James May's Top Toys

[BigDogsWang]

Does anyone know how to find out when / if this will be repeated from last night. I only caught the last half hour. Brilliant programme for 30 / 40 somethings. A real nostalgia trip.

Loved the 'Airfix Flight Deck' scene. Remember pestering my parents for weeks to get me one, only to discover it was the biggest pile of cr&p!

[gary baldy]

According to tvgenius.co.uk it isnt being repeated any time soon. Sorry!
My wife enjoyed the programme up until the point i said that i would love to set my train set up somewhere in the house!
Pete Waterman is a god amongst men! (he's got the biggest train set in the world if you missed that bit)

[BigDogsWang]

I saw it from the Scalextric land speed part.

Another 'I had that' moment was the Colditz board game. All seems like yesterday when you see the box.

[sunflower68]

Am I imagining it or did boys in the 70s run around going 'COLLLLLDIIIIITTTTTZZZZZ'. Well, Bedfordshire was a little odd.

[BigDogsWang]

Me too from Bedfordhire! If the '68' in your username is your year of birth, again same as me. Which school did you go to?

[gary baldy]

You used to see literaly hundreds of Escape from Colditz at Jumble sales in the late 70's cos no one could play it. I bought one from a jumble sale and ended up just making up loads of daft rules (which actually made more sense than the real rules).

[sunflower68]

Yes it is BigDogsWang. Studham, Streetfield and Manshead (Dunstabubble)before we moved away. You??

[BigDogsWang]

Lea Manor and Stopsley. Worked in Dunstable for Trimoco compound (Ford dealer).

[ajmmac]

go to www.uknova.com--sign up--its free--do a torrent search for james may and u can download it--uknova is a site where you can download stuff free which has been on tv and is not commercially available

[bracknell]

oh god - I loved this as well because I could remember everything and James May was the perfect bloke to present this programme. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed any of these things being a girl, but I did get an Airfix model - now what happened to it????

[sunflower68]

Hey Bigdogswang, u still there. Just remembered a thread about Dunstable earlier this summer. You might find it interesting (I know it's not exactly your area but there you go.)http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/People_and_Places/Questio n128693.html