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What Childhood Games Did You Play?
What Were The Toys You Played With Or Wanted And Never Got?
I wanted a doll called Chatty Cathy. I begged pleaded cried all to no avail.  :(
Every year I asked Father Christmas for a Teddy but never got one.  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(
Got my first one after we got married. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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I always wanted the game Mousetrap but got monopoly instead because my dad thought it would be better for all of us to play with. I remember my friend getting a game called Scruples when we were about 10, and finding out that none of us had any!!! ;D

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Always wanted but never got a Girl's World.
Had a walky talky doll called Susan but never had any batteries.
Had Sindy and a Sindy horse and caravan. My brother had action man and Tonto.
What I really loved doing most as a kid was reading: Enid Blyton (Famous five, secret seven, Malory Towers, Saint Clare's), Noel Stretford (Ballet shoes) and later Judy Blume boks.

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I to had a sindy, wanted my sisters Tressy doll her hair grew. Not has much as I wanted that Chatty Cathy though.
I also could always be found with my nose in a book. Famous 5 my favorite. Read them to my children and looking foward to reading them to my Grandchildren. Bunty and Jackie were my fave comics.

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I had My little Ponies and Barbie with all the clobber to go with her i had an alacart kitchen aswell (remember the advert where the little girl wakes her dad up pulling his toe saying "wake up daddy breakfasts ready")

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For the comic part I used to get the Eagle and the Beano. The former was a bit educational and my parents choice but had good bits in. The Beano was the real thing.

My sister used to get Jackie and as I approached puberty I learnt a lot from that:)  She also Got Bunty I think.. was that the one with the cut out doll and clothes on the back page every week :)

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Never had a Sindy or Tressy, never interested in those things. Preferred the boys toys. My brother had a "Johnny Seven" gun, with all sorts of different things on it which I thought was brill.

Also had a cow girl outfit and a trainset.

Remember the cut out wardrobe things too, on Bunty, back in the days when they thought girls shouldn't be interested in anything else.

Used to get Girl comic, and later Jackie, Fab 208, NME, Melody Maker & Mirabelle magazines.

But remember taking sneaky peeks at the Titbits magazine when I was little. It seem so naughty then. Pretty mild compared to nowadays.  :)

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used to get eagle, beano, and look and learn
used to look but never learned much :D

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Dont forget the Dandy. Dont remember this look and learn.  ???

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For comics i had the Action which was finally banned.Toys i never had we were poor  :-[

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I used to love playing with a top and whip, chalking fancy patterns on the top. I am quite sure i must be older than 50 it sounds more like something they would do in the good old days.I have the mind of an 18 year and the body of a 50 year old. something went wrong somewere

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[quote author=janet link=board=nostalgia;num=1062753332;start=0#10 date=09/07/03 at 11:24:28] I am quite sure i must be older than 50 it sounds more like something they would do in the good old days.I have the mind of an 18 year and the body of a 50 year old. something went wrong somewere[/quote]

Spot on Janet! I look in the mirror and I swear it's an imposter!
;D  ;D  ;D

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I still have my cuddly dog he is very batterd no eyes not much fur but still with me
must be about 47 now :D

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A mangy old thing it is thread bare with all the straw comeing out. I have tried to bin it loads of times. But he loves it. Ah..... ::)

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cazzer, i'm glad i'm not on my own then. [smiley=wave.gif]

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[quote author=ANNE link=board=nostalgia;num=1062753332;start=0#13 date=09/07/03 at 20:21:18]A mangy old thing it is thread bare with all the straw comeing out. I have tried to bin it loads of times. But he loves it. Ah..... ::)[/quote]

Ah bless! I'd love to see him, mick! :)

Put a piccy on your fotopic site!

Great photos by the way.  8) 8)

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Bought the children a game of Ker Plunk, not long ago.They think its fanatastic.Only did that because they have broke the buckeroo.In the Buckeroo there is Roo but no more Buck.Find things are made nowadays so that they cannot take any real knocks.Everything seems to break easier and they are non repairable

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Frustration and mouse trap and an actionman hand me down from my brother who was sindys partner or so I believed.  Lego had to be my favourite though i spent hours with lego.  ;D

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[quote author=cazzer link=board=nostalgia;num=1062753332;start=0#15 date=09/07/03 at 21:04:15]

Ah bless! I'd love to see him, mick! :)

Put a piccy on your fotopic site!

Great photos by the way. 8) 8)
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i will do will let you know when its on

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Ah! Well sweet!  :)

Just a big softy really aren't you! :D

Dread to think what would happen if you put him in the wash though.

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here is the link to the pics of my dog
http://micks%20pics.fotopic.net
just for cazzer ;D

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he never comes out of his bag these days

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[quote author=cazzer link=board=nostalgia;num=1062753332;start=0#19 date=10/01/03 at 15:58:17]Ah! Well sweet! :)

Just a big softy really aren't you! :D

Dread to think what would happen if you put him in the wash though.

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Thats me a BIG softy ;D

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We played role-plays at school, like soap operas that we acted out. When we were really little, in infants, we had a teacher (Miss. Anderson, is still there) who was beautiful in our eyes.
When we were chosing the roles we wanted to play we always said, "turn around, touch the ground bagsy having long blonde hair and earings in" - like she did!
At juniors I had a shy friend who we always made be the dog, not out of spite, just cos she seemed happy to get a pat now and then and run round with her tongue hanging out. Cruel really. They tell me she's turned out BARKING MAD!!  ;D

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[quote author=mick link=board=nostalgia;num=1062753332;start=0#20 date=10/01/03 at 15:59:54]here is the link to the pics of my dog
http://micks%20pics.fotopic.net
just for cazzer ;D[/quote]
thought you mite like the dog AND NO HE IS NOT FOR SALE i would not part with him for anything ;D

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Can't get into the photos - can only open the homepage of fotopic.net. Can you send me a mail with a photo?
[email protected]

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He would get rid of me before parting with that thread bare old thing.  :o

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Nice of you to admit that ANNE.Only joking

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Cannot get in to it Mick, sorrryyyyy

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Try again another time Mik.
Have this problem with my fotopic site sometimes.
:)

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One xmas i received a fisher price house and my sister got the school, we played with them for hours until we grew out of them. My mum strored them away in the loft and they have now got a new lease of life...... my kids play with them...... they dont make toys like they used to, stuff was built to last in those days.

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The Magic Wizard...you put a card with questions and a card with answers in a box. Turned the little plastic wizard with a stick to the question you wanted answering then put the answer card in and hey presto the wizard 'magically' pointed to the answer

SPOILER!!! I think it worked with on the opposing magnets attract principle  (Thats just about ruined it for all you people who believed in magic)  ;) ;)

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My sister had loads of Sindy stuff and I was really jealous, as she wouldn't let me play with it. I got a bike instead though, a shiny purple Dawes Kingpin, went all over the place on it. My dad still has it in his garage ( bless him) ;D

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i used to have one of them plastic ladybird prams it was great. i also had my little ponies which are still going now

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My sister had a Tressy doll her hair grew, you wound it up and down with a plastic key in her back. I wanted that but got a black haired Sindy doll.

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i once got some kind of puppet
i have had it all my life (13 years) and its still in perfect condition

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I had a Magic Wizard too Guinness!

I remember I always wanted Lego but my parents bought me this thing called "Bako" which they said was better but was really only about building houses from prefabricated component parts. There were some interesting designs but it wasn't Lego. They didn't get the point that with Lego you could make a lot more than just houses. I suppose they were disappointed that I wasn't over the moon with it at first.

I used to like spud guns which fired little bits of potato at other kids, and cap guns which when fired left a gunpowder smell.

I loved my Triang two-wheel scooter. I customised it by repainting it crimson and put a white skull and crossbones logo where the "Triang" name had been. I would come down the full length of Sultan Street on that, picking up speed as I went so that the scooter went down and up kerbs and over the cobbles with ease. The knack was to stop before crashing into the wall at the bottom. Good job there weren't many cars in those days.

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Used to love playing with the Sindy's, we used to have most of the stuff between us, as I remember it if we wanted to play with any of Lettie's I had to give her my spending money (50p). Also played frustration and ker plunk, had a great girls world with hair dye and 4 different eye colours (had to tilt it and give it a slap on the side of the head and its eye colour would change). Also had a Simon which I was ok on.
Always wanted a Hornby train set but my Dad wouldn't let me. My favourite doll was Tiny Tiny Tears, I called her Marie, used to take her everywhere in her pram, she was a regular patient in our dolls hospital. Does anyone remember the Post Office sets and Sweet shop toys etc?

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A Football, every year all I wanted was a football, if only I kept a few they would be worth a fortune now, the one with world cup willie on and the mexico 70 one how much on Ebay now? but we had old ma Birtwistle next door who used to put a knife through them, I supose looking back we deserved it after tying fishing line to her door knocker and hiding behind the hedge, she came to the door 7 times in 5mins.:)

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Like Lettie I spent a lot of my childhood peddling my bike around....(and climbing tree's)

The Bike I always wanted was a CHOPPER :)

But I got a TOMAHAWK :( similar but smaller and not as cool :(

And a few years later got a Raleigh Arena 10 speed drop handles and speedo (felt like Eddy Merkxs)

OH YEH and making Aerial runways :) Rope from one tree to a lower tree and a pulley to roll down it..

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The best Christmas present I ever received was a cowboy outfit. Some people believe that I still am a cowboy, I know, before anyone else says it.

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Hey Simon I had a Tomahawk too! Grifters were pretty hard-wearing cool bikes of the time if I remember. I graduated onto a 'track-certified' chrome Aero BMX later which was responsible for many stiches, bruises, bust lips and noses and general good times.

Anyone remember test Match Cricket in the 80's - you had the bowler and batsman on their own gantry which you could aim and bowl/play a stroke with (obviously....) and you placed the fielders (who had a plastic 'pouch' in between their feet with which to catch the ball), you scored runs depending on where the ball finished up on the pitch (it was marked out). A great game which me and my younger brother played for ages until he started beating me everytime and I quit playing - I was a very sore loser and some would say still am!

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I always wanted a train set, but they wouldn't get me one just cos I was a girl (still am - haven't made any gender changing decisions so far). However, I used to play with my cousin Richard's set - loved every minute. When my son was born, the midwife thought I was delirious, the first thing I said was "Now I can have that train set"..... My grandson is 2, and I have already got him a pretty good layout. He never gets near it, though, his parents are too busy playing with it! Had a Post Office set. I think I ran it rather more efficiently than the real one ...

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I still have my mums old dog teddy called fred, she gave him to me when i was 11 im 27 now he was about 15 when mum gave him to me. remember him mum? hes all out of shape he was cuddled so much.

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Ah, I remember him.
To watch over you when you slept.
Give him a cuddle from me.

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I used to want a train set too. My uncle had one. It filled a whole room in the house. There were stations and tunnels and little houses, fields with trees and cows and sheep. He could make different trains go round on different tracks and change the points to send them on to different stations. I wasn't allowed to touch it but I do remember watching in awe.

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I remember test match cricket - didn't it take the best part of a week just to set it up for a game!!!?

I also remember blow football (which you could make yourself), and of course - SUBBUTEO!!! What an absolutely top game - the only problem being with it that you could buy so much stuff for it you could never keep up!

Star Wars action figures/craft/etc were absolutely HUGE when I was young, and I also remember lego being much more fun than it looks nowadays - you used to get a set with loads of pieces in it to make whatever you wanted instead of the piddly sets now where you can only make 2 or 3 things.

I used to have a 6 million dollar man - with the bionic eye!!, and I used to read the Beano, Dandy, Whizzer and chips and Nutty (remember bananaman?) when I could.

My fave board game was game of life, and I also remember hiding a scrable board game for about a year because it used to rub me up the wrong way!!!