Games

Pastimes

Pastimes by Frederic A. “Jim” da Silva Edited extract of an article, Times Past and Pastimes Some old childhood games of Hong Kong are now obsolete or forgotten, but some others remain – marbles, for instance. As children, we had different games involving marbles. There was the traditional game with marbles placed in a ring drawn in […]

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Talu

Talu Jorge Remedios .The basic requirements are just two sticks: a ‘bat’ about 18 inches long and a talu or peewee which is a wooden dowel about 1 inch in diameter and 3 to 5 inches long, sharpened at both ends. The batter begins by flicking the talu with the bat from a hole in

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