Imformation on the 1970s help needed do you know about trolley racing an making?made from prams wood nails?

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Imformation on the 1970s help needed do you know about trolley racing an making?made from prams wood nails?

Answer 1

in the 50-60s we called them traces up here in Scotland

Answer 2

i had one we called them bongies or bungies.

Answer 3

Guiders

"Pulley ropes were very similar to those used for sash windows, round and smooth to effortlessly glide through the pulley wheels. They also had one other very special purpose – the steering gear for young boys’ ‘guiders’ (carts/bogeys).

Most boys hand-built their own guider at some point.  All you needed was some spare bits of wood, nails, a hammer, saw and, crucially, a faster set of wheels than your palls – and a decent length of pulley rope.

Getting the ‘wheels’ was easy. A few words with the ‘bucket man’ on what you wanted, a half-crown (2/6d), from your dad, slipped in his hand – and, miraculously, next ‘bucket day’, a set of discarded pram wheels would be sitting inside your front gate.

Guiders came in all shapes and sizes, basically a board or planks of wood attached to the wheels’ axle, with a moving steering section at the front to which the section of pulley rope was attached to ‘guide’ the guider.  Brakes weren’t really much of a priority, as you could just wear out the soles and heels of your shoes grinding them into the tarmac.

Answer 4

In my home town we used to call these gambos

Answer 5

Hi when I was a kid we use to make what we called runaways from old pram wheels and bits of wood the main frame for the runaway was constructed from plywood and we use to use one small set of wheels for the front which were fixed so that they could be steared and a larger set for the rear which were secured by staples over the bar that came from the pram. A rope was used at the front fixed to either side of the wood that had the small wheels fixed too and this was used to stear the runaway. some time the runaway was called a boggy.

Answer 6

You don't need any.

All we did back then was to nail bits of wood together, attach some pram or pushchair wheels and hurtle down a hill.

If you made it to the bottom you'd improve on the design.

If you didn't make it to the bottom you'd improve on the design.

The  Trial and error bit was the most fun.

Enjoy!!

Answer 7

When I ran a cub group back in the 60s I made the biggest one in the world.

Had 18 wheels and took 30 kids.

I had a very large van so I was able to take it out in the coutryside and boy - did that cart go.

Couldn't do it now.

One little scratch and mother would be taking me to court for seriously injuring poor little Johnny.

Answer 8

In the West Midlands in the forties we called them trolley's but never had an organised race