For Those Born B4 1986 Read On

[da SLUG man]

oohh... torchy the battery boy!... um... not that i remember of course!

[BUSHWHACKER]

D'you mean....Jamie and his magic torch?

[da SLUG man]

D'you mean....Jamie and his magic torch?

nah... definately torchy the battery boy... it was a puppet.

jamie and the magic torch was the bestest though!...

[stormforce]

and what about saturday mornings champion the wonder horse
casey jones

[Chillitt]

robinson crusoe?
the flashing blades?
nice
got to love the dub...

[The Mighty WAH]

Catapults?

When's the last time anybody saw a home made catapult? It seemed to be part of me as a kid.
Now there's and interesting 'toy' for the do-gooders to get their heads around!
Colin

[stormforce]

i saw a couple of kids go past the house earlier with a couple of dandies as we used to call them.made out of a plank of wood and some old pram wheels it certainly took me back a good few years

[paulh]

Lucky bags and penny chews (you could get 240 penny chews for a pound in them days)

[Tallyman]

Picture Box
Blackjacks were 1pence
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Gizmo you're obviously only a youngster. I remember getting those on the way to school when they were two for a farthing!!

[WARRIOR72]

How Many Packs Of Playing Cards And Pegs Did I Go Thru Then STICKING THEM ON THE FRAME OF ME 3 GEAR CENTRE SHIFT CHOPPER HAD INDICATORS CB ARIEL AND THEY NEVER GOT KNICKED!!
Ha Ha.... My Home Made Catapult Was A Small Plastic Tube With A Marigold Finger Taped On It.... Stung Like Hell!!!

[stormforce]

the supabazooka bubble gum with the dennis the menace cartoon strip wrapped around it

[fergus]

what I can't figure out is if all the oldies like myself enjoyed life so much in the free and easy days why are we, as grown ups, now making all these rules and regulations. lets face it- it aint the young kids of today who are implementing all this 'no one must be accountable' for their own kids behaviour' S**ite

[Chillitt]

fergus, remember them snide clever sods that were paying attention in class, doing their homework while we were blowing things up, and generally being mummies little angel? ever wonder what happened to them? step forward claims direct, new labour and pushers of low salt/fat/ cholesterol...

[kitesurf_phil]

Fireball XL5, Twizzle, Pogles Wood, Ready Steady Go, The Monkees, How.

Home made sledges. Home made trollies with pram wheels. Bikes made out of bits and pieces from the dump. Finding unexploded ammunition from the old army range. Old mopeds turned into trackers. Home made bows and arrows.

It's a wonder we survived but we learnt so much.

[Chillitt]

ooops. home made sledge double hill, twos up mate comingup the middle of the slope( still havent forgiven him)
hit a tree! yikes! 13 weeks in hospital!! double yikes!!! wake up docs telling parents i might not walk againg!!!!! more yikes than you can imagine.... still what do consultants know about any thing.
i burnt the sledge....
spotty dog?