Childhood Memories in Pictures.

[Ome]

Woolworths was a big part of my childhood and I worked at one of the branches through my high school.

 

[Barbara Fan]

Loved a Woolies pick and mix and my mum used to get me "ladybird" socks from there

My first tennis racquet was from Woolies and had a W on it - i told people it stood for Wimbledon!!



Im picking out the orange, strawberry, raspberry and peppermint creams in my dreams! if only!

 

[Ome]

This might be only aimed at the UK members, but can anyone remember this programme?

 

[Barbara Fan]

Its Friday, its Five O clock

its...................Crackerjack!! Cabages and Kings game in piccy

 

[LMLDallas78]

Woolworths was a big part of my childhood and I worked at one of the branches through my high school.


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I still miss woolworths to this day. Where our branch used to be is now M&S, it's just not the same.
I used to buy all my vinyl singles from there.
The woolworths Christmas advert on TV was always the best and the longest.

 

[Ome]

How about some treats

 

[Ome]

My parents had one of these and I remember the singles would stack up to 7 on the spindle.

 

[Barbara Fan]

4 p for an Aero, I paid £1.15 in sainsburys today

I would literally kill for a Fry's Five centres again

Nibble round the outside, before leaving the orange (my fav to the end)

I once got a Caramc Easter egg, I was most unhappy as I didnt like the bar!!

Bar Sixes were always in vening machines at train stations and I loved a Waifa bar

My mum didnt like me eating a Curly Wurly as the choc dropped off and would leave a choc blob on the settee if you werent careful.

 

[Ome]

4 p for an Aero, I paid £1.15 in sainsburys today

It’s shocking how much prices are increasing and in many cases, the bars of chocolate are shrinking.

I would literally kill for a Fry's Five centres again

They were my favourites too. I also miss the Dark Bounty.

I loved a Waifa bar

Another favourite of mine too, especially the dark one.

My mum didnt like me eating a Curly Wurly as the choc dropped off and would leave a choc blob on the settee if you werent careful.

Haha!! Yes, my mum was the same.

 

[LMLDallas78]

the bars of chocolate are shrinking.

I was always told that's because I'm so much bigger now!

My favourite treats.
I loved those smax and white bon bons. Bon bons just aren't the same today.

And I loved Texan bars, so hard and bad for the teeth but so yummy. Great advert too on TV for it, still remember it now.

 

[Long Lashes]

Ooo I love this thread here are a few memories from my childhood...

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Roller skates, oh my they were so heavy.

How I loved my Tiny Tears doll who cried real tears and wet its nappy.



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Sindy. I had a bad habit of ruining my dolls by cutting their hair.

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I enjoyed hula hooping or juggling two tennis balls against the wall .



The best thing ever was, just give me a piece of chalk and I'd play hopskotch for hours on end.

Oh and stilts ..

My Dad made mine and I was always falling off, they were lethal

 

[Willie Oleson]

Seat beltless cars.

To be clear, I was born after the black & white era.

I often struggle so much with the belts that at the time we arrive where we need to be I'm still trying to fix it. No additional safety but lots of additional annoyance.

 

[Barbara Fan]

I loved my Tiny tears doll and pram - santa brought me it aged 4.

I could never "go" rollerskates, always tripping, always falling over with a few skint knees for my troubles

My roller skates ended up as a stretcher for Barbie if she was ill and needed to go into hospital

I loved a game of hopskotch and this Chinese ropes or we called it Chings - i was good til it got to waist height



Liked 2 balls against a wall



and loved Frustration and Chinese chequers






AND NOT A COMPUTER IN SIGHT!!!

 

[LMLDallas78]

Chinese ropes or we called it Chings

That's what we called French skipping.
It's fascinating the different names for things.

I was so good at roller skating and had a pair of roller boots one Christmas and often went to the local roller disco on a Saturday afternoon (Lucy Ewing eat your heart out!) Would often call for my friends some distance away on my roller boots.

Goodness knows where my balance and Co ordination skills have gone now, I'm not very safe on my feet anymore even without wheels!

 

[Karin]

This thread does bring back memories.
Still technically I think the members we have on this board either grew up in the 60s and 70s, 70s and 80s or 80s and 90s. In fact some of our youngest members even grew up in the 90s and 2000s!

But yes this thread does bring back lots of memories from the 80s and even 90s for me. I think back then toys didn't change that rapidly so some of the stuff that was popular in the 70s would still be around until the 90s.

It's also fascinating how global things were. Whether we grew up in Europe, the USA or elsewhere we seemed to have played with a lot of the same toys.

Also being a girl, my favorite toys were these:








Yep I was a big My Little Pony girl. I loved playing with my ponies more than Barbies!

Then as for reading. The Sweet Valley High books were really popular among the girls in my class when I went to Middle School.

 

[Ome]

AND NOT A COMPUTER IN SIGHT!!!

Talking of technology, I would sit for ages going through this. As well as using it for other things like news and holiday last minute deals.

 

[Long Lashes]

AND NOT A COMPUTER IN SIGHT!!!

I think children spent far more time being physically active playing outside before computers, the world seemed a safer place.

I loved a game of hopskotch and this Chinese ropes or we called it Chings - i was good til it got to waist height

Did you ever have a 'Footsie'?

I was once quite the expert at this, I don't think I would be now

I loved my Tiny tears doll and pram - santa brought me it aged 4.

One year I was surprised to get an expensive Silver Cross dolls pram for Christmas ..

My parents weren't well off and its only recently I learned that my Dad won it in a raffle

That's what we called French skipping.

Its amazing how much fun could be had with a piece of string, did you play Cats Cradle?

Talking of technology, I would sit for ages going through this. As well as using it for other things like news and holiday last minute deals.

I used to play Bamboozle over on Teletext ..

It wasn't very sophisticed and was frustrating because each time I got a question wrong it sent me right back to Question one again

 

[LMLDallas78]

did you play Cats Cradle?

Can't remember what we called it, but I just didn't have the dexterity for it. I used to practice with my sister as I longed to be able to play it but I was rubbish.

I also didn't understand it, reminded me of sewing classes so it obviously wasn't for me.

Every Christmas at primary school we used to queue up to stir the enormous bowl of Christmas pudding and make a wish.

I always wished for a dolly in a red carrycot.

I never put it on my list for Father Christmas as I thought it would be greedy to ask for it twice.

I was so disappointed as I never did get my wish.

 

[Barbara Fan]

Did you ever have a 'Footsie'?

Yes I did but I often got a whack on the ankle from it

did you play Cats Cradle?

Still do it if I get a bit of string long enough and can still do the Eiffel tower from it using my teeth/mouth
I liked tram lines in Cats cradle

also loved repetetive hand clapping games to be done with a friend sucjh as Under the bramble bushes down by the sea


Loved skipping - On the mountain stands a castle and the owner Frankenstein et where you jumped in and out as required

loved Doublers or double beat

also loved at play time at school - Jacks or Five stones



Clackers



And loved my dolls house bought for me by my Uncle using his cigareette embassy coupons x

jack straws





and loved

 

[LMLDallas78]

Some of my favourite childhood TV programmes

Mr Benn
Bagpuss
BOD
Banana Splits
Mary Mungo and Midge
Magic Roundabout