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What was your best ever present you got as a child?

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

I remember I got the electronic game Simon, where you had to press the colours in the same sequence, loved that I did

For hubby he said Big Trak was his fave

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

Dizzy Bugs game.

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

A Mr Fred

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By *airymagicWoman
over a year ago

goblin city

Pony

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

Rebound.

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

My first bike, it was purple. I can remember it being at the bottom of the stairs, I wasn't interested in anything else

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


"Rebound."
I seem to recall that describe it please

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By *hoenixAdAstraWoman
over a year ago

Hiding in the shadows

Bikes, every 2yrs I got a new one.

Cycling was & still is my first love.

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


"Bikes, every 2yrs I got a new one.

Cycling was & still is my first love. "

Bet you've ridden a Chopper in your time

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

When I was little it was my Sindy doll and because we didn’t have much money my dad made me a bed and wardrobe for her. It was my most played with toy ever. Then when I was a bit older it was my first ever record player x

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

.410 shotgun, little double barrel side by side, some Belgian make I forget now..cracking little gun that was

If not that maybe my webley Diana air rifle..still have that little break barrel 177.

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

I was thrilled with a Girls World I got one year as well. For some strange reason I cut her hair off though

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

Probably my Sega Megadrive when I was 10 years old, I was so excited I could have burst!

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


"Probably my Sega Megadrive when I was 10 years old, I was so excited I could have burst! "
loved Sonic

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

My pony...best present ever

Kx

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

Twisty-waist Barbie. Her knees bent too!

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By *lla_maiWoman
over a year ago

staffordshire

As a child we werent well off. We were always pleased with colouring books & pens/pencils or activity sets

Best part was always quality family time

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By *unloversCouple
over a year ago

rotherham

Chatty cathy

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

Lego. Especially the technik stuff with motors and gears-I loved it!

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

That technic LEGO was fab I had a fork lift truck with hydraulics

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

Gotta be the original millennium falcon totally amazing

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By *hoenixAdAstraWoman
over a year ago

Hiding in the shadows


"Bikes, every 2yrs I got a new one.

Cycling was & still is my first love. Bet you've ridden a Chopper in your time "

Actually no! My cousin got the Chopper.

I was too little, I got the Tomahawk

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

A cavilry fort my dad made . I played with it for hours

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


"Rebound.I seem to recall that describe it please "

It was a board with a partition in the middle, but not right to the top. The top was triangle shaped and had 2 rubber bands. On the left part of the board just before the drop zone were scoring areas. The counters were ball bearings with a plastic ring around them. You pushed the counter up one side it hit the 2 rubber bands and you had to judge it right so that they ended up in the scoring zones.

Hope that helps.

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

Every year I looked forward to my Beano and Warlord annuals!!..

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


"Bikes, every 2yrs I got a new one.

Cycling was & still is my first love. Bet you've ridden a Chopper in your time

Actually no! My cousin got the Chopper.

I was too little, I got the Tomahawk "

I had a chipper

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


"Rebound.I seem to recall that describe it please

It was a board with a partition in the middle, but not right to the top. The top was triangle shaped and had 2 rubber bands. On the left part of the board just before the drop zone were scoring areas. The counters were ball bearings with a plastic ring around them. You pushed the counter up one side it hit the 2 rubber bands and you had to judge it right so that they ended up in the scoring zones.

Hope that helps. "

sure does my friend had it hours of fun

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


"Bikes, every 2yrs I got a new one.

Cycling was & still is my first love. Bet you've ridden a Chopper in your time

Actually no! My cousin got the Chopper.

I was too little, I got the Tomahawk I had a chipper "

Put my description of rebound on here for you 2.

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


"Rebound.I seem to recall that describe it please

It was a board with a partition in the middle, but not right to the top. The top was triangle shaped and had 2 rubber bands. On the left part of the board just before the drop zone were scoring areas. The counters were ball bearings with a plastic ring around them. You pushed the counter up one side it hit the 2 rubber bands and you had to judge it right so that they ended up in the scoring zones.

Hope that helps. sure does my friend had it hours of fun "

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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago

harrow

Gameboy or SNES

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

My BMX bike (I was a tomboy back then)

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


"As a child we werent well off. We were always pleased with colouring books & pens/pencils or activity sets

Best part was always quality family time"

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

my best xmas pressie was a pony called flash , a chestnut gelding with a white blaze down his face , I loved him to bits for years until he died

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

roller skates x

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

Best present i ever got was a snoopy teddy- at age 10 i needed a heart operation and my dad stayed by my bedside for 4 days untill i came round- he sat there crying holding my snoopy,,

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

Football kit

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

Jewellery box my Uncle bought me. It was a musical one with a twirly ballerina :D

Every year after he'd buy me a piece of jewellery to go inside.

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By *ficouldMan
over a year ago

a quandary, could you change my mind?

LEGO.. yes am SHOUTING with excitement..

Still love helping build things with it, its just the others take the best bits

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

Best Christmas present as a child was a trip to Disney world. My parents got me a Minnie Mouse watch and my brother a Mickey Mouse watch. And we each got one of those autograph books. We unwrapped them and were a bit confused then my parents handed us each booklets with our tickets to Florida. Was my first time on a plane and everything.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod

over a year ago

East Sussex

When I was 11 we got a puppy. When I was 9 I got an Amanda Jane doll. The two best presents ever!

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

Flight Deck

Bike

First ever record player

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

My peugeot racing bike, I was only 7 at the time

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

Thanks for sharing your memories everyone xx

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

King's Crustacean

India

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Physical tangible things then would have to be the Scalextric set I got from family friends one year, was the biggest set they made at the time and the Xmas money I got was spent on making it even bigger.

Non-tangible was a surprise trip around 1976/7 to White Hart Lane to tour the stadium, watch the team train and meet them after, still have the autograph book from that day somewhere!!

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

Sega megadrive

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

My first ever racer bike. It was all white and had proper gears and everything!

I knew I was getting it as my dad took me to choose it but had to wait till Christmas to get it.

Christmas morning came and I rush down stairs to open my presents but there was no bike shaped one

Then my dad kept asking me to get him a drink from behind the sofa so I did and there was my bike!

Wasted no time getting dressed and trying to work out the gears

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

Kerplunk done it for me! All the family played it after dinner and we had such a laugh!

D

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By *entish_HeathenMan
over a year ago

Chatham

Star Wars toy's

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

My best present was a little Casio keyboard when I was 11. That was the start of my life as a musician and ultimately a drummer.

Cal

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

It's got to be the scalextric

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

My yellow portable stereo or an ambulance, it was only small but it’s one I recall the most and I loved it!

Geeky xx

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

Monopoly, Cluedo, Roller Skates and a Space Hopper. I also loved my clackers but my wrists really suffered!

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

TCR (total control racing.) It was the best... Good days

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By *ryst In IsoldeWoman
over a year ago

your imagination

Books... They were always my favourite gifts... I devoured them! Even now my house is full of books

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By *lmostthereMan
over a year ago

Southampton

A deep purple coloured Puch bike.

I want it back.

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


"Monopoly, Cluedo, Roller Skates and a Space Hopper. I also loved my clackers but my wrists really suffered!"

I forgot about my skates, I still have them somewhere!

Geeky x

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

This may sound daft but it was my favourite Chinese curry, and two action force soldiers for my birthday.

I was about 7/8 We were down on our luck, my dad had been made redundant and my mum had managed to get a part time job for which she had to walk miles to do.

Money was really tight. I’d resigned myself to having nothing at all, knowing things were difficult for my parents, we were on the verge of losing our house.

On my birthday, mum walked in from work and presented me with the curry and two soldiers.

Knowing my mum had taken a good 3 mile detour from work to get me that curry, and that she’d spent money we could ill afford meant all the world to me.

Things got better, and I got much better presents. But it’s this that most sticks in my mind and always has.

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

LEGO and a colouring book, and guess what, nothing's changed, bought myself LEGO this year and a colouring book!!!!

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By *ookingforlustMan
over a year ago

northants

Raleigh grifter bike.

Fucking loved that bike.

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

My drum kit at 13.

I had to stick it out with an awful kit all year to prove that I was genuinely interested. I’ve still got the same kit now. Although it’s just the shells that are original everything else has been upgraded.

I think it was £550 when my parents bought it. Well worth it though, that kit sparked the fire of my music obsession

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

I remember getting a Stylophone and playing it for hours. They have one in the Science museum now.

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

A typewriter but my fuckwit of a brother chucked it down the stairs on boxing day and it broke I was devastated xx

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