jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Will we see yo-yos and jump ropes? I doubt it. Years ago, every kid I knew had one or more yo-yos. Today, not so much. I bought one a few years ago, and I knew how to use it immediately. It's like riding a bike: you never forget. I was never much of a rope jumper, though.

Beowulf Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI

Jerry, as we are practically in the same age group (I'm 81), I also remember the spring elementary schoolyard rife with yo-yos and jumprope.Yoyo tricks like walking the dog, ticktock, and around the world, etc. But even more so, marbles. I remember my schoolmates and I carrying pocketfuls of marbles, or often drawstring bags of marbles (obviously belonging to the better players). "Bunny holes" were found throughout the schoolyard, and chalked circles on the paved areas throughout the spring until schoolyard baseball season took over.

At one point--and obviously the result of great luck--I had turned a couple dozen marbles into about 600 marbles, however, soon to be diminished by a lengthy losing streak. Carefree days!

dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone

Would it be permissable to post a photo here on this subject, though it does not contain yo-yos, jumpropes, bikes, shorts and canvas sneakers?

You can say "no".

Rich2236 Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire

As it was stated, we are in the same age grouping. I am 86, and growing up in The Bronx, we used to have yo-yo season, marble season, stick ball season, curb ball season, etc. Everything had it own season.

But when it came to marble season, we would take a cigar box and cut 3 holes in it, and place the box against the curb. Then kids would stand in the middle of the street, and try to roll a marble at the box and get it in the hole and Win 10, 20, etc. marbles. (Some of us crafty ones would cut one hole in the middle of the box just barely smaller than an actual marble, and advertise by yelling: "50 marbles from across the street!" Everyone would line up to try, and never make it. If someone contested the hole, we would have a marble that would fit through the hole, palmed between fingers just to show the kid the hole was big enough, which seemed to satisfy everyone. LOL.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I came in right at the end of the marble craze. I heard that Peewee Reese was a marble champion.

Rich2236 Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire

Maybe, but it was alllllll fun!

Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England

Marbles for the Boys and Hopscotch for the girls.