Inspired by Georgie's thread on the Fisher Price house, I've been thinking about my childhood toys all day!
What were your favourites?
Mine were my Fisher Price teapot and Brio train set with the bridges and tunnels.
I also loved my lego which my dad would make amazing cars and planes and buildings from, my pull along brown and white dog with the springy tail (ace) and my Tiny Tears. ;D
Much loved Rosebud doll.These are collectable now.
Tiny telephone exchange.Dolls pram and as I got older the wonderful Tressy.
Just googled Tressy Betula-she looks great! I had Sindy and a very posh Sindy house bought by my uncle's very posh girlfriend. I liked her. ;D
I also loved the Bunty comic.On the back you had a cut out doll and cut out clothes.I had a huge collection of these and spent hours playing with them.
Last Christmas I bought my small Grandaughter a book of these and she loved them.
The stocking filler was more popular than the main gift. :)
Oh what memories! My all-out favourite was the Bayko building set. I used to get sets for birthdays and christmas, and spent all my pocket money on components. I had a clockwork train set, and was well into plaster of paris as well. Does anyone remember the PoP moulds? I had all sorts of animals, and a scotsman wearing a kilt and playing the bagpipes. His head ALWAYS broke off. >:( >:( >:(
My Rosebud 6 1/2 inch Thumbsucker dolls, they had patterns in the Womans Weekly each week. I have collected the dolls for years since I grew up and have more than 300. Love to dress them in 1 ply wool, I will pop some pictures on whe Dan gets my photo thing renewed.
Gollywogs and still have them too.
Teddies.
Rupert annuals have loads still.
For toys I liked chemistry sets and stuff like that.
Mostly hands on stuff other than the little dolls,
I also loved Pelham puppets.
Fishing stuff.
XX Jeannine
Ah, the Bunty! You brought it all back Betula! Being late for school through reading "The Four Marys" (Mary Simpson was one- who can remember the others?). My friend and I spent literally hours making clothes for our Bunty dolls, which we used to stick on to card cut from Cornflake packets. Her Dad used to bring scrap paper home from his office for us....happy days!
Did anyone have Pennybrix?
Quote from: gwynnethmary on January 26, 2010, 12:33:13
Ah, the Bunty! You brought it all back Betula! Being late for school through reading "The Four Marys" (Mary Simpson was one- who can remember the others?). My friend and I spent literally hours making clothes for our Bunty dolls, which we used to stick on to card cut from Cornflake packets. Her Dad used to bring scrap paper home from his office for us....happy days!
Oh yes-the Bunty! They were my mum's and my grandad kept them, also my uncle's Beano's and Dandy's and my older uncle got The Eagle or something like that!
Mary Simpson was "Simpy". I can't remember the others but weren't their enemies called Mabel and Connie?
On the subject of cereal packets, I remember when they had things on the backs to cut out and do things with - face masks (just cut out, put string or elastic through the holes in the sides to tie to head), there was a village that featured a house, shop, church etc on each packet, the pieces had to be carefully cut out and glued together. I used to instruct my mother which packets to buy ::) ::) ::) ::)
my favourite were what i think were called weebles. 'egg' people. i think the add went weebles wobble but they don't fall down. i had a house and slide swings etc with them
sticklebricks, loved them loved my brothers action men too was never one for dolls
Asbeen, Bayko was my favourite, red or green roof and white pillars. Looked it up but it is no longer made, think the metal prongs may be considered dangerous nowadays. Glad you liked it as thought I was dreaming as no-one had heard of it. I also made models out of plaster of paris, had a mould of cats and painted them all different colours, and gave them away as presents. The cat was easy to do as some of the moulds pieces broke off. Also my lovely dolls pram which I used to put the poor cat in and push him round the block with the hood up and the waterproof cover on so he couldn't escape, but he loved it (I hope).
Mecharno (spelling ?)
Action man with the eagle eye
Escalardo
Striker
Risk
Rebound
Spiderman comics, I'm sure I've still got the first one.
;D ;D ;D
Quote from: gwynnethmary on January 26, 2010, 12:33:13
Ah, the Bunty! You brought it all back Betula! Being late for school through reading "The Four Marys" (Mary Simpson was one- who can remember the others?). My friend and I spent literally hours making clothes for our Bunty dolls, which we used to stick on to card cut from Cornflake packets. Her Dad used to bring scrap paper home from his office for us....happy days!
The four Marys........midnight feasts in the dorm............. :)
Not forgetting the Bunty annual.......Christmas day would not have been the same without it.
Do you remember Toots in the bunty?
I was thinking about my Rosebud doll.
I know they did the tiny ones and they were lovely but mine was a large baby size,well a bit smaller but largish.
I remember the clothes she wore the quality of the underclothes ,dress and shoes and socks was amazing. :)
Well, having looked up Rosebud dolls I'm very annoyed that I didn't have one. Kev-I had the Action Man with the Eye too. He was my sister's Barbie's very macho boyfriend. I think ours was the Bionic Action man.
I also loved...books!
We had the entire Enid Blyton collection which had belonged to my mum and her brothers (which explains why now I live in a fantasy land where everyone is lovely and happy and free!) I also loved Teddy Robinson (still do) My Naughty Little Sister and Ladybird books (which I now collect!)
Manics-we have sticklebricks at the nursery - so much fun! ;D
Nostalgia, great ;D
My mum and dad stored all my Enid Blyton books, complete 'Famous Five' and 'Secret Seven' series'. They bought them over to France for my daughter to read and now I keep finding them all over the place. I am going to find all of them and put them into sets and maybe read them again.
Grace has just seen me typing this post and has promised that she will start reading them, and cannot remember seeing them ???. She loved the audi-cd's she has listened to (F5) so things are looking good.
action man and ker plunk
o,and the chopper bike
those were the days :)
anyone remember the magic faraway tree series i loved it
Quote from: debster on January 27, 2010, 21:23:17
anyone remember the magic faraway tree series i loved it
Enid Blyton + LSD :o :o :o
Jacks, hours and hours of fun, I did suggest bringing them back for the playground at school but no one else remembers them.
Quote from: Melbourne12 on January 28, 2010, 21:07:24
Jacks, hours and hours of fun, I did suggest bringing them back for the playground at school but no one else remembers them.
Five stones - similar to jacks but without the ball and the jacks were made of different coloured grooved chalk squares.
Everytime I open up a new shaped Oxo cube it reminds me of that old game.
Two balls against the wall in the school playground, anyone remember playing that?
Ninny
I work in The Ginger Pop Shop, Poole Quay in Dorset which specialises in Enid Blyton books, and when we're not busy can read all the Enid blyton books I want..bliss!
Jacks Tressy and a book "The Family From One End Street" anyone remember that ?
Kirrin castle on kirrin Island..................what a lovely life they had.
I remember the family from One End Street ;D
Does anyone remember the Emile books?
I played two-ball for hours on end, we had loads of rhymes and certain patterns , like under one leg, round your back, and some of us could do three-ball. It was dirt cheap, good for hand-eye co-ordination, and kept you in the fresh air. Don't ever remember any boys playing, I wonder why not?
I loved the family from one end street too, was dead impressed with Kate learning stuff by putting the book under her pillow - never worked for me, though!
I had to keep my Bunty pile, passed on from a neighbour, out in the garage cos my mum said they were too untidy for the house.
Anyone remember Curly Wee? I had two old annuals, had to keep those outside too..
Whip & top ?
Quote from: ericelf on January 28, 2010, 23:05:53
I work in The Ginger Pop Shop, Poole Quay in Dorset which specialises in Enid Blyton books, and when we're not busy can read all the Enid blyton books I want..bliss!
My OH's uncle lives around the corner from there. ;D
Yes, I have the Faraway Tree books and the Wishing Chair series!!!! Enid on acid most definately! ;D
AND still on Enid-Mallory Towers!!!! my dream school. ;D
Wow such wonderful memories have bought it all back. I loved Saturday mornings before I started my Saturday job. Mum would go'down the road' to pay the paper bill and collect Bunty, Beano and Dandy for my brothers and me and Red Letter family Star and Women's Weekly for herself. We would still be in bed and as we shared a bedroom- probably illegal now- my brothers and I would read our own comics and the swap with each other.I always dreamt of being a ballet dancer and loved the stories about the ballet dancer. I think her name was Moria. Loved the plaster of Paris moulds. Used to dream of going into big business making and painting the moulds but as said before, I was no good at getting them out whole. They always felt warm when you pulled the rubber mould off. I also like the Airfix kits. Promised myself one day I would get and E type jaguar so bought the Airfix kit and made on. It sat on my fireplace shelf in my bedroom for years.nearest I have got to that dream is n MG midget that we tow behind our motorhome to get about with when away.Two balls all day long in the summer and we also used to play Tin can Tommy as a group in the street. The more devilish played Knock Down Ginger but I was to frightened to do that in case I got a clump from Mum. Runouts and walking the streets to pick up discarded lolly sticks to weave together to make someting to fly through the air. We also had plane trees planted in the road. We would jump up and grab the lower leaves, hold them across out clenched fist and 'pop them . Once popped we would pull the green down the veins to leave a skeleton of a leaf. At school we made daisy chains on the field. All very simple pleasures but I think healthy in many ways. Think I'd best stop now........
Aaah, lovely memories. I loved making daisy chains and would sit in the playground with my friends making them as if we were being paid!
My sisters and I used to go to my grandparents house every holiday as they were retired and my mum was on her own and had a full-time job.
Our favourite game there was Swallows and Amazons - picnic bench turned over to make a boat, my sister made a flag for the mast (picnic brolly) behind the shed was the island. Also a classic played by my kids now is the Argos game-catalogue each, old phones, Argos slips and paying in slips filched from the bank. Great. ;D
playground games went in cycles in the 50s- there would be handstands against the toilet wall (could never do that), chequers (those coloured cubes with corrugated sides), skipping, two-baller, and marbles. Then there were the slides we were allowed to make when the playground was icy! I remember playing two- baller on the coal house door at home- lots of lovely memories come back- roller skating and my red scooter- those were the days!
Quote from: Melbourne12 on January 28, 2010, 21:07:24
Jacks, hours and hours of fun, I did suggest bringing them back for the playground at school but no one else remembers them.
They are for sale on ebay - tempting ::) ::) ::) ::)
Quote from: betula on January 28, 2010, 23:13:15
Does anyone remember the Emile books?
Oh yes! :) :) :) :) :)
Quote from: gwynnethmary on January 29, 2010, 14:29:17
there would be handstands against the toilet wall (could never do that),
I can still do that :o :o :o :o :o
Not such an "asbeen" then! Am well impressed- I could never do it in the first place, and wouldn't dare try these days!
It's the cartwheels I could never do ::) ::) ::) ::)
Toy trains ... and my wife bought me a train set for my last birthday ;D
So I`m doing it all again, so I bought her Barbies for Christmas,
Childhood is wasted on kids, they can`t afford it.
Col
Hopscotch
skipping
Marlies,if you were lucky you won a gobbie.
Gosh I forgot hopscotch, even got my brother playing in the garden (much against his better judgement!) on the flagstones down the side of the house!
Ninny
PS was a gobbie a queenie betula???
LEAPFROG!!!! Bit my tongue flying over someone and still have a flappy bit to show for it!
Quote from: gwynnethmary on January 26, 2010, 12:33:13
Ah, the Bunty! You brought it all back Betula! Being late for school through reading "The Four Marys" (Mary Simpson was one- who can remember the others?). My friend and I spent literally hours making clothes for our Bunty dolls, which we used to stick on to card cut from Cornflake packets. Her Dad used to bring scrap paper home from his office for us....happy days!
I can remember reading the Bunty as a kid, next door neighbour used to give us their daughters copies. Also as an avid fan of my sisters Jackie - not sure I should admit this being 6ft 2in 18stone motorbike fan ;) Mind you used to love reading My Hotspur, Valiant and Victor comics. I've got quite a few annuals still
Also loved Scalextric (still have loads), lego and my Airfix kits - and No i'm not James MAy
Two girls turning two very long skipping ropes and a few of us would jump in together, we used to chant as we skipped, they went fast too. Handstands, walking on your hands with your skirt tucked in your navy blue knickers, cartwheels and the splits, I could do them all, probably why I can't move now !!
Grass hills in the rain on a dustbin lid.
Cats cradle with a bit of string.
Catching newts with a net made from a nylon stocking, we got so excited when we found the colourful male one .
There was a small comic/book was it called Schoolfriend?
and all this after spending your pocket money on the penny tray..
Doing your own jumble sale in frontof your house.
Playing dress up and wearing your sisters high heels.
Drinking liquorice water or vinegar and water.
Did anybody go to danceclass, I did from aged 2!!
Saturday morning pictures for sixpence , and oh the serials, Flash Gordon ect
The Rupert Bear annuals, I still have them going back to thr '40s
XX Jeannine
Yes all of those..............and sugar slapped between two slices of bread.
Jam if you were lucky............made sure Mum never saw you making the sugar thing. :)
I found this site a few years ago. ;D
For those with a sweet tooth and memories of the 1p chew.
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/index.php
Unfortunately my favourite 'milk teeth' are no longer made :'(
I had a Rosebud doll and remember being behind the sofa at my party waiting for friends to arrive with the doll. The idea being I would pull the cord in the back of her neck which made her talk and they would wonder where the noise came from. However left the doll there for a moment and my brother came along and managed to break it so she would no longer talk. I was very upset.
I also loved the Enid Blyton books and would often read them at night when I was supposed to be asleep and would imagine my self at boarding school- Malory Towers and St Clares. I saved all my Enid Blyton books for my son, about 6 months ago I threw them all out as they were very tatty and he was 15. Just before we were to go on holiday he asked me where they were and was so upset when I told him I had thrown them out as he was now 15 and thought he had finished with them. He went to the library and got all the famous fives ones out and took them on holiday. I took the opportunity of reading them all again and we had Good laugh about ginger beer, tomato soup, cold ham cuts and plums.
My grand parents used to cut the Rupert Bear stories from the Express Newspaper and used to send them to me each week when they wrote to me. I also had an Rupert annual given to me by an Uncle.
We made the plaster of paris moulds noddy and Big Ears, my father painted them and we sold these at a Fete or Fair. They looked quite good.
I also remember playing elastic in the playground and doing handstands up against the wall and seeing how many of us could do the handstand on top of each other before we all fell down
Was that called French Skipping Lady of the Land? My Grandma gave me all the elastic in her sewing box so we could play this, we ended up with so many knots where it used to break!
Ninny
My Dad grew cabbages in the back garden. When I had no-one to play with I would collect the caterpillars and make a school/orphanage on the inspection cover, using stones and leaves etc. for walls. I always included a toilet. I did become a teacher!
I was lucky in that my dad was in the RAF amd went all over the world from where he used to bring me and my brother toys. Once he went on an unaccompanied tour for a year to Gan and brought me back a tin washing machine and it worked! I could wash dolls clothes and hankies!! Brother got an aeroplane that you could move the passengers back and forth.
I loved Enids B's Tales of Toyland and the Bunty and Jackie