In reply to the reference to the two tin cans with strings... when I was growing up they where called "Romper Stompers". This was according to Miss Nancy on "Romper Room" Remember Miss Nancy looking into the TV camera and saying.... I see Tommy and Judy, and Billy and Sue.... I always waited to her to say my name... I can't remember if she ever saw ME in there or not.... Julie Gibbs ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Russell <bird@scrtc.com> To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 10:33 PM Subject: Toys and stuff > Stilts-- who tried them. Two long pieces of board with short pieced nailed > onto them . You stood on the short pieces and walked. OR you could take > two tin cans with string looped through them and they were kinda like stilts > when you walked on them . But aside from Toys > Next to the highway running through our little village was a pile of sand > and a big lump of coaltar. > When it got real hot that tar was soft and when we would go by we would > pinch off some to eat. > Looking back on that I can only say YUCK> > Remember the coal oil. you got cut your mama would wipe the cut down with > coal oil and tie a rag around it. ------- Mary Russell bird@scrtc.com > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My family Coat of Arms ties at the back ...... > is that normal ??? >