I remember at about 9 years old making a protest and stopping buying POLO mints! They had DOUBLED in price - From 1/2p to 1p a packet

 

Absolutely brilliant...

 

Well I was sort of a bouncer...they gave me a big ABC badge and I got in the oictures for free.

 

4 yorkshiremen anybody?

http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/jokes/m...kshiremen.html

 

I get naffed off at being older than you all (54) but I'm lucky.
Had a great childhood, good education and a real 5 year appenticship, and i was bought up in Birmingham (Stetchford) where i would now fear to tread after 8.00pm....

Removing the rose glasses actually doesn't change much at all (IMHO).

I still have my ZX80/81 complete with manual/boxed (ebay fodder?), but that 16K memory drove you mad.

Actually put me off computors.
Now a wretched fact of life.

Excellent thread.

Graham.

 

... and WHITE DOG POO!!!! (anyone say that already?)

I'm 28 and remember most of that stuff. I missed out on the chopper craze hence I have a scooby now!

 

The age thing (Over 40’s) was just because I’m 42 and whilst I was writing this post a few of the young un’s at work happened to be looking over my shoulder and commenting that They couldn’t remember that that or that, So hence the over 40’s.

I don’t think it matters about how old you are, If you can remember some of them or all of them, then Good, If you can’t well I feel sorry for you in my own way, because as it has been said before “them were the days” Happy days for me.

If you have any more you can think of please post them up.

Bartop some good one’s there (I missed all them but do remember it)

Memories are good for you…! And most of what is posted in this thread has been, well let’s say “not an everyday instant memory”


Criss

 

Was the wind up Evel Kenevel motorbike the best toy ever made?

Ted.

 

yes if you made a ramp for him to fly off. and even better when he landed on his wheels. lol.

dont forget the six million dollor action figure man.

when my dad came home with a VHS video recorder (top loader) i couldnt wait to brag about it. we where the first on our street to get one.

its all comeing back now. the first time my dad took me fishing my mum tells him to make sure i dont fall in. ges what he fell in instead of me. lol.

great thread this.

 

Some truth in that

 

Oh YES - we used to make fake dog poo out of rolled up mud sausages and then when they were dry sprinkle some of our mums VIM powder on top to make them 'look realistic'

 

I also remember vividly the day one of my mates at school came in with one of the first ever digital watches, the ones with the red display which you had to press the button to see the time. It was THE coolest thing I had ever seen.

 

Did anyone else have a Jonny 7 gun toy when younger.

They make a fortune on ebay now !!!!!!!

Martin

 

Yeah I did I remember shooting my Mum on the **** on Christmas morning with it

 

Only if your parents couldn't afford a Big Trax (mine couldn't, and I still can't afford one from ebay!)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MB-GAMES-BIGTR...QQcmdZViewItem

 

16 hole Dr Martins
Trousers with pockets on the knees and high waist bands
Trying to make your school tie knot really small / huge
Parkas
Nortons and Triumphs

and loads more I havnt time for ........................

 

Shoes with a compass in the heel and animal prints on the sole........ just in case you came across a lion track on your route to school. Were they called Trackers?

Martin

 

Remote controls... which had a wire going to the VHS player.

VHS Top loaders, you had to push with all your might to eject and they could take your hand off!!

Black and white tv, with the test card.

Playing in dirt.

Picking up dog **** with a stick and chasing girls!

Playing with your Corgi cars, and when they had an "accident" taking it into Dad's garage and smacking the crap out of it to give it dents

Playing Action Man (the real ones, with the solid non-grip hands), when they got shot I'd run down to Dad's garage, get out his manual drill and drill a hole in the chest, then draw loads of red felt pen over him

37 years old, I have lived!!

Made me smile, cheers!!

 

My Dad made me a Scalelextic trackset.
Had 2 Vanwalls and a lotus 21 I think.
Handsets overheated all the time, so I have to wait for them to cool down.

Best bit was he hinged it on my bedroom wall so it was permanently 'made-up'


Graham

 

[quote=pwhittle]Only if your parents couldn't afford a Big Trax (mine couldn't, and I still can't afford one from ebay!)

/quote]

Now THAT brings back memories!!!

Like the curious little turd I was, I took mine apart to see how it worked and wasn't careful about it either!

They were FANTASTIC!

Ted.

 

Anybody remember "The Airfix Flight deck"

That was my best toy/Game ever...! Spent many a happy hour trying to be one of the "Aeronauts" Remember that English dubbed French program about two Mirage Pilots ?


Criss

 

Wayfinders?