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    Our childhood toys

    Great advert loved the bell little bag under the seat on the tricycle.
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    Our childhood toys

    Loved Stingray . Probably worth a few bob now. By the way. Anything can happen in the next half hour.
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    Warning dont sing and drive this Chrismas

    Just say the batteries on your hearing aid are on the way out . Tell the Police not to put their sirens on then works both ways their equivalent of our Christmas songs.
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    Birmingham Municipal Bank

    Sure there was a branch a the Yew Tree Yardley opposite the Yew Tree pub same side as Yardley Junior and Infant School.
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    Would love a Johnny 7 OMA one man army found one on ebay with a pair of walkie talkies for nearly four hundred pounds. I can dream.
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    Toy section was the tops. Yes autumn/winter was the best had more toys in.
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    Nice one glad to hear that you look after it.
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    Good evening Smudger i keep it in the garage now what with winter coming there is nothing worse than getting into a freezing cold Time Machine and hoping the battery is not flat.
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    its janet hunts birthday

    Many happy returns have a great one.
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    Just thinking all the stuff you intend to bring back the Time Machine would probably struggle to take off.
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    Worth looking at thanks for the link.
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    Great post love the items and prices . Had a Phillips portable cassette recorder thought i could sing boy was i wrong. I would let you use my time machine but the Flux Capacitors playing up sorry.
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    Happy memories and fond memories especially at Christmas. Your imagination gave not just you but your daughter happy times which money cannot buy. Like you say memories eh.
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    Vintagecatalogues.com you can even see items with the prices something to look at.
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    Just found a website where you can download past catalogues for £6.99 from different years . Janet Frazer Grattan Brian Mills Great Universal .
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    Yes Yes loved looking at the toys at Christmas. You could buy fishing rods air rifles you name it you could buy most things. There were probably rules and age laws but would like a look back through one . Sort of an equivalent to todays online shopping .
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    Yes with you on the magazines .My sister ran a Janet Frazer catalogue back in the 1960s loved looking through it and they had everything in them. And you could pay in full or instalments . Remember Grattans did John Moore own Littlewoods i remember Littlewoods in the City centre. Turning down...
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    fish and chip shops

    Love the menu love the prices. I could just eat faggots and peas.
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    Christmas preparations past and present

    The Post Office think that is pressure for the festive time of the year think of the paper boys and girls from years ago delivering the Sunday papers with all their extra magazines inside . Fell off my bike a few times when i got the balance wrong plus the groove on your shoulder from the bag...
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