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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

The children have a birthday fast approaching and trying to find the right present for them is not easy. However, my sister has got the best present ever for one of them.

It made me think about birthday and Christmas presents as a child.

What was your best and/or most memorable?

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

What's she got them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved my bus conductor set.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My April showers doll, and I left in a post office in Romford

Her

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

We never went without as kids but I can hardly remember playing with toys we where outside all the time

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

My A la kitchen

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

a wendy house loved it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kids these days havnt a clue what it's really like to get a proper prezie!! All we here is so and so had this much spent on him/her and there not getting as much

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

A bike. In the days (50s) of little traffic and pre stranger danger a bike brought freedom.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A Barbie lifeguard, with dolphin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Action Man

When me and my ex were together she told me that she always wanted a cabbage patch doll when she was little and never got one so that christmas her wish came true

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I remember coming downstairs on Christmas Day to find I had a blackboard - didn't have a clue I was getting it and I was totally made up, the happiest I've ever been getting a present

These days it's Xboxes and iPhones at 4 years old, the magic isn't the same

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By *each_PittWoman
over a year ago

Belfast

My Airline. Wee hat and everything to play air hostess. Only sold it about a year ago on eBay.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Action Man

When me and my ex were together she told me that she always wanted a cabbage patch doll when she was little and never got one so that christmas her wish came true "

I'd love a bunny

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By *ighland_RoseCouple
over a year ago

Brigadoon

My bike. It started a whole new phase of childhood. My brother and I went all over the place on our bikes. I still think the wind in your face as you zoom down a hill is one of the best feelings ever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Action Man

When me and my ex were together she told me that she always wanted a cabbage patch doll when she was little and never got one so that christmas her wish came true "

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"What's she got them

"

One is getting a sleepover at a major attraction with the whole day there the next day.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My tiny tears doll still got her

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By *elfish...Woman
over a year ago

Kent

A toy kitchen set... It even produced smoke! But I had to share it with my sister... Probably why I am selfish now!

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"A bike. In the days (50s) of little traffic and pre stranger danger a bike brought freedom."

It still can. The older one takes his bike and heads off sometimes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A violet metallic Dawes Racing Bike

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Those cupcakes that smelled gorgeous and flipped out into dolls. I got lots one year and lined them all up on my window sill

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I remember coming downstairs on Christmas Day to find I had a blackboard - didn't have a clue I was getting it and I was totally made up, the happiest I've ever been getting a present

These days it's Xboxes and iPhones at 4 years old, the magic isn't the same "
I remember one gift at christmas

And thou I loved going course fishing With

My dad this gift I remember was a small cardboard box with fish printed on it

And Inside were tiny cardboard cut out

Fish with small magnets on the mouth part I,d spend hours trying to fish them out with a small rod and line with magnet attached we advanced from that

Into the 1970,s with headache or kerplunk, monopoly, and scrabble.

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By *uttyjonnMan
over a year ago

SEA

A chopper - a Raleigh of course coolest bike ever

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Best prezzie EVER was waking up at the age of 5 in the middle of the night to hear a whimpering....walked in to mum and dads bedroom to find a Westie puppy mum told me to go back to bed and pretend i didn't know as he was a present from my dad who wanted to give him to me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't remember any birthday presents I received. Only a couple of Christmas presents

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford "
Bring my babeeee back

Her

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

My best present was 2 action men. I had an English commando type and a German. My dad told me that I always had to have the English action man facing the German otherwise the german would stab him in the back. when I grew out of them, I made them both balsa wood coffins and buried them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

xmas was always a rupert annual, tube of smarties, colouring book and five felt pens (pack of ten was rare), i was a n only child and we used to get a new family board game off santa each year, didnt get much more than that,maybe a jigsaw to keep me quiet, one year though i got a tape recorder with a plug in microphone, think my grandma chipped in to pay for it , there was a note on it to press play, which i did and mum dad and gran had recorded a message, all i can remember is her saying ' you are such a lucky girl' - and back then i was -

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"xmas was always a rupert annual, tube of smarties, colouring book and five felt pens (pack of ten was rare), i was a n only child and we used to get a new family board game off santa each year, didnt get much more than that,maybe a jigsaw to keep me quiet, one year though i got a tape recorder with a plug in microphone, think my grandma chipped in to pay for it , there was a note on it to press play, which i did and mum dad and gran had recorded a message, all i can remember is her saying ' you are such a lucky girl' - and back then i was - "
Awwww thats lovely.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i remember getting a second hand shopper bike one birthday and like others have said - we had our freedom with them - most of us had them and used to go all over the place in the school holidays, dump them in the park with a bag of butties , bottle of made up cordial , house keys and possibly 50p for an ice cream all in a bag on the handle, nobody would even touch them and we would go off for a couple of hours to play and come back - they pull kids off bikes now and run off with them - sad times

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Katy Kopykat, I loved that doll.

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By *uttyjonnMan
over a year ago

SEA


"i remember getting a second hand shopper bike one birthday and like others have said - we had our freedom with them - most of us had them and used to go all over the place in the school holidays, dump them in the park with a bag of butties , bottle of made up cordial , house keys and possibly 50p for an ice cream all in a bag on the handle, nobody would even touch them and we would go off for a couple of hours to play and come back - they pull kids off bikes now and run off with them - sad times "

happy days

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"xmas was always a rupert annual, tube of smarties, colouring book and five felt pens (pack of ten was rare), i was a n only child and we used to get a new family board game off santa each year, didnt get much more than that,maybe a jigsaw to keep me quiet, one year though i got a tape recorder with a plug in microphone, think my grandma chipped in to pay for it , there was a note on it to press play, which i did and mum dad and gran had recorded a message, all i can remember is her saying ' you are such a lucky girl' - and back then i was - "

It is such a lovely and special memory.

We didn't have much and I really understand that getting five felt pens and never 10. We got the cut out paper doll/clothes book two years running for Christmas.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford Bring my babeeee back

Her"

I swapped her for some marbles

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dizzy bugs! I remember loving that game

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A Girls World

Spent hours doing its hair and make up

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By *uttyjonnMan
over a year ago

SEA


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford Bring my babeeee back

Her

I swapped her for some marbles "

Have you lost them since

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"xmas was always a rupert annual, tube of smarties, colouring book and five felt pens (pack of ten was rare), i was a n only child and we used to get a new family board game off santa each year, didnt get much more than that,maybe a jigsaw to keep me quiet, one year though i got a tape recorder with a plug in microphone, think my grandma chipped in to pay for it , there was a note on it to press play, which i did and mum dad and gran had recorded a message, all i can remember is her saying ' you are such a lucky girl' - and back then i was -

It is such a lovely and special memory.

We didn't have much and I really understand that getting five felt pens and never 10. We got the cut out paper doll/clothes book two years running for Christmas.

"

oh god i remember activity pack things in the summer holidays , had those , spent hours drawing my own and cutting out etc - i would like to add was a big tube of smarties lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford Bring my babeeee back

Her

I swapped her for some marbles

Have you lost them since "
The big ones with cats eyes?

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By *uttyjonnMan
over a year ago

SEA


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford Bring my babeeee back

Her

I swapped her for some marbles

Have you lost them since The big ones with cats eyes? "

And dobbers and steelies

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"xmas was always a rupert annual, tube of smarties, colouring book and five felt pens (pack of ten was rare), i was a n only child and we used to get a new family board game off santa each year, didnt get much more than that,maybe a jigsaw to keep me quiet, one year though i got a tape recorder with a plug in microphone, think my grandma chipped in to pay for it , there was a note on it to press play, which i did and mum dad and gran had recorded a message, all i can remember is her saying ' you are such a lucky girl' - and back then i was - "
I Remember recieveing a waltham tape recorder with a plug in microphone

Too around 1972/73 It was certainly

A novelty back then pc,s were unheard

Of as far as kids were concerned.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My Chopper

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"xmas was always a rupert annual, tube of smarties, colouring book and five felt pens (pack of ten was rare), i was a n only child and we used to get a new family board game off santa each year, didnt get much more than that,maybe a jigsaw to keep me quiet, one year though i got a tape recorder with a plug in microphone, think my grandma chipped in to pay for it , there was a note on it to press play, which i did and mum dad and gran had recorded a message, all i can remember is her saying ' you are such a lucky girl' - and back then i was - I Remember recieveing a waltham tape recorder with a plug in microphone

Too around 1972/73 It was certainly

A novelty back then pc,s were unheard

Of as far as kids were concerned."

mine was a phillips, used to stand the mike in front of the radio of a sunday to record the charts - had to be silent haha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford Bring my babeeee back

Her

I swapped her for some marbles

Have you lost them since The big ones with cats eyes?

And dobbers and steelies "
I remember dobbies, what are the steelies?

Her

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Buzz lightyear action figure which I've still got sat on the wardrobe, could never throw it away

Or a big jake. I must of been 4 or 5 a sit n ride dumper truck that was huge (up to a 4 year old anyway) used to take about 16 hours to charge the battery

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By *uttyjonnMan
over a year ago

SEA


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford Bring my babeeee back

Her

I swapped her for some marbles

Have you lost them since The big ones with cats eyes?

And dobbers and steelies I remember dobbies, what are the steelies?

Her"

Steelies were metal possibly ball bearings - I lived near a steel works so I assume a lot of kids got them from their dads.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford Bring my babeeee back

Her

I swapped her for some marbles

Have you lost them since The big ones with cats eyes?

And dobbers and steelies I remember dobbies, what are the steelies?

Her

Steelies were metal possibly ball bearings - I lived near a steel works so I assume a lot of kids got them from their dads. "
Proper toys! I don't remember them, unless my brothers had them

Her

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford Bring my babeeee back

Her

I swapped her for some marbles

Have you lost them since The big ones with cats eyes? "
used to Love playing marbles at school lots of different colours and different kinds.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My best two were given me the same year when my Dad was on a three day week so we didn't have much money.

A dolls cot made by my Mum & Dad. Dad made the metal frame and Mum got the material and did all the sewing to make it look like the princess style bed you see on Disney Films.

That same year my Dad made me a set of table skittles, did all the woodwork and metal work himself.

I still have both and would never part with them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"xmas was always a rupert annual, tube of smarties, colouring book and five felt pens (pack of ten was rare), i was a n only child and we used to get a new family board game off santa each year, didnt get much more than that,maybe a jigsaw to keep me quiet, one year though i got a tape recorder with a plug in microphone, think my grandma chipped in to pay for it , there was a note on it to press play, which i did and mum dad and gran had recorded a message, all i can remember is her saying ' you are such a lucky girl' - and back then i was - I Remember recieveing a waltham tape recorder with a plug in microphone

Too around 1972/73 It was certainly

A novelty back then pc,s were unheard

Of as far as kids were concerned.

mine was a phillips, used to stand the mike in front of the radio of a sunday to record the charts - had to be silent haha "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford Bring my babeeee back

Her

I swapped her for some marbles

Have you lost them since The big ones with cats eyes? used to Love playing marbles at school lots of different colours and different kinds. "
Jacks too

Her

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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago

upton wirral

skaletrics remember them,trouble was my dad and uncle kept playing with it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Had to be a toss up between all my transformers or he-man toys. God I wish I was a kid again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Buzz lightyear action figure which I've still got sat on the wardrobe, could never throw it away

Or a big jake. I must of been 4 or 5 a sit n ride dumper truck that was huge (up to a 4 year old anyway) used to take about 16 hours to charge the battery "
do you remember tonka toys I think they had Similar toys did,nt they.

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By *exycleanerWoman
over a year ago

pontefract

wilkinsons sweet shop .

you can still get them now i was at my sisters and my great niece had one ,my other sister was 12 years older than me so when she was working would bring me one home on my birthday

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My spacehopper... Bounce bounce bounce...

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By *uttyjonnMan
over a year ago

SEA


"My spacehopper... Bounce bounce bounce..."

Oh yeh and the pogo sticks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Asking for a record playing for Christmas and expecting to get one of those box ones , I got a real stereo with 2 speakers burst into tears and said that's not what I wanted. I had to explain it was so much more than I ever expected.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford Bring my babeeee back

Her

I swapped her for some marbles

Have you lost them since The big ones with cats eyes? used to Love playing marbles at school lots of different colours and different kinds. Jacks too

Her"
I just remember the word jacks but can,t remember what they looked like we had some the size of gob stoppers like a pot type pale lilac in colour with a sort of marble effect

factory made and steelies to but nothing

Beat the original one,s I could hit them In one chuck surprised myself sometimes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford Bring my babeeee back

Her

I swapped her for some marbles

Have you lost them since "

What makes you ask?

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By *uttyjonnMan
over a year ago

SEA


"The April Showers doll I found in a post office in Romford Bring my babeeee back

Her

I swapped her for some marbles

Have you lost them since

What makes you ask? "

Just interested in your general well being

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"skaletrics remember them,trouble was my dad and uncle kept playing with it"
Had the hot rods red plastic track only small but those little cars

I used on It starsky and hutch had no

Chance..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My spacehopper... Bounce bounce bounce..."
yes we had a space hopper they were good fun I tended

To stay on them and not fall off really

When being young.

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By *errible_TwoCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

I had loads of surprises at Xmas, we always git what we wanted and more, I asked for a keyboard one year and woke up the a full size one not the little one I expected, a racer bike, and the best of all, I got a tape to tape with radio and TV built into a geto blaster and to this say I have never seen another one

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"Asking for a record playing for Christmas and expecting to get one of those box ones , I got a real stereo with 2 speakers burst into tears and said that's not what I wanted. I had to explain it was so much more than I ever expected. "

Nice to see you back.

We had a secondhand red Dansette. I loved it. They are selling for over £100 now.

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By *anatee175Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

A doll called tickles she's in the loft but will be brought down soon. A beautiful handmade dolls house my uncle did all the electric lighting. I still have it with the late 70's wallpaper and carpets.

Claire.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I must sound awful as I had so many of the things mentioned on this thread and really appreciated them but my fondest memories are of handmade gokarts

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

Never forget when i got an X-wing and some STAR WARS figures with it, brill, and getting my 1st BMX bike was special, but i think my favourite was when i got a Sega Megadrive with 3 or 4 different games.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Either my Raleigh Burner (GS) or a wooden Lewis gun my Granddad made for me.

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland

My 1st air rifle my old man used to take me on the moors n go shooting with him

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Teenage mutant ninja turtles blimp and shredders car when I was 5

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My best ever present as a kid was a black widow catapult. The mischief i caused will stay with me forever lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A medieval fort my dad made from scratch when I was about 6, and then when I was older a raleigh extra burner bmx......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Either my Raleigh Burner (GS) or a wooden Lewis gun my Granddad made for me. "
I always wanted the tuff burner with the yellow mag wheels

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Either my Raleigh Burner (GS) or a wooden Lewis gun my Granddad made for me. "
I always wanted the tuff burner with the yellow mag wheels

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Best ever was a prezzie called ' sonic ear '. It was huge. You pointed it at people at a distance and could hear their convo through headphones. Mum didnt think it was that good of a present after a while

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By *bony in IvoryCouple
over a year ago

Black&White Utopia

A sindy doll, with long hair. Has a key on her back that when turned, shortens her hair... Knee length white boots, red pvc mini skirt n matching top... Still got that doll... With other old toys in the attic... Aww memories!

We didnt have much , but appreciated what we had.... My Dad made many toys too as he was good at carpentry ... Such simple times!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I remember getting a Play Doh Barber shop one year.. played with it for hours on the living room floor. Watching the blue doh coming out of the heads as I turned the crank handle.

Also used to adore fuzzy felts and got a new one every time I was good at the dentist. There was a huge three storey toy shop across the road, it was a magical place

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My tree house family... I loved that toy!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mine was a red vinyl record player with a ABBA LP

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"I remember getting a Play Doh Barber shop one year.. played with it for hours on the living room floor. Watching the blue doh coming out of the heads as I turned the crank handle.

Also used to adore fuzzy felts and got a new one every time I was good at the dentist. There was a huge three storey toy shop across the road, it was a magical place "

Fuzzy Felt we had that and so many hours spent sticking the felt into different pictures.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I must sound awful as I had so many of the things mentioned on this thread and really appreciated them but my fondest memories are of handmade gokarts"

The ones made from pram wheels... and no brakes!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Evel knieval stunt bike ... Awesome

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

bike and meccano

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

I was out with my former sister-in-law a few months back and she mentioned a book her late son got for Xmas many years ago called "How to hold a crocodile" which had loads of stuff for kids to try out (kind of a "Boy's own" book)...I told her I bought it for him and she said she still had it in the bookshelf. I was touched a pressie I'd bought more than 20 years ago was still fondly remembered

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire

Subbuteo

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

A proper old fashioned dolls house when I was little. I'd climbed into my parents bed Christmas Eve and they managed to place it at the foot of the bed in the night without waking me up, it was so magical when I woke up and saw it there! !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

annuals, a pink lipstick and dolls.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had a beautiful Cinderella marionette. She had real blonde hair and a stunning blue and silver dress. I got all the strings knotted together and decided to cut them resulting in her just falling apart. I was so upset. I know that she cost my mom a fortune back in 1976,!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I remember getting a Play Doh Barber shop one year.. played with it for hours on the living room floor. Watching the blue doh coming out of the heads as I turned the crank handle.

Also used to adore fuzzy felts and got a new one every time I was good at the dentist. There was a huge three storey toy shop across the road, it was a magical place "
If only I,d known I remembered a toy shop when I was

A youngster and can still these those Corgi toys and dinky toys in their little and big boxes toy cars etc If I,d

Known how much they were today I,d Bought one every day I could .. they Fetch a price now..

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

My best ever Xmas present as a child was my first ever keyboard. I was about 12 and I got this tiny little Casio keyboard as a stocking filler. You could have taken everything else back to the shops, I never put that little keyboard down. I can now play a load of different instruments and have played in bands for 25 years or more..... Thanks mum

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For my best childhood present was my peugeot racing bike, it was black with chrome 3/4 rear triangle and tips of the forks. I was 6 and still remember it, I went everywhere on that thing. It started my love of cycling.

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over a year ago

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

For me it was a tent for my 13 birthday, I needed it for the expedition part of the Duke of Edinburgh bronze award. I still have it now, still in very good nick as well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

super Nintendo. .showing my age now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

An apple, orange and 5 pound coins at the bottom of your sock/stocking ..... Every year it was the same and the year my folkes thought I was too old For it ffs!!!!! Only feckin 17 ..my last Xmas at home couldn't take it and always felt it's not how old in years it's how old you feel ..... Wankers !!!

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland


"I must sound awful as I had so many of the things mentioned on this thread and really appreciated them but my fondest memories are of handmade gokarts"

We used to build our own (with breaks) out of prams pallets big bolts carpet

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

I can't pick one favourite but what I lobed was the way my.parents would surprise us.

On year I desperately wanted a white Raleigh racer bike for Christmas. We woke up and opened all of our presents but no bike for me I was practicing my best I'm disappointed but not going to show it face when my dad kept asking me to get him a bottle of from behind the sofa....off I went and BOOM there was the bike!!

My grandparents used to buy us a big present each year for all of us,climbing frame/swings etc and my dad would stay up til late on Christmas eve putting it up in the dark so we could see it as soon as the curtains were open!

So I guess memories are the best present I've ever had x

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