Childhood fads ..........

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 16 Aug 2004, 10:10

Talking of sweets from childhood, reminded me of the seasonal 'fads' kids had. It was usually in the summer, whereas now it seems to be associated with Christmas. It may have varied from area to area too. One year, ALL pre-teen girls had to have a hula-hoop. Another year, the thing you HAD to have - either sex- was a plastic water bottle, like an explorer. Another year, it was a yo-yo ............ Then it was a diablo ........ Does anyone else remember fads?

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 16 Aug 2004, 14:28

Clackers! Very dangerous, very noisy and very faddy around 1973/4 as I remember.
I'm sure they were eventually outlawed at school. I was, how do you say, crap at clacking back then. Probably would still be today.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 16 Aug 2004, 14:33

I failed miserably with the above fad too.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 16 Aug 2004, 14:40

My brothers used to take all the stickers off so it looked like they could do it.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 16 Aug 2004, 14:50

My brothers used to take all the stickers off so it looked like they could do it.

I don't actually remember ever seeing cubes with stickers on them back then. Pity, as I might have been able to bluff that I had the knack.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 16 Aug 2004, 15:12

I don't remember cubes with stickers, either, just Mr. Rubik's original variety - every time I move house, I manage to find the durn thing again, and have ANOTHER go ........... still can't do it! I had forgotten clackers! But they turned into one of those executive toys, didn't they!

Beach Babe · Post by **Beach Babe** » 16 Aug 2004, 17:58

Bellybabe wrote:My brothers used to take all the stickers off so it looked like they could do it.

I used to do that too lol

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 16 Aug 2004, 20:33

Potato Guns! Can't remember exactly what you did with them, but think it involved digging a soggy bit of potato out and putting it in the gun whereupon you tried to fire it.......about half an inch

Could be completely wrong though, even as I write this I'm beginning to wonder if I'm just losing it

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 16 Aug 2004, 21:07

I remember clackers and rubik cubes - couldn't do either of them

flearoy · Post by **flearoy** » 16 Aug 2004, 22:20

puppy in my pockets,pogs, sherbert sticks, spice girl photos,roller blades, tamogotches,gameboys,walkmans and lastly mobile phones where the main obessions of children of my time....so long ago!

This year infact ,just before i left school, I also noticed that the first years now bring wheelie suitcases to school?! They tell me it's because they had so much homework they couldn't possiably lift it to school. God knows what they'll use when they do their highers! tow trucks? cranes?

I took it upon myself to get them banned after saying to the headteacher " this is no an airport we are not on hoilday and i will not fall over one more sodding suitcase-not to mention allow today's kids to become a bunch of cop out suitcase trundling lay abouts."

- well, i wasn't too late to change one of those things.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 16 Aug 2004, 22:53

puppy in my pockets,

eh?
Please explain this one, I'm fascinated. Was it just a wee toy puppy or some electronic thingy?

flearoy · Post by **flearoy** » 17 Aug 2004, 12:49

Puppy in my pockets are little plastic dogs and there were hundreds all diffrent breed . They all came with little data cards which displayed their names,likes and dislikes.. They even had a hotel you could buy for them. i just remember awapping them in the playground but i no longer have them anymore

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Porty · Post by **Porty** » 17 Aug 2004, 13:59

flearoy wrote:Puppy in my pockets are little plastic dogs and there were hundreds all diffrent breed . They all came with little data cards which displayed their names,likes and dislikes.. They even had a hotel you could buy for them. i just remember awapping them in the playground but i no longer have them anymore

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So what have you got in your pockets?

flearoy · Post by **flearoy** » 17 Aug 2004, 14:32

oh yeah.....that's where i put them. if only we where all as sharp as you porty.

flearoy · Post by **flearoy** » 17 Aug 2004, 14:35

What a blunt world that would be.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 17 Aug 2004, 19:32

I remember clackers! I clacked mine so hard they exploded into little lethal missiles of hard plastic and nearly took somebody's eye out!
My Dad confiscated what was left of them