Toys.

[cupid04]

What toys did you have the most fun with when you was a child. I've just seen a thread about space-hoppers which prompted me to ask this.
Can anyone remember what you called the hoop you put round your ankle and you skipped and jumped as fast as you could over a ball? We seemed to
have more fun with really cheap toys when you think of the prices of kids toys now!

[Prudie]

twoball, elastic for french skipping, spirograph and of course lego.

[tinkerbell23]

I hd a red spacehopper and also that ankle thingy!!

I had a magic mirror by tomy i LOVED that.
Barbies, cindy, get set! Chocolate factory

Every little girl had a post office and a red tea set LOL i always wanted sugar lumps like on the box xxx

[excelsior-1]

i remember having fun with a toy that i cannot remember the name of.
you held a miniature paddle - from the end of which were two balls dangling on strings ---- you flipped the paddle up and down in quick succession to make the balls collide above and below the paddle.

[boxtops]

Jacks, I loved my jacks
Minibrix - the rubber forerunner of Lego
pencil and paper games (consequences, hangman, battleships_
cards - we used to play snap, beat your neighbour, patience and several others I can't remember - progressing to bridge in the sixth form at lunchtime!
A water rocket you filled with water and pumped up - it never flew very far
My kite

[boxtops]

^ I forgot my shop till, tinks - I used to empty mum's larder and play shops, she had to buy the things back from me (pretend money, of course!)

[cupid04]

Toys were quite sexist weren't they? Girls had dolls, toy hoovers etc to get them ready for motherhood whilst boys had action men and cars and train sets.

[erin-x]

Has to be Barbie!!

Later on though it would be my bike... Everyday I was out on it. Not really a toy though I suppose...

[erin-x]

My brother had a tea set and he turned out ok! :-)

[Infomaniac]

A piece of slate from a roof, used to create a game of hopscotch in the middle of the road (dead end street). Also loads of games bouncing two balls against a wall ( terraced housing), as well as French cricket.

[Prudie]

^ just like Ross from Friends!

[Mick-Talbot]

Kerplunk, buckeroo, hang on harvey .....but they all belonged to the posh kid next door :0/

[erin-x]

My brother never dressed up as a woman and asked us to call him Bea though Prudie!! :-) haha!

[Prudie]

yes sorry, I remembered the 'I am Bea' song afterwards :-)

[boxtops]

No cupid - I had a train set, I loved it. Hornby - I wish I still had it, it'd be worth a few bob now.

[DaisyNonna]

I am a lot older than you tinks but never ever saw the point of a tea set. Got a miniature one sitting in a cupboard that must be 60 years old. Never used. My toyswere books, books and more books. However loved roaming the neighbourhood, bomb sites were great, falling off slides and witches' hats in the park. No, not a grassed area, expanse of concrete covered in gravel. The scars are blue! A brick wall, a tennis ball and a length of rope were riches.

[snags]

Crossfire... and blisters.

[Mick-Talbot]

http://www.ebay.co.uk...ecc20f5#ht_7715wt_724


I might treat myself

[erin-x]

I am Bea, I drink tea, won't you dance around with me?!

I watch too much Friends! Haha!

[tinkerbell23]

Dressing up in mums heels!

Viewfinder

Yoyo

Till- mines had a conveyer belt LOL

Barbie & Ken i had a washing machine that "worked" ad a phone table with a working lamp and barbies answer machine!!

Polly pocket

Dreamphone

Monopoly, mousetrap, cluedo, payday, connect 4, frustration

Pogz

Easy bake oven

Telephones- was two working phones LOL

Walkie talkies

Gameboy

Puppy surprise

Ok i was spoiled

[Prudie]

That's expensive (the hang on harvey)