Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Tin can and a stick.
Toys of your youth
- Thread starter Joey Shabadoo
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Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I had quite a few Action Man uniforms,the deep sea diver being one of them. I don't remember him having a shark though. I suppose the one here is much later than my mid to late 1960's one and they added the shark then. Was it friend or foe i wonder?🤔
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Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
"It's in the wrist action"!! was the catchphrase in the advert. It was such a simple toy but i loved it!
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Born 1947, my recollection of "toys" I had (up to age 16) are:
Clockwork "O" gauge Hornby Train set
Tricycle (don't remember make)
Meccano
Bako (think that is how it was spelled), it was a sort of precursor to Lego, but, less flexible
"00" gauge Hornby electric train-set
Various cap guns, spud guns etc
Various "playground games" the names of which I forget, but "Chucks" is one I recall, and, a similar one (still available) with small metal Covid like objects, and a small rubber ball, also whip and tops.
Various Bicycles, self build from bits. scrounged from various. sources
Various Bows and arrows (home made)
Airfix kits various
Various Balsa wood gliders and Elastic powered model airplanes
Hercules Bicycle (new)
Dawes Bicycle (secondhand) don't recall model, it had tartan motif on seat tube
Francis Barnet 2-stroke Motorcycle (very second-hand)
The Motorcycle was the end of childhood, after that, alcohol, cigarettes, girls, and cars took over.
I was recently having, what I call a "Hovis Conversation" (ie "when I were a lad... etc) with one of my grandsons, telling him of typical Christmas present (note singular) in my childhood, typical was, an apple (the fruit, not an electronic gadget), an orange and one "big" item from the list above. I don't think he believed me.
Clockwork "O" gauge Hornby Train set
Tricycle (don't remember make)
Meccano
Bako (think that is how it was spelled), it was a sort of precursor to Lego, but, less flexible
"00" gauge Hornby electric train-set
Various cap guns, spud guns etc
Various "playground games" the names of which I forget, but "Chucks" is one I recall, and, a similar one (still available) with small metal Covid like objects, and a small rubber ball, also whip and tops.
Various Bicycles, self build from bits. scrounged from various. sources
Various Bows and arrows (home made)
Airfix kits various
Various Balsa wood gliders and Elastic powered model airplanes
Hercules Bicycle (new)
Dawes Bicycle (secondhand) don't recall model, it had tartan motif on seat tube
Francis Barnet 2-stroke Motorcycle (very second-hand)
The Motorcycle was the end of childhood, after that, alcohol, cigarettes, girls, and cars took over.
I was recently having, what I call a "Hovis Conversation" (ie "when I were a lad... etc) with one of my grandsons, telling him of typical Christmas present (note singular) in my childhood, typical was, an apple (the fruit, not an electronic gadget), an orange and one "big" item from the list above. I don't think he believed me.
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glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
I got an empty shoe box one year..
... and my dad said it was an Action Man Deserter.
OP
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Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
I had one of these - a Raleigh Tomahawk, the cheaper version of the Chopper. No gears. I remember going down a long hill and the handlebars started wobbling violently before whipping round 180 degrees and throwing me off. I lost most of the skin off my left leg and hip.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
My dad made me and bro' many of these.
He also made us a castle and a 'wild west' fort. They were made from wood,unlike the shop bought cheapo plastic ones. He made them at work in his lunch break. They'd take months to make,but they were so well made.
I remember him coming home one day with a Roman Empire/ army style catapult,about 2 foot by 1 foot. It launched missiles like billyo!!
He also made us a castle and a 'wild west' fort. They were made from wood,unlike the shop bought cheapo plastic ones. He made them at work in his lunch break. They'd take months to make,but they were so well made.
I remember him coming home one day with a Roman Empire/ army style catapult,about 2 foot by 1 foot. It launched missiles like billyo!!
Darius_Jedburgh
Veteran
I had that. You made buildings by sliding tiles down metal rods inserted into a green base. Enjoyable at the time when there was little better.
Salty seadog
Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
I had an odd childhood between 4 and 12, in a very weahtly town in a fairly poor area: I remember my best friend who came from the "other" side of town had a chopper, but this was the late 1980's and by then a 70's chopper was were seen as very naff by the MTB riding kids all around...
