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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Alsatian on December 01, 2018, 08:05:32 PM
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Here's a few of the toys I had when I was a kid, why not upload those you remember?
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Hornby dublo, mine was the Princess Elizabeth steam loco.
A nice set, but a pain in the ar£e to keep setting up and dismantling every time!
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Minic motorway set, now this was my favourite as I was (and still am!) mad keen on road transport.
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Bayko building set, nowadays it'd be banned on H&S reasons as the vertical metal spikes could take your eye out!
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I loved this motorised bit for my Lego set :)
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Meccano, I've always liked building and dismantling things. I remember my Mum telling me off for unscrewing the handle off her mangle and it coming off in her hand!
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I loved this motorised bit for my Lego set :)
Posh git! >;
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Corgi Austin A60 driving instructors car, I always preferred Corgi to Dinky, as I thought they were better finished (eg 'glass' windows and jewelled headlights), you 'steered' this one with the 'wheel' on the roof.
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OK, so how many of you are playing the jingle in your head?!
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One of my few Dinky toys
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From my much younger childhood!
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Woolworths Jacko monkey
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Posh git! >;
You're kidding !!
Looking back now I realise mum and dad went through some hard times.
Here's the Invisible Man vehicles I got for my birthday and the action man deserter I got the following christmas.
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From my much younger childhood!
Wow.. as you say Alsatian health and safety would have a field day.
MOBO if memory serves, you pressed down with both your feet and it "lurched" forward all of 6 inches, well that one we had did. Some of our relatives were moving {in the 50's} so gave us a load of used toys as they couldn't take them with them. Some of those edges on some of the toys would take your finger ends off if you didn't watch out.
I found a guy on you tube, in I think Australia, that restores old "Dinky" type vehicles, although very fascinating to see the end result I can't but imagine he doesn't get out much.
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My first two wheeler bike, note the absence of any gears! Damned hard work cycling uphill!
I had a job as a paper lad 10 Bob a week (50p in this new fangled money!) and was saving up to get a drop handlebar Sun 5 speed bike from Armisteads on Corporation Street. Unfortunately I left school before I managed to save enough.
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You're kidding !!
Looking back now I realise mum and dad went through some hard times.
Here's the Invisible Man vehicles I got for my birthday and the action man deserter I got the following christmas.
>; >; >;
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I enjoyed my dolls I had a twin pram for one Christmas Gift and had a Black doll and a White doll in it.
Also reading books - Enid Blyton stories was a favourite, also Huffy Puffy story books, Pollyanna and Jo's Boys.
Used to melt old records down on the fire oven and make fruit bowls :-?
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Used to melt old records down on the fire oven and make fruit bowls :-?
I'm afraid my older brothers 78's went the same way... The Platters, The Ink spots, Elvis, Tommy Steele.
I cringe now at what we did brilliant music gone, looking back quite unforgivable.