Our childhood toys

[Morturn]

And even better than the metal rockets with rubber band. The rubber band always seemed to break!

The 2 bolts always seemed louder to me too.

 

[mw0njm.]

The 2 bolts always seemed louder to me too.

they did if you put a few caps in them.

 

[mw0njm.]

items that was a def no no with us, was catapults and a bow and arrow, mom would not let us have them.

 

[Morturn]

they did if you put a few caps in them.

I recon so Pete

 

[Eric Gibson]

Closest I ever came to being a gunshot victim, my mate bought a Diana air pistol and fired it in my direction from a hundred yards away, I heard it scream past my ear with that noise we used to have in the cowboy films.

 

[Richard Dye]

items that was a def no no with us, was catapults and a bow and arrow, mom would not let us have them.

I had both while spending time at my aunts farm just outside of Builth Wells. I remember bringing them home on the Midland Red bus. When I got home they disappeared! But I knew how to make them and had a good supply of 1/4” square rubber for the catapult!

 

[Smudger]

items that was a def no no with us, was catapults and a bow and arrow, mom would not let us have them.

Catapults were deemed essential when guarding your bonfire heap from marauding gangs. Beats me how no-one got badly hurt. Bows & arrows were too dangerous & no-one i knew could afford a luxurious Diana air pistol.

 

[mw0njm.]

i had both a diana and a gat air pistol.but they sure was not toys.

 

[I Am Nico]

You spelt it correctly rosie:
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I had a biffbat too. I loved it. Good for 'only' children!

 

[RobT]

I had a biffbat too. I loved it. Good for 'only' children!

Here's a genuine Bifbat

 

[rosie]

I had a blow-up beachball which had sand in one end (Wobblyball?). It was impossible to control but good fun.

 

[Smudger]

Here's a genuine Bifbat

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Marilyn Monroe did some Bifbatting in the film, "The Misfits" Very good she was too.

 

[Brummie a long time ago]

I had a blow-up beachball which had sand in one end (Wobblyball?). It was impossible to control but good fun.

That pings an old memory with me of holidays in Norfolk. Was it a sort of 'squared off' ball ? Big enough to knock a teeny weeny boy over.
Andrew.

 

[rosie]

Yes, it was yellow, bllue and white, flat both ends with the sand in one end only. It could have knocked you over if someone kicked t it hard enough!
rosie.

 

[RobT]

Yes, it was yellow, bllue and white, flat both ends with the sand in one end only. It could have knocked you over if someone kicked t it hard enough!
rosie.

Similar to one of these

 

[I Am Nico]

Similar to one of these

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I think we all had beach balls which blew away, Li-Lo's, rubber pails I mean buckets showing my age here, and spades in like melting middle pudding patterns, fishing nets, legionnaire hats for the boys, jelly bean shoes, for paddling, rubber rings, Wind shields not for sun of course, and a big biscuit tin full of sandwiches with sand in.

 

[mw0njm.]

i had one every year for Christmas.

 

[RRJ]

I remember being quite happy as a child opening a few Christmas presents until my kid brother opened this.....

 

[Brummie a long time ago]

We had a significant birthday a while ago. (Literally, we are 1 day apart). Bought a pack of these from Amazon for the party. Lots of "Oooh, I remember those from when I was a child" from friends.
Andrew.

 

[Brummie a long time ago]

I remember being quite happy as a child opening a few Christmas presents until my kid brother opened this.....

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It fires lipstick ? And grenades backwards over your head. A fearsome weapon indeed in the hands of a brother.
Andrew.

 

[RRJ]

It fires lipstick ? And grenades backwards over your head. A fearsome weapon indeed in the hands of a brother.
Andrew.

Lipstick? more like a thermo- nuclear device at the time

 

[mw0njm.]

trying to get the ring on the hook

 

[Richard Dye]

It fires lipstick ? And grenades backwards over your head. A fearsome weapon indeed in the hands of a brother.
Andrew.

I never had a brother but older sisters were just as bad

 

[I Am Nico]

I never had a brother but older sisters were just as bad

I never had either siblings but the neighbours were as bad. They had different toys to me. Which were interesting to play with. Small Magnetic building pieces on a magnetic stand. A plastic parachutist. A tent and a paddling pool. I had wooden skittles on a wooden board about 2 feet long and the ball thing suspended from a string. I loved that.

 

[RRJ]

I never had either siblings but the neighbours were as bad. They had different toys to me. Which were interesting to play with. Small Magnetic building pieces on a magnetic stand. A plastic parachutist. A tent and a paddling pool. I had wooden skittles on a wooden board about 2 feet long and the ball thing suspended from a string. I loved that.

Bar Skittles, I remember having that too. Also Action Man, Airfix models, plastic soldier armies along with those little
metal spring loaded cannons that fired matchsticks to mow down the soldiers.

 

[Richard Dye]

trying to get the ring on the hook
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I had one but rarely played with it! Most annoying game!

 

[John L]

These were among my favourites (Super Soccer Magnetic Football Game, Field Gun with wooden shells & lots of soldiers):

 

[rosie]

My brother had that magnetic football game, i was hopeless at it!. We used to borrow Mom's rubber Kilner jar rings to play the ring game.
Happy Days.
rosie.

 

[mw0njm.]

These were among my favourites (Super Soccer Magnetic Football Game, Field Gun with wooden shells & lots of soldiers):

i had a field gun that fired match sticks

 

[jmadone]

These were among my favourites (Super Soccer Magnetic Football Game, Field Gun with wooden shells & lots of soldiers):

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Re the Magnetic football game took me ages to realise you could tip your opponents players over by using your magnet on them (Opposites attract and Like repels). My younger brother couldn't understand why his players were always falling over!!!!