Sharing Stories about our Childhood Toys (70s, 80s. and 90s)

[@pamelawatson2366]

Just remembered that we used to cut out a cardboard girl and dress her with paper cut-out clothes which attached with little folded paper tabs!!!

[@Katyestella63]

I also played with matchbox cars, etch a sketch, stylophone, making pom poms, knitting using a cotton thread spool with nails on top, weaving wool on a piece of a cardboard. Brass rubbing, drawing over tracing paper. I had pac man and space invaders (battery) games as a teenager. I had piano lessons as a teenager. I did cross stitching and other basic stitching on samplers. The best school dinners were at the Hirst first school in Ashington and I remember one dinner where I had soup, rock cakes and pudding. I always wanted seconds.

[@wintermoon6784]

Oh the memories! Anyone remember the space hopper that's wat we called it!

[@ruthrice3498]

Bunty and Judy magazines, the Beano Dandy comics. A pair of tights cut a leg off put a tennis ball in it and swing it fast side to side

[@angieetheridge6386]

I was born 1964 so my first memories of toys was, wooden blocks, dolls pram, iron and ironing board, I rember my nan brought me a camera.. Plastercine, puzzles, dad brought me a big board game to play domino's, drafts, sweetshop that I remember crawling into and weighing out sweets, and the little white bags.. I got my fist reading book from mum and dad, the treasure hunters Enid Blighton.. And my best friend bought me the brothers Grim. Had the elves and the shoe maker.. Had clackers, chopper bikes, roller skates.. Playing 2 balls up the wall.. French skipping.. Such lovely memories.. Loved school. Got into music once got to 14 got into dancing... My daughter was born 1984 she had a cabbage patch kid, Tammy cotcher, pogs. Trolls.. Wow thankyou both ❤

[@alypat3443]

Loved playing 2x balls on the wall aghhhh those memories kids of the 70s 👍

[@LoveLoveLove1312]

Also that soft toy dog that had about 6 puppies in its tummy you could take out 😃. Also the hairdresser play doh 😀😃xxx

[@DoracsMaguire]

I used to dress my brothers Action Man in my Sindy doll (predated Barbie) wedding dress. He used to go spare 😂

[@Katyestella63]

I started playing board games with my sister and cousins in the late 60's when my family and I were living in Ashington Northumberland. My favourite board games were Ludo, Snakes and Ladders, Monopoly, Scrabble and Headache now called Frustration. I played with a clockwork dalek at the age 2. At school I played ball games and skipping games as well as the one potato, two potato hand game throughout my childhood in Ashington and in Plaistow in London.

[@orian2355]

Etch a Sketch, Kerplunk, Scrabble, Jackie magazine, Bunty, roller skates, Swingball, it's all coming back !!

[@pamelawatson2366]

We had toy crazes like Potty Putty, Clackers, Slinkies, Space Hoppers, rollerskates that strapped over your shoes.

[@alanawills357]

Clackers! If they were the same as we had in Australia, they were dangerous!!😂

[@TheMandiemoo]

My chopper bike ,Rupert bear teddy and I loved stationery and the rubbers(erasers) that smelt of strawberries x

[@SusanMowe]

Black beauty the tv series and the book loved black beauty . Making me feel old ❤️

[@LoveLoveLove1312]

We used to look for fairies in our garden and write them letters. My mum used to write back pretending to be the fairy. My sisters was called Erasmia ❤️

[@LoveLoveLove1312]

Cats cradle with string. Fortune tellers you’d make with paper 😆

[@alanawills357]

Thank you for these fun reminiscences...I was born in late 1973, I particularly remember having a spinning top, a little doggie on a pusher, lots of homemaker and baby doll toys. A dolls house. A rocking horse and a hobby horse (which I'd gallop around the back yard on after watching FollyFoot). My dinky bike and scooter, later a "proper" bike. A bride doll. A pole with a ball on a string and a bat. Shuttlecock. Paint books that you'd paint with water and the colours would appear. Recorder, ukelele, kazoo. Yoyo, skipping rope. Swing set. My grandma gave me her very old typewriter which I loved. Paper Dolls. A bit older, I had a battery operated Simon puzzle toy and a Mario &Luigi Nintendo (?) Game and Watch. Knitting Nancy, strap on skates. I spent hours outside doing handstands. So fortunate. But overall I was much more about my books and losing myself in my imagination and just playing pretend - other times and places, especially after watching an old period movie. I was frequently "in" ancient Egypt or Mediaeval or Tudor England. Or playing nurse with my toy doctor kit. Remember the little records with storybooks and you'd turn the page at the chime?

[@rosemarykahn7900]

You mentioned Snap. Wbat about Old Maid?! Tops and Tails was another. Loved this chat. It brought back so many memories. We had really good toys when I was young. No plastic, mostly wooden. I'm 82 by the way!!!

[@LoveLoveLove1312]

Conker championships 🤣

[@SusanMowe]

My mum was a dinner lady . I remember her saying how hard it was . I loved school dinners too 😋

[@helencheckley7536]

I loved my tiny tears doll. Lego. Spinning top. It’s so sad you don’t see young girls with dolly prams and dolls. Ludo . Snake and ladders. Marble . The little tele used to have tunes on London Bridge is falling down. ❤❤

[@wintermoon6784]

I'm with Gary hated school ! They use to say school was best days of ur life not for me lol

[@LoveLoveLove1312]

Also potato men you’d put their shoes and face parts on 🤣. And paint by numbers ❤️

[@louisesmith2035]

Oh my god you both make me feel old. Born 1959. So my toys so different. No social media. Andy pandy wooden tops on tv . Blue peter. Plasticine. Skipping ropes. Post office sets. Going to childhood museum in high street edinburgh. Different era. Going by bus or walking. Mass on sunday. Caravan holidays. Eldest of 6 kids. Teddy and panda black dolly i named suki. Scaps you swapped at school. Marbles. Solitaire. Radio and Lps on record player. Mum shopping everday butchers greengrocers and wool shop. Happy days. Pick n mix at woolies. Started work 1975.🛷🧸🪁

[@dianebooth8124]

Loved this, so many memories of my kids and my toys thanks x

[@TheThackrays82]

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[@louisebond2651]

Born in 1960, loved my teddy Jimmy. Tiny tears doll, police car 🚓, knitting set, space hopper, board games and chopper bike hot orange. Thank you Claire and Gary, loved the memories and laughs. ❤😊😊🧩🧸🧶🪡🎨🪁🎾 Thank you Claire.

[@pamelawatson2366]

Things called 'transfers' which were placed on your damp arm and left an inked pattern like a tattoo!! Sugar white cigarettes with a red end!!!!!

[@islesofshoals]

Another delightful collaboration from THE THACKERAYS. Thank you, Good People. ❤❤

[@joannesmith2483]

I used to get chalk from the stones and write hopscotch on the path yep hours of fun and skipping

[@user-rk8jy9ud9l]

Thanks, claire and gary enjoyed your chat. I remember from about 2 having a panda bear and taking it everywhere with it, and I called it panda 😂 prams, dolls, topsy-turvy doll, hop scotch, colouring, hula hoop, skipping rope, yoyo, You could talk about your upbringing. Was it different from each other, and does it cause conflict at times. ♥️ 🧸🔫🪁 ❤🕯🕯✨️✨️🙏 xxx

[@Rosanne1965]

When I was in catholic all girls school.. the que to get lunch food was in a L shape so I would eat the donut, fries 🍟 or whatever was tasty before the end of the line and pay for the sandwich or soup 🤣🤣favourite school memories, I was dared to wrap toilet paper around the hand railing starting from basement to the 4 th floor… the Principal, Sister Susan sort of caught me at the 2nd floor, I dropped the bog paper and ran to the 4th floor through the nun’s residence and hid in the old auditorium for an hour. When I graduated and received my diploma from Sister Susan, I let her know who she was chasing 🤣🤣🤣

[@mitherin1]

0-5 a Suzy Choosy doll. It had a magnet under her front teeth. She had a bottle when you put it up to her mouth she nodded yes. Ans a spoon with rice on that she shook her head for no.... I used to hold her head and make her want the rice😂😂 sadistic😂 5-10 My Greisham flyer bike.. God I loved that bike..I used to ride round the block and people would stop me... I thought they wanted to be friends and they stuck pins in my tyres..bastards😂😂 Rollers skates that adjusted to shoe size, making a tut tut out of wood and pram wheels. Playing Derby and skilly... skilling skilling 123 caught by me no escapes😂😂😂 Stylophone.. Roll Harris 😂 dolls in the magazines with cut out cardboard clothes. Knock and run ..tying something round the door knocker pulling it and running off. A new housing estate was being built near us and we used to play inside them.. Health and Safety would have had a field day😂😂 I sed to go into town on a Saturday with my mum we went into Woolworths this day and in Mary style i was going along touch and eating the pick and mix. Then mum wacked me over the head with a new copper bin she had just bought... i remember the dent in it. 😂😂😂 I remember power cuts and i used to go into the sweet shop in my parka and one of the lads would fill my hood with sweets😂😂😂 God my mates hated me 😂😂 God the good old days ❤ 1964 born ❤❤❤

[@SusanMowe]

Born in 1965 I remember etch a scretch and tiny tears . Oh and a dolls house . I was an only child .

[@diannevenner-kc6gu]

Hi Claire Gary. Loved this Aaw reminiscing.An ironing board and tiny cake msking set ehen i was little . A raleigh bike. My brother had a plastic guitar and used to sing mull of Kintyre.... my favourite games were Monopoly, Scrabble, Simon, Cluedo, Ludo . Games were Elastics in the schools playground where you would jump Ankles, Knees , Waist etc over 2 friends elastics..Card games like Chase the Ace etc .Great memories...group games.

[@TheresaSeefelt-wu8rz]

Barbies, easy bake oven, lite bright, cash register to play store. Born in 1960. Loved this video, thanks for bringing back memories long forgotten ❤️

[@Magsmc57]

I was born in 57 I only remember a painted green pram and teddy that’s it really I enjoyed your chit chat xx

[@karenwilkes2220]

I hated school, soo bored. Used to go home at lunch & watch the Australian show The Sullivan's and try every trick not to go back😀. Toys - a monkey toy, Sindy then rollerskates, bike, wooden dolls house (not a fancy one, so I got to paper & paint it). huggy bear & speak & spell were my all time favs. Got a storybook magazines that came with an audio cassette. Paddling pool till my mid teens, brilliant for pretend studying in the sun. Ice skates at 10, then it was books & music. Books went from chalet girls -Judy Blume-Agatha Christie. 🐒🐻

[@donnacoldwell-ford2851]

🧸🪁🪀 👍🏼 great natter guys ❤xxx

[@SharynTretheway]

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[@mariehassall2428]

Born 1958, scooter, bike with stabilisers, teddy , roller skates, hop scotch. Snakes and ladders, monopoly. Played cricket with the lads at school as our teacher was mad on cricket. Got post office, and shop. My grandfather bought me my absolute treasure, a hockey stick, played for the school team, slept with it for weeks. Bill and Ben, woodentop children programs. Sunday school at ⛪ if I was home, chapel in Sunday if I was at nans. Garden swing, man made a tent out of a blanket, and a folding clothes airer. Walked everywhere, or ride my 🚲, or the bus occasionaly. Happy times, we were only aloud to ask x1 thing for Christmas, whatever else received was a surprise, did the same with my children, they loved it.

[@Rosanne1965]

Hey Claire … did you know the ink in magazines and some books has a smell… that was part of the allure for people to buy them besides what was in the mag or book. Topics to chat about.. favourite travel places and why. Trapped on an island what two or three things will you take?

[@Tam1948]

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[@LoveLoveLove1312]

Also Gary do you remember micro machines? I used to love them 😃

[@garythackray857]

Yes I do they were great😊

[@denisecahill8993]

😊thankyou gary and claire🧸🪁

[@rosemarykahn7900]

What about Jacks, hoola hoops, paper dolls, yo-yos, jig saw puzzles and walkie talkie dolls!

[@ellenwilson5298]

What a lovely and fun video, brought back some nice memories, made me smile and laugh ❤

[@alypat3443]

Loved this both, memories I loved school dinners too! We had an amazing chicken casserole with mash. Also remember the ice cream with chocolate custard with a wafer. Then you had to put your hand up if you wanted seconds, this was in the early 70s. I loved rollerskating and dressing up. Remember Peter and Jane ladybird books for reading in class. It was all so different then. Children had no worries , we just thought about playing outside and what sweets we could buy with our pocket money. Could you do a video on what things make us happy, would be interesting what things people like 👍

[@rosemarykahn7900]

View masters; kaleidescopes; pokemon; knitting nancy knitting kit. Chinese checkers, dominoes ...

[@Rosanne1965]

Hi Claire & Gary 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 my favourite toys, 1965, 70’s, 80’s : barbies, easy bake oven, train set, board games like Sorry, Clue, Monopoly, Risk, yahtzee, scrabble, kerplonk. Recored player using 45’s. We use do prank phone calls 😂😂. Outdoor games : tag, skipping, hop scotch and hide n go seek and acred motorised ( battery )car 🚗! Bicycling… That’s about it… most of time I spent at the ice rink figuring skating early morning 6am- 8 and evenings 11 months. Out of the year⛸️. Loved it! 🤍🇨🇦 what ya do when there is 6 months of snow ❄️ skate! And ⛷️. Love your natters !! 🧸🧸🧸

[@arlenecannon8715]

Hiya Claire and Gary 🤗 born in 1984 ,we grew up in council estate as kids and we usto play rounders on the green usually with a tennis racket and ball lol , we usto get chalk and draw out "a net" and tennis court everytime Wimbledon would come out all the kids would come out to play lol 😂 hopscotch was another favourite with chalk on the road .some years we spiced it up with coloured chalk lol 😂 i loved the carebears and had their teddys and loved playing with my brothers cars lol i had a typewriter that i can still hear the little ping it made when at the end would have to move it back to the start i felt like i was jessica fletcher 🤗😂❤️love this trip down memory lane with you both ❤❤

[@MichelleClewes]

70s child.. Wendy house, roller boots..tree house with little figures. As a child i always wanted a big rocking horse but never got one.. Maybe a past life thing for me ? Then went on to Barbie and Cindy house and all the furniture to go with it, all the different outfits for my dolls. I was always drawing. In used to collect strawberry shortcake dolls and their hair used to smell of different fruits . Then I had a mini space invaders game machine. Girls world. Mr frosty. I loved my first record player. Boom buster with cassette player. Walkman.Lots more. 😊xxxx

[@MichelleClewes]

I remember collecting smelly rubbers. Loved them.

[@MichelleClewes]

We used to collect stickers of Barbie and then do swaps at school.😊

[@MichelleClewes]

My middle school was haunted and encountered my first poltergeist experience at the age of 9. Myself and my best friend was in the clay room on our own and big pieces of clay were thrown at us. We ( legged it) as we used to say back in the day. It was not a nice experience for us both... From then on my spiritual life began until this day. X

[@MichelleClewes]

Last day at school was the school disco now ( my daughter leaves school this year) and it's big ball prom in a large stately home ball gowns with a red carpet!!! How times have changed 😮

[@LoveLoveLove1312]

Do you remember sylvanians and ‘oh penny’❤️

[@TheThackrays82]

Yes lol 😂 xxx

[@TheThackrays82]

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[@michellerobb9838]

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[@rosemarykahn7900]

View masters; kaleidescopes; pokemon; knitting nancy knitting kit. Chinese checkers, dominoes ...

[@ElZe-ce7dw]

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