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Oh magic faraway tree was fab! Moon face! Also loved the Binkle and Flip stories and Mr Pinkwhistle..x

great question Sue - Callyanna you brought back some wonderful memories because I got most of those things in my stocking.

I thought I was going to get a camera one year, and I was given a rather 'big' present, I remember feeling disappointed, but when I opened it, the brownie camera and flash were sitting inside the box all neatly packaged, I remember feeling delighted and relieved!

You can't buy memories like that.

cheers
Maggie

[carorees]

just remembered...felt pens and "altair designs": sheets of paper with complex patterns on them that you coloured in to make, er, coloured designs? Sounds uninteresting but I was addicted!

@carorees I don't think felt pens were invented when I was a child Lol . I can only remember
wax crayons and coloured pencils Sue

I remember those early felt tips - very thick, and if you pressed too hard, they shredded into separate fibres! Also dried out very quickly! Then Pentel came along ...

Bringing back lots of memories here. We got small pressies and one big one. Always a selection box. I remember my brother getting a dark burgundy coloured tricycle, the sort with the "boot" at the back. You put stones in it and it rattled like crazy. We were easily pleased back then I remember my dad made me a desk and chair one Christmas. The desk had a lift up lid for storing stuff. I was well chuffed!

Slightly off topic, but memories flooding back. Who remembers any of these?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6qTXCLfWDa ... qTXCLfWDaA

Oh @izzy. That was fab! There were only two or three things i didnt recognise out of the two hundred! What wonderful memories!
I am also thinking of : -
Drink a pinta milk a day..and milkmachines that sold cartons of cold milk!
Penny arrow bars in Loadsof different flavours
Sitting on doorsteps and elderly relatives / neighbours saying you will get rheumatism!
rag and bone man shouting Toys for rags! The toy always seemed to be a monkey on a stick!
Chewing gum machines ..Beech Nut chewy or YZ ...picture of an owl on the YZ machine..every fourth turn of the knob gave a free packet of YZ
Playing Kick the can coz you didn't have a football
Knocking on neighbours doors and asking if you could" wheel the baby up and down the street"
XOX

No stocking here, of course, but I remember having clementines and fruit jelly (and, of course, now I WANT fruit jelly..... will have to ring my dad tomorrow morning to ask him to get me some ),they could go in some stockings

Blimey @CandiceMarie You've got a memory and a half Great new avatar can't keep up with them
when I look at just that I think its a new person
Love yours also @Manderley really cute Sue