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dolls, dolls pram, doll's tea set with my own little table and chair. Offices, with my own desk made by my Dad like the tables and chairs. dolls house with working lights also made by Dad. board games, books dressing cut out dolls five stones (jacks), yoyos, two balls, skipping, french knitting, magic painting books and ordinary painting books, scooter, trike then bike. farmhouse with lead animals. we used to collect and swap beads, we played marbles. But I loved to play with boys toys and luckily had boys of the same age as neighbours so used to play with their cars and meccano and train sets (wind up). don't ever remember being bored. (I was born 1940). Ann Glos

I don't remember having many toys. Prior to the war bruv had a mickey mouse bike, I had a scooter apart from that I don't remember having much else - not that we really needed anything - Ludo and Snakes and Ladders kept us amused indoors. In wartime Dad did make bruv and I a wooden crane each one Xmas and that was the Biggy apart from the usual Xmas stocking with tin baking trays and pots and pans that I spose most kids had. Oh yes, another Xmas we had to share a Dad-made fort. Otherwise we had balls and bikes and so we were outdoors most of the time making our own amusements, while indoors cotton reels with nails in top - cant remember what the heck they were supposed to do or skewers with a sorta propellor (home-made) which we would play with for hours. By the time the war was over we were getting bit too old for toys but I don't think that we missed out particularly, we had great times in the cubs and scouts.

Thunder Thunder Thunder Thunder THUNDER CATSSSSS! And He-Man!

My favourite is etch a sketch, useful on long coach journeys (6hrs) to visit my nan. I also had a Pepper doll (Woolies version of Sindy) that travelled with me. Teenage doll and a walkie talkie doll.

French skipping; two balls; hula hoop, Tressy.

Karen, PMSL! I can still see my little sister now dragging the freaky thing along the floor by it's hair! Gross!!

Kate !! your talking the toys MY daughter Karen had!!

Karen, I don't remember Tressy Dolls, but, I did have a Girls World. It was a big dolls head where you could style her hair and put make up on it. I didn't like it very much though it was a freaky looking thing...

my sister had a tressy doll - but someone cut off its hair so it didn't grow back LOL

I used to love each Christmas getting a snow house or castle which you delved into for pressies, lots of tat but oh the excitement of what was coming out next. Shirley

I still have my Spirograph! (not in its original box though) Magic Robot - I go bored with it after about half an hour, when I'd sussed out how it worked. Drove my (younger) sisters mad with it though, cos I was always right! Skipping with plastic-covered clothes line, that really hurt your ankles if you were too slow when 'whipping'

Teresa & Kate Oh how I loved those cut out dolls ,they were so much better dressed than ME!!! altho,bless em, my parents did their very best for us all,we were a big family & clothes had to be practical & able to be passed down the line for maiximum wear. We were well cared for but no frills. Shilrley

Shirley, yep I remember the cut out dolls that you had to dress

Clackers were two hard balls....oops that sounds rude....on string and you had to get them to hit each other upwards and downward and keep it going,.......caused some broken wrists and even sore noses but it was fun

Balls!! Dolls Pram,skipping rope, Jacks,French Knitting with a cotton reel with pins stuck in the top, Board games like Ludo,snakes & ladders. cut out paper figures that you cut out the clothes for & dressed. Sure there were more but cant recall at the mo. I was a WW2 kid so often had to make own amusement

hyah feeling like an old one now lol ..... we not have spirographs, weevils, wombles or wotever in my day .... but we had fun .... certain times of theyear u played marbles, then it be whip and top and we used to color top of the tops with chalk, hop scotch, skipping ropes, conkers etc etc xxxx

Clackers were banned in my school because of wrist injuries !

Teresa 1956 I was born lol....yes Ginny played kerby.....and jacks.....and marbles.......and we used to swap beads and all sorts

Sorry being ignorant, what are Clackers?

always had soldiers tanks and guns for indoors and bikes footballs for outdoors. I still got the metal waste bin that my first leather football without laces came in at xmas 1967 was a few other bits too