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Post by andybrennan on Oct 3, 2009 21:38:54 GMT
Hi guys and girls ,if you partook of this sport. The season is upon us once again . going back to my youth. need time travel for this . any way how did you make sure that you had the champion conker , how did you make it unbreakable. mary b I think that Johnny had a big ball bearing painted like a conker he always won , give him my regards when next you talk to him
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Post by teresap on Oct 11, 2009 23:57:10 GMT
HI Andy now that brings back memories, we all loved that game,did we put a string through them and then knock them against each other. say hi to trish for me.
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Post by andybrennan on Oct 12, 2009 10:19:25 GMT
How goes it Thresa yes that was the fate of the humble conker to hahe a hole bored through its centre and the a boot lace inserted through that with a knot on one end followed by the exercise of beating them off one another till alas one broke, but now and then the conker would extract a revenge by giving the player a nasty smack any where along hand elbow or head area still good fun. The hollow what a great place to play my feet may have been big enough to fill Dans steps but the legs were lacking in his stride. another great spot out there the dir tracks on a bike no tyres mostly and ending up going down most of them on no bike as a fall made sure the body passed out the bike and your pals would be full of sympathy laughing and jeering at a fall greetsto mick
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Post by jerry on Oct 12, 2009 19:46:59 GMT
Hi Andy
One trick was to heat in the oven but you would have to keep an eye on it or it shriveled up,must say I never hit any one on the Knuckles on purpose thats my story and Iam sticking to it.
Jerry
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Post by gercollinsfurlong on Oct 13, 2009 21:08:13 GMT
Hi Andy Remember the conkers did not take part in the game with the old string left that to the lads but i do remember collecting them and making the odd necklace from them we were only left with the small conkers after all the lads had stripped the trees bare to get the bigger ones many a time i got the belt of a stone or a stick trying to knock them from the trees, the best tree to get them from was the one across from O'Donnell's many a morning i was late going to school after gathering some conkers.The string i would use to make my necklace was the army green thread my god was that strong i still have a big spool of it and every year guess what i stitch the turkey with and you can be sure no stuffing gets past that, always have to make sure i have a needle big enough to fit the thread through that thread has come in handy for many a thing.also the conkers did look well after you would have polished them well we did have to make sure our necklaces looked nice bye for now Geraldine
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Post by maryfarrell6 on Oct 14, 2009 21:46:10 GMT
Hi all, Like Geraldine never quite got the hang of the conker game they always seemed disintegrate when I tried to thread the lace through did end up with sore knuckles a few times so retired from the game early on and left it to the lads to battle it out ;D us girls designed some super shiney necklaces,bracelets and earrings and made a fashion statement. Looking at the new accessories in the shops this autumn we were well before our time girls Can you imagine todays youngsters getting so much fun and excitement from the humble conker that kept us entertained for weeks before we moved on to the Halloween preparations we used our imagination and boy oh boy we did have some adventures what a childhood to look back on, how lucky were we? regards to all the conker kings and queens Mary F
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Post by gercollinsfurlong on Oct 15, 2009 21:14:31 GMT
Hi MaryF and All We had some super times growing up and what i would give to be back there again the kids of today would not know what playtime is its all computers and TV now[for instance] if you have a power cut they go ballistic they have nothing to do,where as we would have had some fun like playing knock knock and all sorts.The first musical instrument i ever owned was a Xylophone anyone remember them? i had hours of fun on it well that is until the batteries ran out and i would have to wait a hell of a long time for new ones.Christmas time was the best hail rain or snow every kid would be outside playing with their new bikes,prams and dolls, and best of all everyone shared with each other. another great game was the marbles hours of fun and loads of tears if someone won your big marble the [bruiser] as we called them and you thought it was great if you had a certain marble that someone else wanted it was always you give me 4 or 5 and ill give you this one, you would have someone else shouting ill give you 6, they always won them back in the end by playing nearest to the wall. Also our ball games like quine i oh and others.Tip the can, spin the bottle. i could go on but i might start boring ye to tears. bye for now Geraldine ;D
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Post by kellquinn on Oct 15, 2009 22:25:26 GMT
Hi all. The worst thing about the conkers was the juice from the peels as you opened it up, it created a big rusty patch on any clothing that you wore at the time, particularly your new white good Sunday shirt, many an ear clipping I got for that one. In relation to other games you never see any kids playing the old games of years gone. Gercollinsfurlong mentions most, my favourite game was Jack! Jack! show the light" Cheers to all Joey
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Post by afcmoore on Oct 16, 2009 14:35:10 GMT
Hi All. Those chestnuts are roasted and sold in the street in London cant say i liked the taste myself yuck.I think they have banned playing conkers in matches health and safety .I reckon you would need to wear the following ,Safety goggles,Helmet, knee pads Reinforced gloves,steel toe caps in the boots and shin guards and you should have public liability in case you injury a passer -by not forgetting the spectators.I don't know how we ever survived as kids.The best way to harden them is leave them in a jar of p and dry in the sun. Cheers Anthony.
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Post by jerry on Oct 16, 2009 15:50:53 GMT
Hi Joey
Jack! Jack! show the light .Who was Jack
In voice procedure who was Roger ??
Jerry
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Post by maryfarrell6 on Oct 16, 2009 22:32:41 GMT
Hi Geraldine,Joey and all. you could have gone on all night Geraldine and nobody would have been bored all the games you mentioned god it took me right back. Marbles now that was my game I had a stash of them and a fair number of the famous bruisers[ mostly won from the lads in Pearse but they were good sports about been beaten by one of the girls and would normally offer a swap to get their marbles back! We used to play outside the front door of the houses up against the facing wall nearest the wall was my best one but wasn,t to bad at knocking the bruiser out of the circle that accounted for the large ammount of those beauties that I used to have. We used to be able to buy them in bags from the shops but the CHAMPS usually offered a more lucrative deal. Hustlers? NEVER just young opportunists learning valuable marketing skills!!! Had brilliant hand to eye cordination back then, now would most probably hit the wall if I was lucky and thats on a good day with my glasses!! Oh if only we could roll back the years. regards to all Mary F
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Post by mag on Oct 17, 2009 8:43:55 GMT
Hi all,
Nearest to the wall was my favourite game of marbles, I don’t know if my memory is playing tricks with me but when the end of the marble season came I can remember going to the top of the block in Mcdonagh and shouting scramble and empting my (brothers) large corn flake box of marbles out and all the kids running to get them. Can anyone else remember this tradition or was it just me.
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Post by jerry on Oct 17, 2009 18:46:00 GMT
Hi Andy
Quite a good thread you started not many Chestnut trees down this part of the country, when my Mam was alive she used to collect a few for my kids. As has been said on other threads we had a good time growing up on the Curragh. When John and Fiona used to visit my Mam I always had a hard time getting them back to Cork all the open spaces they used to love it.
Jerry
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Post by andybrennan on Oct 17, 2009 21:02:21 GMT
How goes it Jerry. A bit nosy , but what was the Cork connection you Ma or Da, they were mighty fine people, I often think of them. Andy
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Post by jerry on Oct 17, 2009 21:28:48 GMT
Andy
No connection Pat and myself deserted the Curragh and ran away and joined the Navy.
Jerry
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