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Post by Cartman on Mar 3, 2022 21:10:36 GMT
Has anyone still got anything which has been yours since you were a very young child? I've got one of two Triang model trains which have been mine since the 60s, presents for birthdays and Christmas, and they all still work brilliantly btw!
Another thing are two sets of books, one is a four volume set called The World of the children, they were given to me probably when I was about 6 by someone who lived near us and their kids had stopped reading them, they're great, they cover all sorts of subjects, science, art, all kinds of stuff and some of the explanations of things like the sun and the season s and how the solar system works are very good.
The other set is an eight volume set of encyclopedias, called The book of knowledge, published by the Waverley press, these have been mine since I was born! Apparently, some travelling salesman came round in late 1959, just before I entered the world and Mum thought I might find them useful. I certainly have as I have been dipping into them ever since.
They are brilliant, a real snapshot of the world as it was when I was born, JFK had just been elected, Harold Macmillan was in number 10, bits of the map of Africa were still colonies and coloured in red, the entry about motors shows photos of Dagenhams assembly line, Mark 2 Consuls and Zephyrs rolling off the line, the railways had just started with the first few diesels, and lots of great photos of Britain when it was, imo, at its best.
They're part of me, never to be got rid of!
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Post by John Steed on Mar 3, 2022 21:37:50 GMT
Great thread Carty I still have all of my Corgi and Matchbox cars from the 1970's. Most of them are still in their boxes and even the ones that aren't are virtually mint condition. Steed
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2022 13:50:53 GMT
The best thing that springs to mind is a Butlins photo key ring with a picture of myself inside age 7 at Butlins in 1975. All throughout the 60s and 70s these things always had the same design which consisted of like a little device made of red plastic, which went on ya key ring and had the word Butlins, engraved on it in gold paint. So one end had a magnifying lense and the other end had a tiny picture negative, you then held it up to the light whilst looking through the lense, and the picture looked in 3D. Apparently these things were made by a man in a shed for years by the guy who came up with the idea. I think he died about 10 or 15 years ago. Anyway in the picture I can be seen wearying a Billy Beaver Butlins badge, which I still have today as well..
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Post by Sam Tyler on Mar 4, 2022 15:23:20 GMT
Talking of badges... When "Thunderbirds" was first broadcast back in 1966 my mother made International Rescue outfits for both me and my older brother. Included on the sash belt was an International Rescue pin badge as shown below: (This is not my one, this is currently one of two on eBay priced at £59.99!!!) I still have the badge to this day as well as a photo of us both in our IR outfits in the garden of my parents house taken in Spring 1967. The paper on the front of the badge has lifted slightly but otherwise it is still in good condition with a lot of the gold edging remaining. Sam.
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Post by Nightfly on Mar 4, 2022 16:28:51 GMT
Has anyone still got anything which has been yours since you were a very young child? I've got one of two Triang model trains which have been mine since the 60s, presents for birthdays and Christmas, and they all still work brilliantly btw! Another thing are two sets of books, one is a four volume set called The World of the children, they were given to me probably when I was about 6 by someone who lived near us and their kids had stopped reading them, they're great, they cover all sorts of subjects, science, art, all kinds of stuff and some of the explanations of things like the sun and the season s and how the solar system works are very good. The other set is an eight volume set of encyclopedias, called The book of knowledge, published by the Waverley press, these have been mine since I was born! Apparently, some travelling salesman came round in late 1959, just before I entered the world and Mum thought I might find them useful. I certainly have as I have been dipping into them ever since. They are brilliant, a real snapshot of the world as it was when I was born, JFK had just been elected, Harold Macmillan was in number 10, bits of the map of Africa were still colonies and coloured in red, the entry about motors shows photos of Dagenhams assembly line, Mark 2 Consuls and Zephyrs rolling off the line, the railways had just started with the first few diesels, and lots of great photos of Britain when it was, imo, at its best. They're part of me, never to be got rid of! That's an interesting one, Carty because I find folks around our age fall into two categories:- 1). Those who as kids looked after and preserved toys/gifts etc. for sentimental reasons etc and still have some of them in great condition. 2). People like myself who didn't look after things so well, or passed them on to family members etc. Then, years later they get nostalgic and realise what they have got rid of and spend a lot of time chasing up items that bring back the memories on Ebay etc. Guilty as charged. I think the only thing I still have from childhood is a Hi-Spot nylon string guitar, which still plays well. I've heard of The Book of Knowledge. We didn't have any copies in the house, but I'm sure they were on the bookshelves at school. Always well illustrated and enough to hold the attention of kids at the time.
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Mar 4, 2022 16:33:34 GMT
With me, I still have every copy of all the Observer's books of Automobiles from 1980 to 1987, (as well as 2 editions of the less often published Commercial Vehicles books from the Observer's series) which I asked for every year as a present from my dad, or in later years bought them with my pocket money. Still complete and in good condition, although the earlier ones are a bit "yellowed" on the covers. I did eventually complete the set by gradually over the years collecting all the previous editions from 1955 to 1979.
Up till 1978 they still had dust jackets, and a few editions I picked up from Ebay or at classic car shows, were missing those, so I found on the net a seller who could reproduce the originals for each edition, so I ordered them, and added them to the books!
I also still have one or two other car books I asked for and my parents got for me as presents, going back to about 1983 - one in particular is an A-Z Almanac of car makes there ever was in the world up to 1979 with brief histories (current or defunct, as many as the writers could find out about back then!).
I also have about 10-15 Corgi 1/36 scale toy cars, the earliest of which I have had since around 1979, which I looked after and played with carefully as a boy at the time, not to mention some superfast Matchbox small scale cars I've had since around then or into the early 80's too.
As for the board games, although many have long gone now, I still have our old Monopoly game, a Chess set, a box of Drafts pieces and a complete Domino set, which have been around since my childhood too.
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Post by Cartman on Mar 4, 2022 18:21:42 GMT
Reminded me of another couple of books, I've got the observers book of railway locomotives from 1963, and an Ian Allan ABC from I think 1968.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2022 18:36:19 GMT
Talking of badges... When "Thunderbirds" was first broadcast back in 1966 my mother made International Rescue outfits for both me and my older brother. Included on the sash belt was an International Rescue pin badge as shown below: (This is not my one, this is currently one of two on eBay priced at £59.99!!!) I still have the badge to this day as well as a photo of us both in our IR outfits in the garden of my parents house taken in Spring 1967. The paper on the front of the badge has lifted slightly but otherwise it is still in good condition with a lot of the gold edging remaining. Sam. That’s a pretty cool badge Sam, with the design and colours! Looks quite Retro, can ya no stick the paper but back down.. GC
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Post by Sparky on Mar 4, 2022 18:54:59 GMT
I've still got my faithful clockwork 8mm Camera I've had since 1979 (and it was old even then)
Also still got the battery operated one we got when we went big budget about 5 years later.
Also recieved my brothers Railway loco "combines" when he passed away some years ago. Never realized he still had them!
The earliest is from 1978.
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Post by Nightfly on Mar 4, 2022 21:04:41 GMT
I've still got my faithful clockwork 8mm Camera I've had since 1979 (and it was old even then) Russian made Quarz std 8mm by any chance ? Solid built things you wouldn't want to drop on your toe. The camera would survive, but not so sure about the toe. I still have a few of the old 8mm films which came with the cheap projector I got when I was about 12. The usual silent 3 minute Charlie Chaplin reels and, for some strange reason, Trooping The Colour.
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