Christmas past

[enaid]

Just wonder what kids today would make of some of the presents that I remember getting from Santa and not that long ago lol

[enaid]

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and there's more lol

[Guest]

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HI
Is that a dansette rcord player and a grundig reel to reel .

Dont suppose you remember these and probably very un PC these days

The johny Seven.

Could fire seven different pieces of coloured plastic about three feet, brilliant

Peter

[labman]

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I learnt to ride a bicycle because my tricycle, just like that one, gave way at the back wheels.

As for the Johny Seven, a friend of mine had one and I was soooooooooooooooooo jealous!

[enaid]

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No I don't remember that weapon peter pmsl, would love one now though boy would I give some jip with that lol

I remember though when my lad was at playschool they banned all guns etc, hoping to make the kids a little less violent lol, they didn't take into account that they were smart enough to make anything they wanted out of Lego lol

[Guest]

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HI

Yes the iconic toy for boys of the mid sixties together with the James Bond Aston martin From Corgi that had the ejector seat.
Be worth a fortune now if i wo9ld have kept them

Peter

[labman]

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Did you have the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with the brake handle that made the wings come out as well?

[Celestine]

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Tiny Tears was my fave pressie

[Guest]

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My BIg suster got one of yheese but she woild not let me pracyixe on it .

Petite Typewriter

[Bill-K]

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My BIg suster got one of yheese but she woild not let me pracyixe on it .

Petite Typewriter

LOL Peter. You even removed your sig 'disclaimer,' so you could post this effectively. You've been sussed !!!

Great thread Enaid - guys.

Tell you what I remember... I used to get a huge pile of prezzies in a pillowcase at the foot of my bed. I used to feel just a slight 'twinge' of guilt when I saw the piccies of the 'traditional' Christmas stockings hanging from the mantlepiece - and all those poor kids got was a tangerine, a candy walking-stick, and...what else ? Humbug.

Now, all I ask for is a little Southern Comfort, a bit of support, and a bag of 'Olde English' boiled sweets.

Fills my stocking and floats my boat !!!

[enaid]

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Yep I had the pillowcase too, but I would look through the window afore I touched anything just to see if this year he had brought me a

[Guest]

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[quote=Bill-K;240596]LOL Peter. You even removed your sig 'disclaimer,' so you could post this effectively. You've been sussed !!!

Great thread Enaid - guys.

Tell you what I remember... I used to get a huge pile of prezzies in a pillowcase at the foot of my bed. I used to feel just a slight 'twinge' of guilt when I saw the piccies of the 'traditional' Christmas stockings hanging from the mantlepiece - and all those poor kids got was a tangerine, a candy walking-stick, and...what else ? Humbug.

Now, all I ask for is a little Southern Comfort, a bit of support, and a bag of 'Olde English' boiled sweets.

Fills my stocking and floats my boat !!![/]

Yes i used to wake up to the pillow case at the bottom of the bed, i think a lot of us did from that era , my theory is that the opening the present around the tree thing was a phenomena that came over from the states, or perhaps just the suthern jessies, we had no central heating up north , so it was nice to stay snug in bed and open your presies whylst your dad was down stairs scrunching up newspaper and firelighters in an attempt to get the fire going.

Yes i too love southern comfort , have you tried it in cold milk?

Peter

[shell]

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Nice thread Di.

This has really got me thinking. Try as I might I can only remember getting just one present every crimbo. It was usually something we really wanted like a bicycle or a tape recorder. We were always so pleased. Christmas presents were handed out on christmas eve and on christmas day we had a huge family christmas dinner.(usually about 27 people). Here the women (and it was always the women) outdid themselves. In fact I can distinctly remember there was a suckling pig one year. We had the full traditional christmas dinner even though all us kids wanted to do was go to the beach as the temp outside was usually somewhere in the 30's.

[labman]

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Yep I had the pillowcase too, but I would look through the window afore I touched anything just to see if this year he had brought me a

And they thought 'My Little Pony' was a new idea! No chance.

[Guest]

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Hi

Just thinking about things i don't miss from christmas seasons long ago, anyone remember the "White heather Club" BRRRRR

Peter