Bundle! and other fond playground memories

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Had a school yard game kind of like British bulldog it was dubbed Mugme a blatant name rip off of rugby and the idea was one had the ball and the rest just gang tackled the ball carrier. Got banned but it didn’t stop us
 
In all the years I was at secondary school there was only one game played at morning and afternoon play-time (and also during lunch break). That was Everton v Liverpool with a tennis ball. One goal on the school wall and the other on the brick air-raid shelter. 35 a side usually. Why would we mess about playing anything else?
Same in our class. Blues Vs reds. P, W, D, L. Totted up on the last break on friday, surprising how often it all went down to the last game of the week, no quarter asked or given.
 
Gilmour juniors mid 70’s. Everton up Liverpool down in the school yard with a tennis ball, sometimes one of those orange and black “striker” balls that were one grade up from a balloon. 30-50 a side easy.

British bulldogs running from one side to the other doing your best not to be kicked all over the place or grabbing onto a drain pipe and shouting Barley. Every now and then a scuffle would break out and the cry of “scrap, scrap, scrap” would ring out.

Marbles was another favourite, or olly’s and bollly’s as we called it.

Happy days

I was at Gilmour mid 70`s lol
 

Same in our class. Blues Vs reds. P, W, D, L. Totted up on the last break on friday, surprising how often it all went down to the last game of the week, no quarter asked or given.
From memory, the scores 'rolled over' for each daily match and ended up with a 'day's' score. Something like 48 - 43! Bragging rights - 'till the next day.lol
 
From memory, the scores 'rolled over' for each daily match and ended up with a 'day's' score. Something like 48 - 43! Bragging rights - 'till the next day.lol
We were used to a Euro style 2 leg format by then, only it was 10 legs per week.
Sometimes it was close, 0-0, 1-0, sometimes it was a goal fest 7-6.
With the trailing team always trying the arl 'next goals the winner' dodge...'koff with that you rs, its 5 - 2 you're beaten.
Dinner times didnt count though as we were out running amok down London Rd and town.
 

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