Ah, the Johnny Seven O.M.A. (One Man Army).I remember being quite happy as a child opening a few Christmas presents until my kid brother opened this.....
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My favorite weapons with a catapult, primarily because I could afford them. We used to shoot rice in the peashooter because it was cheaper than hard peas!Potato Guns and Pea Shooters.
Yes, and I could never afford an engine although I really wanted one!When I was a lad there weren't many toys available so we used to make our own such as paper aeroplanes. All the lads in the street made them and we had contests to see who's plane would fly for the longest time. I still remember how to make them and placed one on top of the toy I play with these days.
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Hi Rosie, there was a girl in our road who made paper aeroplanes which usually flew better than anyone elses. It used to annoy us lads. She is actually in a pic in the post link below.My grandsons were amazed when when my paper planes flew better than theirs! My brother taught me how.
Our neighbour could never work out where the seedlings were coming from, it was our pigeon peas in the peashooters! I remember mine tasted rusty, same problem as blow-football!
rosie.
Potato Guns and Pea Shooters.
You and so many others I'm afraid Pete!i spent weeks and most of my pocket money bulding a balsa wood. i fitted a engine to it and took it to sutton park, started it and off it went into the blue yonder never to be seen again
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Snap. I did the same with a balsa wood glider. Took a week to build, lots of fiddley bits and doping the wings and all my pocket money too. Straight up, stalled and straight down; smashed to pieces.i spent weeks and most of my pocket money bulding a balsa wood. i fitted a engine to it and took it to sutton park, started it and off it went into the blue yonder never to be seen again
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When I was working as a pipe fitter apprentice, we used to get a 4feet length of 1/2 bore copper pipe smooth the ends, run oil down them plug them with putty just push it in about 1/2 inch down the pipe and use it like a pea shooter. Alan Aremiach, Chimpy Harris and myself are sorry for turning your rear end Blue on Birmingham University Halls of Residence but it was such an inviting target when you were bent over tightening the steel pipe up.My favorite weapons with a catapult, primarily because I could afford them. We used to shoot rice in the peashooter because it was cheaper than hard peas!
Most bullets will exceed the speed of sound for some distance. When one passes close to one’s head one will hear the “crack or snap” of the bullet breaking the sound barrier before one hears the sound of the discharge.Closest I ever came to being a gunshot victim, my mate bought a Diana air pistol and fired it in my direction from a hundred yards away, I heard it scream past my ear with that noise we used to have in the cowboy films.![]()
While in the army I was taught about "Crack Thump", as they called it. It was useful when trying to locate the geezer that was shooting at you.Most bullets will exceed the speed of sound for some distance. When one passes close to one’s head one will hear the “crack or snap” of the bullet breaking the sound barrier before one hears the sound of the discharge.
they say you dont hear the one that hits you.While in the army I was taught about "Crack Thump", as they called it. It was useful when trying to locate the geezer that was shooting at you.
How did "Crack Thump" work?While in the army I was taught about "Crack Thump", as they called it. It was useful when trying to locate the geezer that was shooting at you.
Wooden hoops were traditionally driven along with a hand-held stick. Metal ones sometimes had a captive rod with a loop on the end around the hoop rim. I had a friend who had one of those. I remember it made a lot of noise as it rolled down the street as the hoop rang like a bell.On a recent re-run of "Call the Midwife" they were using Hula Hoops. I had a second-hand one which was a bit bashed so I never really got he hang of it! My husband (he's older than me!) had a wooden one to roll along.
rosie.
I had one of the old wooden one's when I was at schoo. I too could never get the hang of it.On a recent re-run of "Call the Midwife" they were using Hula Hoops. I had a second-hand one which was a bit bashed so I never really got he hang of it! My husband (he's older than me!) had a wooden one to roll along.
rosie.
I had a horse my Mom made for me using a broom handle with the head made out of an old stuffed socka cap gun with caps and a sherrifs outfit and broom for me horse
I think many of us had horses like this. Mine was made by my grandparents. My Grandma made the horses head out of old pillow cases. I can remember it was striped, & I thought it was a zebra, & not a horse. She did explain that it was all she had to use. I had loads of fun with it.I had a horse my Mom made for me using a broom handle with the head made out of an old stuffed sock![]()
I forgot about the broom horse. Playing horsey.The clatter is made when it fell on the yard . I used our hard & soft brooms & line props to make show jumps & athletes' jumps, long jumps. I put a plank on a ball like in the circus, to balance on. "You'll break your neck get off it!"a cap gun with caps and a sherrifs outfit and broom for me horse
Getting new rolls of caps was like gold for me!a cap gun with caps and a sherrifs outfit and broom for me horse