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by **Judge** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:28 pm

if any one remembers what is what like to have a good conker fight at school, they will be disheartened that the olde conker tree faces extinction

article here

i loved conkers, and everytime you won you would take the opponents wins under you conker. i started years ago with a one win conker, and in the end made it up to 254 wins. alas it lost to an up and coming conker of only 34 wins.

never mind, conkers were great. hope they can save the tree for future generations of kids

by **andy_g** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:31 pm

that's terrible news. the last think we want is bleeding canker in our bloody conkers.

by **J*o*n*D*o*e** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:48 pm

bloody hell, i was out only a few weeks ago picking them with the kids, save our conkers

a 254 winning conker, hey Judge what did u inject it with

by **Emerald Red** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:06 pm

There's a lot of things dieing off from when we were kids, and the shocking thing is, that it was relatively not that long ago considering how abundant these things were that we remember, and how close they are now to actually being gone for good. Frogs, newts, toads, and all sorts of amphibious wildlife are quickly dieing off. The last time I actually seen a frog in the wild where I am was over 10 years ago, and now conkers are dieing? I wonder what tomorrow's youth will be doing instead of catching frogs and having conker fights in the school yard.

by **red37** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:12 pm

Still loads round by us. Shame though if true - i had a belter when i was a lad, soaked for ages in vinegar it was - hard as nails. The tw@t rapped me on the knucklesa during many a bout...but it didn't lose once. Til it flew off its tether and went down the grid

by **Emerald Red** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:14 pm

red37 wrote:Still loads round by us. Shame though if true - i had a belter when i was a lad, soaked for ages in vinegar it was - hard as nails. The tw@t rapped me on the knucklesa during many a bout...but it didn't lose once. Til it flew off its tether and went down the grid

Soaked in vinegar. f'cking hell, I'd have never remembered that trick.

by **SupitsJonF** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:34 pm

Conker fights?

by **NANNY RED** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:19 pm

Emerald Red wrote:
red37 wrote:Still loads round by us. Shame though if true - i had a belter when i was a lad, soaked for ages in vinegar it was - hard as nails. The tw@t rapped me on the knucklesa during many a bout...but it didn't lose once. Til it flew off its tether and went down the grid

Soaked in vinegar. f'cking hell, I'd have never remembered that trick.

That was a scouse trick Emerald an the a bit of spit an polish.

I think the most i ever had was a sixer :laugh:

by **Emerald Red** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:29 am

NANNY RED wrote:
Emerald Red wrote:
red37 wrote:Still loads round by us. Shame though if true - i had a belter when i was a lad, soaked for ages in vinegar it was - hard as nails. The tw@t rapped me on the knucklesa during many a bout...but it didn't lose once. Til it flew off its tether and went down the grid

Soaked in vinegar. f'cking hell, I'd have never remembered that trick.

That was a scouse trick Emerald an the a bit of spit an polish.

I think the most i ever had was a sixer

I did that too, Nan. I just forgot all about it. When you first knocked a conker off a tree with a stick that you'd been eying, that was half the fun. Ripping it open to see if you had a champion conker inside was another bit of the fun and all part of the surprise like Christmas. Such simple things, and it's sad that as you get older things like that wane. I'd tend to find that often if you got a massive, shiny one, it didn't mean they were any good. Most times those ones were soft in the middle and got smashed to bits within a few cracks.

by **woof woof !** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:20 am

SupitsJonF wrote:Conker fights?

At one time an almost obligatory pastime for british schoolkids Supits.

World Conker Championships utube video

by **NiftyNeil** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:28 am

I'm not having it that Judge had a conker that had 254 wins. I think it must have been a pebble

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by **J*o*n*D*o*e** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:42 am

a few tips here for those that might be planning a trip down memory lane.

i beat them to death with there own shoes

by **woof woof !** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:43 am

NiftyNeil wrote:I'm not having it that Judge had a conker that had 254 wins. I think it must have been a pebble .

, He's a clever one our Judge.

The 254 conker before judge painted it brown

by **NiftyNeil** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:21 pm

J*o*n*D*o*e wrote:a few tips here for those that might be planning a trip down memory lane.

i beat them to death with there own shoes

After reading those rules, it's quite possible that Judge had a 254-er. I don't remember those rules though. If you beat six other conkers, it was a six-er, simple as. Those rules say that you add the cumulative scores up. Bollox.

by **Judge** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:34 am

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