Toys & Games

Rennie – When I was growing up money was very tight so we couldn’t go out and buy new toys so we mainly had to make our own. I was just wondering who else out there used to do that and what things did you make. Of course we made the skateboard out of a piece of ply and a skate taken apart and screwed on. Karen – Yeap – I loved Blue Peter, so every week I’d pester mum to use up her fairy liquid…..so I could have the empty bottle …… Carboard boxes were converted into dolls houses, …
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Mudinyoureye – Anybody remember the electronic music game calledSimon? I used to love that thing – hours of entertainment! Rennie – Hi Mud its right here in our toys section never had one myself but had a few goes.

Tiger Feet – I used to love a little board game called Home you Go. Which consisted of blue, red, yellow and green little men. If you landed on hte same square as another player ‘home they would go’ hee hee. Simple but fun! Rennie – Yes I remember that, weren’t they mice?

Awombleforever – The Golliwog a classic toy from the 70s,I made one at junior school and still have it.its a bit moth eaten now though.Can you imagine the children in schools today being allowed to mention Golliwog never mind make them. It’s a strange world we live in today ” Rennie – It’s all gone PC mad Womble. They are very collectable now as they were banned. Awombleforever – http://www.teddybears.com/golliwog/4gw3a.html found this on internet,quite interesting. Rennie – Thanks for that Womble. I never knew it had such a history, I thought Robertsons invented him. Another thing to look out for …
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Awombleforever – Well ,we were very poor when I was young so I don’t remember having a sindy doll but I do remember getting patch her little sister one xmas.I had a puppy at the time though and guess what happened,yes you guessed ,he chewed her hands off ,I went mad at him poor dog but I was so upset. If I remember rightly she had blue denim dungarees or jeans with a red gingham shirt on and short dark hair,very tomboyish . Slayed – Hi Wombleforever I only had 2 Sindy dolls in the early-mid 60s – I never …
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Dave – The coolest bikes ever invented, i used to have a blue one with a big number 1 on the front Rennie – you were lucky mate, never had one Mumgee….WHERE’S ME BLEEDIN’ CHOPPER!!!!!!!!!! ” Brains – Just seen a chopper for sale at £950 Rennie – Oh my God, can’t afford that I know that Mumgee has one is perfect nick and if she see that post I’ll never get it!!! Nix – Yesterday I was out walking with my son and saw a little girl we know sitting on what looked a heck of a lot like …
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Johnny7and ChadValli – Who remembers some of the great little toys we used to get from cereal packets. My favourites were the Crater Critters and I can’t remember which cereal packets we got them from in this country but I found an amazing site www.cratercritters.com that traced them to Australia along with other cereal packet toys and you can still buy them today, although quite expensive. Awombleforever – Hi Johnny7 you have got a better memory than me ,Iv’e forgotton most things like that.I think people with good memories are lucky to be able to recall things in such detail.I …
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Aelf – Seeing those on here really brought the days of bruised knuckles. Why did we carry on playing with them when they hurt so much??? Rennie – Just been looking at my site stats and beleive it or not people are still searching for them on the net. Rennie – try playing with wooden ones your dad made for you!! James Blast – the attraction of them, like Deely Boppers happily passed me by  Glittergal – Always wanted some but wasnt allowed Jack Regan – I think I got a pair in the summer of 72 when I was …
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klm – I loved the old space invaders games found in the pubs. Slipped into pubs underaged, drank pepsi from a glass bottle with a straw and played spaceinvaders and that strange astroid game with the crazy triangle that shot missiles. Karen.xx Suze – Have you tried the ones on here no way can I get on the top scorers they’re way too good  Aelf – Muahahaha Space Invaders ….. I own it  Sandie – Space Invaders…………….WoWWWWWWWW My favourite Pub Game……Always got one of the top scores… Had it a while ago on my comp but seem to of lost …
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Tania – I work at a school now, and the children often play ‘it’ (one of the few games that this ‘cotton wool’ generation are allowed these days as it happens), anyway, when we played this game, I seem to remember that it was called had, cos that was what we called out when we tagged someone…can anyone else remember this or am I just going senile Rennie -No you’re quite right Tania, we called it both depending which school you were in. Talking about playground games… is Bulldog still played? Tania – Hi Rennie…and thanks for replying to me. …
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