14 year old lad stabbed to death in New Moston

[HypnoticBlue]

It was a common game, I remember, can't remember how you decided who won.
As a scout you could make your own wooden badge :)

You took turns throwing a pen knife as the other person stood with there legs apart, you had to get your knife to stick in ground in between the other persons legs, hence splitting the kipper.
Played it many a time in the garden or on the croft/field.

 

[Barcon]

You took turns throwing a pen knife as the other person stood with there legs apart, you had to get your knife to stick in ground in between the other persons legs, hence splitting the kipper.
Played it many a time in the garden or on the croft/field.

The idea was to make your opponent spread his legs further apart.
Last man standing was the winner.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

The idea was to make your opponent spread his legs further apart.
Last man standing was the winner.

Using your scouts 6" sheath knife. When I was in the scouts we all had sheath knifes, I don't recall anyone being stabbed, getting the odd knife in the foot playing split the kipper but stabbing, I don't recall.

 

[Bill Walker]

The idea was to make your opponent spread his legs further apart.
Last man standing was the winner.

Yeah that's the way I remember it now, it's all coming back.
Scout knife was great for that game.

 

[stonerblue]

Using your scouts 6" sheath knife. When I was in the scouts we all had sheath knifes, I don't recall anyone being stabbed, getting the odd knife in the foot playing split the kipper but stabbing, I don't recall.

We also had a rope swing on a tree in St Thomas' church and had a game where you swung out as far as possible then stuck a big knife in the ground before swinging back and landing on the church wall. Next player had to swing out and retrieve the knife.

 

[mexico1970]

We also had a rope swing on a tree in St Thomas' church and had a game where you swung out as far as possible then stuck a big knife in the ground before swinging back and landing on the church wall. Next player had to swing out and retrieve the knife.

Split the kipper was a thing too, however stabbing someone wasn't even considered.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Throwing sheath knives at your bike by other feral kids was a thing in Gorton. 1968

plus I was forced at knifepoint to rob a school aged 9 by an older kid aged 12.

Start of a slippery slope for me.

 

[Dubai Blue]

One place where there is youth crime is Townsville in northern Queensland.
That's more house burglary and nicking cars stuff like that.

Townsville was a dodgy shithole even 25 years ago. Thankfully only spent one night there while travelling through but couldn't wait to leave. Was the only place in Australia where I felt on edge.

 

[mexico1970]

Townsville was a dodgy shithole even 25 years ago. Thankfully only spent one night there while travelling through but couldn't wait to leave. Was the only place in Australia where I felt on edge.

It's amazing how people can't even behave when they live in such a beautiful place.

 

[HypnoticBlue]

The idea was to make your opponent spread his legs further apart.
Last man standing was the winner.

Just like that, but never dreamt of stabbing someone.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Just like that, but never dreamt of stabbing someone.

We played it many times.

The innocence of youth, in reality now, whoever got one stuck in within a yard would win next throw but, I seem to remember us edging the other lads feet out almost inch by inch.

 

[hilts]

So it’s the Auzzie equivalent of Liverpool then?

You need to come home, once you start with tte double zz then things have got bad.

It's aussie the only other acceptable double letter spelling for them is common ****.

 

[hilts]

It's amazing how people can't even behave when they live in such a beautiful place.

Skegness has improved a lot.

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

You need to come home, once you start with tte double zz then things have got bad.

It's aussie the only other acceptable double letter spelling for them is common ****.

Conviccs innit?

 

[normskih]

50 years ago we had a game called 'split the kippers which was 2 kids throwing a big knife at each other...

Even us girls used to have a go at that but used small pen knives. Not so much at the other person but into the ground in between the legs of the person opposite.

 

[mexico1970]

Even us girls used to have a go at that but used small pen knives. Not so much at the other person but into the ground in between the legs of the person opposite.

Sometimes we used sharpened sticks, risk assessment was a big thing back in the day :)

 

[Indaparkside]

plus I was forced at knifepoint to rob a school aged 9 by an older kid aged 12

But you couldn’t fit the blackboard in your pocket

 

[dronefromsector7G]

We never played that in scouts. The scoutmaster liked playing hide the sausage though.

 

[hilts]

Even us girls used to have a go at that but used small pen knives. Not so much at the other person but into the ground in between the legs of the person opposite.

I'm so disappointed the way that story went.

 

[hilts]

We never played that in scouts. The scoutmaster liked playing hide the sausage though.

So that's why you didn't leave till you were 43