| Date: Sat 02/2/08 9:13AM From: Joanne Kirk Email: Muzerof2@optonline.net Message: To Virginia Perniciaro, I see you mentioned that Billy Klawsnik pa**ed last week. I too wrote about it on the boards. I knew "Little Billy" (as we called him) for a long time. He was very good friends with another friend of mine named Paul Brodzinski. We all grew up together on Jamaica Avenue many, many years ago. Today is his Funeral. His family needs lots of prayers. |
| Date: Fri 02/1/08 5:16PM From: barbara Email: bobbi91@earthlink.net Message: remember brenner's drug store? he would watch to see if we took candy and chase us out! his name was philip and his wife was anna. i have an old travel trunk that belonged to mrs. brenner -- complete with handwritten tags. would love to give it to their grandchildren. anyone remember their son's name? |
| Date: Fri 02/1/08 4:16PM From: Virginia Perniciaro Email: ginger4953@aol.com Message: It saddens me to say that Billy Klawsnik pa**ed on Jan. 27th in Florida - keep him and his family in your prayers. |
| Date: Thu 01/31/08 1:42PM From: Tom Email: tomcornsnake@yahoo.com Message: I am 58 years old. As far as Skelly or Skelzie.... Whatever you call it it was fun. Best part you actually played with a real person. I feel bad for the kids today,I really wonder,when they get older if they will have great memories like I have. I will never forget getting the bottle caps from the old coke machines. |
| Date: Wed 01/30/08 1:37PM From: mario zambrano Email: franshley@yahoo.com Message: I grew up on Hendrix Street, between Fulton and Atlantic Avenue. This website is truly amazing for it brings back great memories. I went to PS 76, graduating in 1971. I can remember the games that we played as kids such as punchball, skelly, johnny on the pony, ringolivio, chinese handball and many more.Stickball in the schoolyard of St. Malachy was always fun. Kids nowadays are only interested playing with their computers and have no idea as to what Highland Park was great for me because I got to play a lot of soccer there. If anybody out there has pictures of PS 76 can they be as so kind to share them? How about playing with your baseball cards and the delicious stick of gum that came with the cards. I just wished that I had saved all my cards! |
| Date: Wed 01/30/08 10:54AM From: Danny Email: daniel.ferraro@citi.com Message: Frank, Logan and Glenmore, late 50's-early 60's, we called it Skelly. |
| Date: Tue 01/29/08 8:10PM From: joey Email: stio616@aol.com Message: on barbey street in the 50s it was skelly. |
| Date: Tue 01/29/08 7:49PM From: frank Email: fd1165@rcn.com Message: Hey Al, I sure do remember those slate sidewalks. We always played it in the street though. Someone had carved a skelzy court in the old asphalt on my block and it was the one we played on for years until they finally repaved the street. I remember that one of the kids had made a skelzy piece out of gla** from one of the old coca cola bottles before they made the twistoff caps. He was able to break off the round top portion of the bottle that you would drink thru. It was great 'cuz it had weight to it and would slide great on the asphalt. He was also able to blast you half way down the block with it too!! LOL |
| Date: Tue 01/29/08 7:34PM From: Frank Email: fd1165@rcn.com Message: Phil, thanks for your input. You are one of the very few older guys I've heard from who called it skelly. I thought it was mostly younger kids than me that started calling it skelly 'cuz it sounded cooler than calling it skelzy. Your right about kids today. Many have no idea what it is to play street games 'cuz they're too busy glued to the t.v. playing video games. |
| Date: Tue 01/29/08 3:34PM From: Al Gavin Email: alter@optonline.net Message: Skelzy, as I knew it, was best played on the slate type sidewalk, possibly bluestone, for a better slide. Also, you would put a penny in before the melted crayon to blast the other caps out, preferably into the street, never to be seen again. Even Skelzy could be a ruthless game at times. |