best Christmas present as a kid

[summerdays]

Lego and when I was about 6 my first Kodak instantmatic (?) camera.

 

[lukesdad]

Bike.

 

[Chrisc]

Close run thing. Another vote for my Dad built fort with working drawbridge and portcullis and my Vindec Sprint Veloce five speed bike with green bluemels mudguards, simplex gears, green and gold paint and drop bars. Fantastic!

 

[Arthur]

Betta Bilda - the roof tiles were elegant and the size of bricks more interesting than clumsy Lego!

Crikey, I was telling my younger colleagues about the joys of BettaBilda only yesterday. I kept mine in the Jacobs Crackers tins we used to get every Christmas.

This, however, holds a place in my heart - A delightful mix of bearing balls, elastic bands and shove-halfpenny...

 

[numbnuts]

Presents, you mean you got presents WOW....when I was a kid.......

 

[Weegie]

A tough call between this...

..this...

...or this!

 

[Globalti]

Close run thing. Another vote for my Dad built fort with working drawbridge and portcullis and my Vindec Sprint Veloce five speed bike with green bluemels mudguards, simplex gears, green and gold paint and drop bars. Fantastic!

I worked at the factory where Vindec bikes were built.

 

[Chrisc]

I worked at the factory where Vindec bikes were built.

1974 ish I reckon. It was a cracker! Wish I still had it tho it would be a tad small...where was the factory? It had Weinmann brakes as I recall.

 

[JtB]

This is the best ever Christmas present santa brought me when I was 7 years old:

Unfortunately my wife let a friend's kid play with it a few years ago and he destroyed it.

 

[Aperitif]

I always wanted one of those Shaun, no dice - not enough £ at xmas to buy me one - although I did get to drive a real one when they resurfaced the big road at the end of the Crescent.

 

[Wigsie]

A tough call between this...

..this...

...or this!

I got all of those too! ironically didnt like my chopper much as my big brother had a BMX and he used to tie washing baskets to the front and tell me it was a girls bike!

 

[Aperitif]

Many folk have commented on their dislike of your Chopper Wigsie.
You can only hope that this sort of info does not find its way back to my very good friend MacB...

 

[Wigsie]

Many folk have commented on their dislike of your Chopper Wigsie.
You can only hope that this sort of info does not find its way back to my very good friend MacB...

Ok, perhaps I could have worded that slightly better and have left myself somewhat open for mocking. I am sure Al's ears were twitching as he does love a chopper does MacB! As for my fruedian slip, I am sure he will be as kind and sensitive as he always is!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

 

[threebikesmcginty]

And this stuff - beats lego hands down...