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Stories about 'Children's Games'

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Hopscotch, peever and dead man falls,
kerby, tig and games with balls.
 
Do you have any memories of games you played as a child in Glasgow?
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There are currently 14 stories in this category. To read a story click on its title.

UploadedTitleAuthor
28/08/2005Games We Played
We must have been a weird bunch in Castlemilk where we moved from Oatlands. The boys also played peever, as th...
Saucy the Pheonix (Norman Ross)
06/08/2005The Strangest of Games
As youngsters we played the strangest of street games you could imagine. It could only have been played by Gla...
tommy Mac (Thomas Mc Sorley)
06/08/2005Play-time
There were different songs for the various games that we played and woe betide you if you muddled them up. You...
tazza (tazza macleod)
04/07/2005Ball Games
We grew up in Kinning Park and went to Scotland Street School in the 1950s. We didn't have any money. A ball...
weejeanau_1347@hotma (jean marshall)
21/05/2005"Sonny Pits"
During the '40s and particularly in summer my pals and I regularly visited the Sand Quarry off Hamilton Road, ...
Rockajock (Tony Jaconelli)
29/03/2005Childhood
Chance is a funny thing and it can happen just by chance. When I came to stay in 8 Gorbals Street on top...
peter.howden (peter howden)
06/03/2005Chap Door Runaway
Growing up in Glasgow's East End, in Cranhill, 1952-69, I remember a version of chap door run away. We called...
ricky1824 (richard smith)
28/02/2005Back Court Concerts
Did you ever have a back court concert? And the money raised was sent to Pat Roller at the Daily Record in Hop...
jackandjean (Jack Middleton)
27/02/2005Oor Wee Shop
It would start with somebody saying, "Come on, we'll play at a wee shop." We never set out to rival Galbraith'...
sweenie (Jean Kendal)
11/02/2005Tig, Chassie and Hide and Go Seek
It was very important to play outside and particular outdoor games. No matter what the weather was doing. Circ...
mandurah (tazza macleod)
02/02/2005Silver Paper
I was sitting having a coffee at the kitchen bench while listening to Radio 4 the other day. Absent-mindedly, ...
sweenie (Jean Kendal)
31/01/2005Kick the Can
I remember all those years ago when it was safe to play in the street. One particular game was called kick the...
bigstarsky (Iain Wilson)
17/01/2005Beds (Peever)
The safest and longest game to play from morning, noon til night on the streets and more correct pavements in ...
mandurah (tazza macleod)
08/01/2005Rounders in the Street
One of our favourite games was rounders. We used to play this in the street, Cockmuir Street. I think the ...
kellycunn (irene cunningham)

 

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