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Elizabeth Bell from Adelaide, South Australia. Posted 11 Feb 2003.
My favourite games were peevers, skipping with lots of other 'lassies' especially when big enough and skilled enough to do 'one no miss'! Hide and seek in the tenement buildings was also good fun although some of the tenants were not amused at the sometimes racket. A-leave-oi (spelling?) was also good especially as we had to run down a hill to the main road to find the set object to be found and rush back up before the others disappeared into said tenement buildings. This was way back in 1939 to 1948. There seems to be so much traffic through my old street now, according to photos, that such games could be a bit dangerous. Also played kingy-ball.
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|  | Allison from Tor. Ont. Canada. Posted 8 May 2003.
I played all the games you are talking about Elizabeth, but here is one I don't know if anyone else was crazy enough to play, we used to punch holes in an old can, tie wire to make a handle , then steal some cinders from your parents fire fill the can,then wait till it got quite dark then we used to swing it around until the coals would shine through the holes in the can !! Scary stuff when I think of it now, we could have set ourselves on fire !! By the way I was brought up in Edinburgh too, a place called Pilton !!
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