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Guess my age?

283 replies

shutthefrontdooor · 28/06/2026 08:26

I really enjoyed the thread started by @openthefrontdoorthe other week which was a different take on those boring threads where someone posted a photo.

So I thought I’d start one myself. Not sure I’ll be quite as eloquent but I’ll give it my best shot to drop some random facts

  1. Growing up, my dad was clean shaven but for a most fantastic bushy moustache which he took great pride in.

  2. Our 1 tv in the house through most of my early years was rented from Radio Rentals and had a wire on the tv remote connecting it.

  3. My most treasured Christmas present ever was a Tiny Tears doll that could cry and wet herself

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tonsattingforbjudes · 28/06/2026 11:39

Did you watch Andy Pandy/Bill and Ben the flowerpot men or the Magic Roundabout when you were very small? Or were you a playschool watcher and did you get to see Morph on TV? Were Valerie Singleton, Peter Purves and John Noakes on Blue Peter?

Uricon2 · 28/06/2026 11:38

I'm 63 and was an adult when the £1 coin was introduced, so on the basis you remember getting them as pocket money from your Granddad, I'll go with 10 years younger, 53, maybe slightly younger or older

PuppyMonkey · 28/06/2026 11:38

I’m saying 59 which is my age and this is purely down to the Teeny Tiny Tears thing. Grin

SisterTeatime · 28/06/2026 11:37

I think you are 55

LoveHearts69 · 28/06/2026 11:35

42

SabreIsMyFave · 28/06/2026 11:32
Lexy2345 · 28/06/2026 11:31

Did you have a Sindy or a Barbie?
Were you a David Cassidy or Donny Osmond fan?

Gwenhwyfar · 28/06/2026 11:29

I think we have to start asking which cultural references she understands.

I think it's clear she's over 45 so we need people in their late 50s and 60s to ask questions to find out whether she's a younger or older Gen X.

MrsPositivity1 · 28/06/2026 11:28

58

Eyesopenwideawake · 28/06/2026 11:28

You're about my age 62/63. I also marvelled at Tiny Tears.

Changedmyname999 · 28/06/2026 11:26

65

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 28/06/2026 11:20

I’d say around my age 50

EmeraldShamrock000 · 28/06/2026 11:19

Mum older Dsis had a tiny tear doll, Dad had a rash, we had one telly. I’m guessing 51?

Ufsse · 28/06/2026 11:18

LightningTree · 28/06/2026 11:14

Well, this is confusing. The wired tv remote suggests late fifties or sixties, but the NatWest piggy bank would indicate that you were a child in the eighties, which is consistent with your parents house price. Tiny Tears is no help at all as they have been available for decades.
I’m going to say you are 47 OP.

I am 47 and I remember a tv that had no remote, you had to cross the room to change the channel. We never had a wired remote, went straight to wireless remote at some point.

ItsOnlyHobnobs · 28/06/2026 11:17
Lulaloo · 28/06/2026 11:16

49

BarbarianBabs · 28/06/2026 11:15

44

Gwenhwyfar · 28/06/2026 11:15

Gwenhwyfar · 28/06/2026 11:14

I think Bruce Forsyth's programme for me was The Price is Right so you're a bit older than me.

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But Wikipedia tell me BF's Generation Game came back later so maybe not...

Gwenhwyfar · 28/06/2026 11:14

shutthefrontdooor · 28/06/2026 09:49

  1. Saturday nights were family nights with tv dinners and watching The Generation Game with Bruce Forsyth

I think Bruce Forsyth's programme for me was The Price is Right so you're a bit older than me.

LightningTree · 28/06/2026 11:14

Well, this is confusing. The wired tv remote suggests late fifties or sixties, but the NatWest piggy bank would indicate that you were a child in the eighties, which is consistent with your parents house price. Tiny Tears is no help at all as they have been available for decades.
I’m going to say you are 47 OP.

Wishimaywishimight · 28/06/2026 11:11

shutthefrontdooor · 28/06/2026 11:09

My parents bought a Vauxhall viva from my grandma when I was little. I have vague memories of my dad driving it and me sitting int he middle at the back with no car seat or seat belt, leaning over him while he drove.
But the car I most remember as our first family car that we got from nearly new was a bright blue Ford escort

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Our first car was a light blue Ford Escort too! I was 8 years old, there was such excitement!!

Gwenhwyfar · 28/06/2026 11:11

I had a Tiny Tears doll and I'm close to 50.

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shutthefrontdooor · 28/06/2026 11:09

NancyMeyers · 28/06/2026 11:04

Did you have a family car growing up? If so which one? That would be a give away possibly.

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My parents bought a Vauxhall viva from my grandma when I was little. I have vague memories of my dad driving it and me sitting int he middle at the back with no car seat or seat belt, leaning over him while he drove.
But the car I most remember as our first family car that we got from nearly new was a bright blue Ford escort

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Surgarblossom · 28/06/2026 11:08

48

LetMeStayInBed · 28/06/2026 11:07

66