Comments on: Cries Of London Snap Cards https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/07/cries-of-london-snap-cards/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:19:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Mike Thompson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/07/cries-of-london-snap-cards/#comment-1159650 Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:19:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80785#comment-1159650 I have a set of these cards in my collection and recently listed them for sale in my online tictail shop, along with many more vintage British games.

]]> By: Maureen Gardner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/07/cries-of-london-snap-cards/#comment-88076 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:39:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80785#comment-88076 I had a set of these cards in the 1930’s when I was about four. One I remember well was Mr Bun the Baker. What happy times we had playing Snap.

]]> By: Gary https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/07/cries-of-london-snap-cards/#comment-87991 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:45:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80785#comment-87991 I have just remembered the vendors cry,
“Hokey Pockey, penny a lump”
Gary (again)

]]> By: Gary https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/07/cries-of-london-snap-cards/#comment-87990 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:35:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80785#comment-87990 Hokey Pokey was still around when I was a child in the 1930’s, it was a white ice cream that was frozen into very hard blocks, it made your teeth ache, I can still feel the pain.
Gary

]]> By: Lisa B https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/07/cries-of-london-snap-cards/#comment-87956 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:53:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80785#comment-87956 I checked back to see if there was an answer and then googled :

from oxforddictionaries.com
Definition of hokey-pokey
noun
informal
1 [mass noun] dated ice cream sold on the street, especially by Italian street vendors.

Lovely!

]]> By: Lisa B https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/07/cries-of-london-snap-cards/#comment-87936 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:40:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80785#comment-87936 Great cards! What’s Hokey Pokey?

]]> By: nicola baird https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/02/07/cries-of-london-snap-cards/#comment-87935 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:37:08 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=80785#comment-87935 I just wish we had the same repairing service so easily available – although I guess the internet offers most of the things in your selected Cries of London above. Really enjoyed the pix. Thanks. Nicola http://islingtonfacesblog.com

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