Ahh the game of dead box. What good fond memories, a simple game for a simple time… This game has been played in inner cities for years, at least since the 20′s or 30′s. My father passed it on to me somewhere along the line and I decided I have to pass it on as [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Dead Box
Posted in Games on April 18, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Chink
Posted in Games on April 18, 2007 | 20 Comments »
Not the most politically correct name for a game, but we didn’t think about that crap back then. Chink, which is basically poor peoples racquetball, gets its name for the sound the ball makes when it hits the crack where the wall and the ground meet. Chink kept us busy and active for hours on [...]
Pimple Ball
Posted in Toys on April 18, 2007 | 59 Comments »
Note to those who wonder what a pimple ball is: Pimple Balls were used in Philadelphia, Boston, and other Northeastern cities for wallball, handball, boxball, points, wireball, stickball, and Hit the Penny among other games. If they were severly exposed to the elements (down a sewer or over the roof) they usually did not bounce [...]
South Philly Talk
Posted in Terminology & Language on April 17, 2007 | 12 Comments »
I grew up in South Philadelphia and still visit a minimum of twice a week. Lately as the city grows there is more and more new populations of people moving in. The real estate in Center City is only so big, so the people that work and go to school in Center City (we call [...]
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