FabSwingers.com forum: What's in your box?

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

If you found a shoebox filled with a few of your childhood memories/toys, what would be in yours?

I've actually found one of these and was stunned to see what if kept that was special to me at the time.

One princess Leah Star Wars figure. (Bounty hunter)

One Sprite yoyo (remember collecting the gold ring pull to win them?)

A sealed pack of garbage pale kids card. The gum wasn't great.

A Disney collectors coin. Lion king??

Some NASA space cards.

Flying pickets - only you single.

A tape cassette - anything could be on it. I've still not played it through.

A porche 911 model car. And some marbles.

A few other things too but these are what stand out.

Do you have one? What would you have put in it if you could go back and make one?

(By the way, it's a British Knights shoe box)

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

We have a time capsule from 1999.

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

"We have a time capsule from 1999. "

We? Fab?

I shudder to think what would be in that!

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

A beaten up soft toy white rabbit, a Sooty,Sweep and Sue that was my dad's when he worked with Harry Corbet.

A snoopy pyjama case.

They all live above my bed with various other soft toys.

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor

I don't have anything from my childhood,which is different to my kid's now I've kept lot's for them to look back on.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"We have a time capsule from 1999.

We? Fab?

I shudder to think what would be in that!"

I mean me.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"I don't have anything from my childhood,which is different to my kid's now I've kept lot's for them to look back on."

I don't have anything much either except a couple of photos. I've kept loads from my kids early years.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Wish I'd done one, if I had it'd probably contain something along the following lines:

- Action Man (probably with the Mountie Uniform I saved stars from the boxes for)

- Assorted Figurine Panini football stickers

- Assorted Spurs programmes from 1973 onwards

- Wrigleys Spearmint gum sticks

- Airfix models

- Various 7" singles from late 70s to early 80s

- Teddy I had at birth (which I still have 52 years later!!)

- Various Two Tone related button badges

- Victor and Warlord comics

- Shoot and Match Weekly magazines

- Various bits collected during "adventures" in the local woods/playing fields

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

I don't have one, but if I did it would have my collection of Enid Blyton books. A sindy doll. The magic painting books. The books that you got with a dress up doll on press out the cardboard and put on the doll. A few pics of my grandparents and the happy times we spent walking their dogs x

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

I've got one of these!!! Stickers from a sticker book, postcards, photos from school. Ah old exercise book with loads of scribbles from school friends, old school tie. A bible given to me by my grandpap with s picture of him inside. Some embroidering id done with my nan.

Hmmmm going to get it out tonight and have a little reminisce

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

I have a memory box that I've kept since a young teen. It's got letters in that me and my best friends would send each other at school, old diaries, tickets, first boyfriend stuff! It's so cool to go through!

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

I have a memory box that I've kept since I was really young (about 6 years old). I like to throw things away, so I promised myself I'd keep a box of things that I would never throw away. It's bigger than a shoe box, though. It's the size of a small plastic storage box.

It has tons of crap in it that I absolutely love. The most fun part are the notes I kept from elementary school and junior high. They are just notes me and my friends passed to eachother in class but they really show things I would have forgotten, day to day things.

I haven't looked at it in years because it's back in the US, but the first thing I'll do when I move back is spend an hour looking through it all again.

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By *rrol.BMan
over a year ago

Wrexham

I have a box like this. It has all sorts of weird and wonderful bits and pieces!

A few:

an undamaged white-glass bottle discovered in passing whilst metal-detecting with my grandfather.

a steel turtle. My dad was teaching me how to smelt and make castings.

my first "invention". It is the charger from a gameboy haphazardly wired with a switch and an electric motor. You plug it in, flick the switch and the motor spins. Move over Tesla!

pogs. My favourite boglin. Some MtG cards.

an original '70s Yoda with a fish-eye screw in the top of his head. I used to wear him on a shoelace around my neck.

I still add things to the box. I've got the ticket stubs from when we flew to Japan to get married. Passports in my previous names (

). Tickets from gigs I've attended.

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

Flying Picketts - Only You

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

"A beaten up soft toy white rabbit, a Sooty,Sweep and Sue that was my dad's when he worked with Harry Corbet.

A snoopy pyjama case.

They all live above my bed with various other soft toys. "

That is just so cool.

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

"I don't have one, but if I did it would have my collection of Enid Blyton books. A sindy doll. The magic painting books. The books that you got with a dress up doll on press out the cardboard and put on the doll. A few pics of my grandparents and the happy times we spent walking their dogs x "

My action men used to save my sisters Sindy dolls (my sister preferred Sindy, thought barbie was ugly)

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

"I have a box like this. It has all sorts of weird and wonderful bits and pieces!

A few:

an undamaged white-glass bottle discovered in passing whilst metal-detecting with my grandfather.

a steel turtle. My dad was teaching me how to smelt and make castings.

my first "invention". It is the charger from a gameboy haphazardly wired with a switch and an electric motor. You plug it in, flick the switch and the motor spins. Move over Tesla!

pogs. My favourite boglin. Some MtG cards.

an original '70s Yoda with a fish-eye screw in the top of his head. I used to wear him on a shoelace around my neck.

I still add things to the box. I've got the ticket stubs from when we flew to Japan to get married. Passports in my previous names (

). Tickets from gigs I've attended."

Ahh I forgot about Pogs!

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By *rrol.BMan
over a year ago

Wrexham

"Ahh I forgot about Pogs! "

WHHHHAAAAT?! Pogs were serious business!

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

"I have a box like this. It has all sorts of weird and wonderful bits and pieces!

A few:

an undamaged white-glass bottle discovered in passing whilst metal-detecting with my grandfather.

a steel turtle. My dad was teaching me how to smelt and make castings.

my first "invention". It is the charger from a gameboy haphazardly wired with a switch and an electric motor. You plug it in, flick the switch and the motor spins. Move over Tesla!

pogs. My favourite boglin. Some MtG cards.

an original '70s Yoda with a fish-eye screw in the top of his head. I used to wear him on a shoelace around my neck.

I still add things to the box. I've got the ticket stubs from when we flew to Japan to get married. Passports in my previous names (

). Tickets from gigs I've attended.

Ahh I forgot about Pogs! "

This was a few of my other things. Remember when Walkers crisps did the Warner brothers pogs? Ive a few of those.

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

"Flying Picketts - Only You

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I know.

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

My action men used to save my sisters Sindy dolls (my sister preferred Sindy, thought barbie was ugly) "

Sounds familiar, my best friend and I was all sindy x

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

"If you found a shoebox filled with a few of your childhood memories/toys, what would be in yours?

I've actually found one of these and was stunned to see what if kept that was special to me at the time.

One princess Leah Star Wars figure. (Bounty hunter)"

I would've put my bounty hunter Leah in there but I would put Han in there too to keep her company.

Also some garbage pail kids

Maybe a Bucks Fizz record...

A drawing of me as a superhero/commando

Lots of 'monster in my pockets'

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By *rrol.BMan
over a year ago

Wrexham

"Lots of 'monster in my pockets'"

I still have all mine! My two monsters play with them fairly regularly. It is also quite fun when they ask what each monster is.

"Oh, yes, that is Hydra. Hercules had to fight it and soon learnt that cutting a head off caused two more to grow in its place"

"That is the Jabberwock, it can only be killed by a vorpal blade."

and so on.

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

"Lots of 'monster in my pockets'

I still have all mine! My two monsters play with them fairly regularly. It is also quite fun when they ask what each monster is.

"Oh, yes, that is Hydra. Hercules had to fight it and soon learnt that cutting a head off caused two more to grow in its place"

"That is the Jabberwock, it can only be killed by a vorpal blade."

and so on.

Awesome! I found a shopping bag full of them when my folks moved house a few years ago!

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