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Hi all, You must think that this is now some kind of nutter on here, but you have just made me think about all the games we used to play as kids which our own kids don't. I have 2 kids, one girl almost 12, and my son is almost 4 1/2. My kids were born in Essex, though my Husband and I are both Scots. We now live in New York. I recently tried to show my daughter how to play balls. You remember,a good bit of wall with no holes. I can't even think how to describe the rhymes we had for playing! But didn't we play for hours on end. Unless we get out there and show them how to do it, they will be lost for ever. Chinese Ropes, Balls, Skipping and Cawing (Is that how you spell it!), Exchanging Scraps. We have to do something about the pre-occupation with Play Stations and kids telly. I removed Lorna's t.v. from her room six months ago when her grades here starting to deteriorate. N o small deal here in the U.S., but she hasn't missed it that much. GET OUT THERE MUM'S. Nobody else can do it! Since I

Christine My sister had a Girls World doll head for puting make up on Kathleen

My son born 1980 loved He Man toys, thunder cats, transformers and there was a horrible slimy thing you threw at the wall and it slithered down!! My daughter loved my little pony, care bears and her dolls and pram, for the life of me I can't remember the other toys, oh well. Lynda

My lot, the females included were all for star war figures,which are all still up in the loft.The only other things they were interested in was their bikes ,they used to drag the missus all the way to the coast on them in the holidays ,i was at work [thank you lord] Fred.

Hi - I saw on a programme about 3 weeks ago about toys from the 70 and 80's my little pony was on it and they said that some of these in a box and in good condition are worth around £400.00 so keep hunting!!!! My sister had a few of them but I asked Mum and she said that the boxs went in the bin. I also had a Basil Brush teddy in the 70's and that is in good condition and someone us that is worth about £300ish. I can see a scramble already of people rooting the attic!! Lisa

my son born 76 played with cars and lego mostly and my daughter born 78 played with cindy and barbie dolls, she also had a lolo ball and roller skates care bears and my little pony. jenny

So many memories here! My children also had Playpeople, - and built lots of building site set ups where people fell of ladders etc.and the ambulance whipped them off to 'hospital' where younger sister was in control of all the doctors and nurses. The girls had Wuzzles, - peculiar brightly coloured combination animals. I think theirs were called Rhinokey and Eleroo. Younger daughter had Sylvanian families and all their kit, bakery, school room, windmill, country cottage. It's all here somewhere waiting for them to move out and take it with them.

EVERYone had 'clackers' - sure they would be banned these days!! Also had a Tressy doll and a Space Hopper.

sorry geoff you spotted my mistake from last night.had a bit too much to drink.sorry!

my brother always used to get chemistry sets for christmas there was one year he tried to make an explosive experiment.he managed to do it but burn't a hole in his carpet and had to move his bed around to hide the burn mark.my mum found out about it when the bed was virtually up against the door.

anyone remember the atari games.which had a line on each side and they used to have tennis which involved a dot and football and many other sports games to play.

Just remembered that my son had Big Trak, anyone else have one? Elder daughter still tells us that she always wanted a singing frogs piano and we never bought her one.

I constructed a dolls house for my daughter. 2 up, 2 down, fully furnished. That was in 1975. Now her daughter has just taken possession. Len

What about fisher price record players, major morgan, 'simon', weebles, girlsworld, lego, roller skates/boots (no blades back then!), or just old fashioned 'playing out', playing marbles...... those were the days! Now my 1 and 3 year old play xbox! I got my first computer (Texas Instruments TI99 4A) the christmas when I was 9. It took ages for the games on the tape to load and just when you thought it had finished up came a 'tape loading error' and you had to start again! Oh Joy! Joanne

Clackers were banned in the early 80's due to alot of broken wrists but there is newer version now with plastic strips instead of string. They don't work the same ..it took me ages to get them up to the speed I used to be able to go in the 1970's (maybe it's me though!) The make up doll that I remember was Mary Quant Sheila

Battling Tops Were like spinning tops that you pulled with a string and sent them to battle in a ring. K.O Were two boxers that had push buttons in their backs which controlled their arms. Penny Puppy Walker A doll which had a dog and they both walked along on their own. Crossfire A shooting game of skill