, just cars and bikes. I do miss that, the whole sense of family and such.

In my current neighborhood, I vaguely know my next door neighbors, and certainly nobody on the next block. So sad.

Pretty much the same here sans the street light. Not only did we know everyone on the street, we could get whacked by any mom if we were misbehaving. You just didn't mess around too much because the mom network was fast, efficient, and scary. However, I had the same thing in my Illinois neighborhood. I knew all the neighbors, they would come to or parties and I to theirs. In TX, not so much but I do know all my neighbors and chat often but we really don't socialize beyond that.

gjl711 wrote in post #18386008
Pretty much the same here sans the street light. Not only did we know everyone on the street, we could get whacked by any mom if we were misbehaving. You just didn't mess around too much because the mom network was fast, efficient, and scary. However, I had the same thing in my Illinois neighborhood. I knew all the neighbors, they would come to or parties and I to theirs. In TX, not so much but I do know all my neighbors and chat often but we really don't socialize beyond that.

I got my fair share of neighbor-mom smacks!