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Thanks guys, yes those loops really were exciting stuff! I had a double track and loads of cars so used to hold race meetings, it was fantastic.
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pbar wrote:Thanks guys, yes those loops really were exciting stuff! I had a double track and loads of cars so used to hold race meetings, it was fantastic.
In a box somewhere in my loft I still have some old Matchbox cars that I never quite managed to get rid of :oops:
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andyd wrote:And these :applaud:
Oh yes :D I remember collecting those war books, Commando, Battle, etc. but I don't think I read them, just liked to actually have them! There was definitely something about them which just made you want them. Had loads of the Action Man stuff, that must have been one of the defining toys of the era.
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Peter-S wrote:
In a box somewhere in my loft I still have some old Matchbox cars that I never quite managed to get rid of :oops:
As I'm on my second phase of collecting some stuff from the era, including those, and recapturing those golden times, if you decide to clear them out please keep me in mind Peter! :)
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pbar wrote:
andyd wrote:And these :applaud:
Oh yes :D I remember collecting those war books, Commando, Battle, etc. but I don't think I read them, just liked to actually have them! There was definitely something about them which just made you want them. Had loads of the Action Man stuff, that must have been one of the defining toys of the era.
I read loads of the Commando books, but only if Aeroplane related.....That reminds me of the Airfix Models too :D
And hanging them from the bedroom ceiling with cotton and a drawing pin :lol:

Sure kids today don't have as much fun :headscratch:
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andyd wrote:
Sure kids today don't have as much fun :headscratch:
Quite simply, they don't as almost everything is staring-at-a-screen related.

Spent hours on those model kits, one of my main hobbies that was, and very popular back then, you could buy them all over the place. I've actually made a couple in recent times. It's still as much fun :)
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pbar wrote:
andyd wrote:
Sure kids today don't have as much fun :headscratch:
Quite simply, they don't as almost everything is staring-at-a-screen related.

Spent hours on those model kits, one of my main hobbies that was, and very popular back then, you could buy them all over the place. I've actually made a couple in recent times. It's still as much fun :)
I have thought about making some again, but not really got anywhere to keep them :?
Somehow I don't think the Mrs will let me hang them from the ceiling :lol: IIRC the glue used to dry out and bits kept falling off :(
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There's no way I would ever swap the childhood I had for what todays kids have, I actually feel sorry for them growing up in the world as it is now.
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Caprigear wrote:There's no way I would ever swap the childhood I had for what todays kids have, I actually feel sorry for them growing up in the world as it is now.
Like you Martin, I feel relieved, and thankful, that I have lived in the time which I have done, I really do feel that it was the best era.
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pbar wrote:
Caprigear wrote:There's no way I would ever swap the childhood I had for what todays kids have, I actually feel sorry for them growing up in the world as it is now.
Like you Martin, I feel relieved, and thankful, that I have lived in the time which I have done, I really do feel that it was the best era.
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Caprifan Rob wrote:If my brother hasn't 'found it' it's yours.
Hi Paul, really sorry, the Astro Wars game is not there any more in my mothers attic :banghead: it turns out my brother not only remembered it was there but had it, along with a lot of other childhood stuff he'll probably never use again, shipped to Australia when he moved there. I'll be sure to check first before I make such 'bold' claims in the future.. :doh:
You could have had it if it'd been there, apologies.
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Hey no worries Rob. Thanks again for the thought! :)
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The good old Corona man! This was such a big part of those times, I still find it strange how he's disappeared.

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pbar wrote:The good old Corona man! This was such a big part of those times, I still find it strange how he's disappeared.

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I remember him and Cresta "its frothy man". As a kid I used to go round looking for all the old glass bottles that various drinks came in and taking them back to the local shop to get the deposit that you had to pay on bottles.

Why oh why don't they bring that back now rather than all this plastic everywhere.
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Paul G wrote:As a kid I used to go round looking for all the old glass bottles that various drinks came in and taking them back to the local shop to get the deposit that you had to pay on bottles.

Why oh why don't they bring that back now rather than all this plastic everywhere.
Funnily enough there has been recent talk/speculation about that in the news. So maybe it will return!
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Remember it well.....Tizer too :D

I also remember the Bakers Van coming to my Nan's house with all his wares.....Good days :)
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We had all sorts delivered back in the day didn't we, hard to imagine it now. Milk, bread, bacon, yogurt, soft drinks. I remember the day our bread man told us he wouldn't be coming any more, declared bankrupt. Very sad!
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I used to buy these for the collector cards inside the box. Seems weird now doesn't it - cigarettes targeted at school kids :o

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Peter-S wrote:I used to buy these for the collector cards inside the box. Seems weird now doesn't it - cigarettes targeted at school kids :o

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All the rage back then weren't they..... :)

My next door neighbour at that time smoked Cigars, and there were some really nice cards in certain packets.... planes, trains etc

Simpler, but fun times.......You don't get anything like that nowadays :?
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