1970s/80s lunchboxes.

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DH was born in 1976. He claims to have not taken a lunchbox in school but used Tupperware. Apparently “no one had lunchboxes”. I was born in 1985 and definitely did have a lunchbox (square plastic with a handle and my little pony”.

So…if you were born in the 70s/early 80s did you have a lunchbox?

Child of 70’s and Tupperware here too. Mind you my Mum sold it and you daren’t open the kitchen cupboards for fear of the Tupperware avalanche.

We had a plastic lunchbox with a carrying handle and a short squat flask that fitted inside
Mine was red with a picture of bugs bunny on the front.

This was early 1980’s

I was born in the early 80s and had an enormous yellow Tupperware box for school lunches. I hated it and felt really self conscious. All the cool kids had proper lunchboxes.

@halcyondays I too had a yellow Kermit box and flask ;)

We had tupperware (1981 onwards). Other kids had lunchboxes and matching flasks with TV characters on. my mum refused to buy them as she thought the flasks would be difficult to clean (still jealous).

You never see them now, so I'm not sure when they died out for primary children.

I was born early 70's and I had a Roughneck lunchbox and flask that were the all the rage at primary school - I can remember taking the flask to swimming lessons, so must have been under 10 I would have thought.

Great thread.

I was born in 1972. In the early 80s I had a yellow Snoopy lunchbox with a matching flask filled with warm squash.

Ugh. I can still smell those plastic hinged lunchboxes. A heady mix of leaked orange squash, tepid banana and slightly squashed cheese sandwiches. I think that's what put me off packed lunches for life.

Every kid except me had that thermos brand plastic lunch box with the rough neck flask. I was born in 79

I had a count duckula one., never had a broccoli sandwich in it though. My older sis had a spot the dog one.

I would say that my group were split completely evenly into four lunchbox groups:

The pink My Little Pony one (for the girls, including me. I always had chicken noodle soup - made from a packet mix - in the flask)
A red Mask lunchbox (for the boys)
The blue ET one as pictured several times on this thread (mixed boys and girls)
The tupperware one that shroomshroom pictured (also mixed girls and boys from from the posher, more hippy/arty families who didn't pander to mainstream films and cartoons.

When I was a bit older and past my My Little Pony stage, there was no chance of getting a new lunchbox when that one worked so well so the sticker was just peeled off and I used the plain pink box. I think we all did that and then spent lots of lunchtimes denying that the box had ever been part of the MLP range.

A red one with Snoopy on it. I don't remember the flask leaking but maybe that's why they stopped making this style. I'd love one like it now!

Tupperware! you were lucky

we took a margarine tub and were grateful for it

Just remembered I still have the margarine tub (currently used to hold nail varnish)

@merryhouse

Just remembered I still have the margarine tub (currently used to hold nail varnish)

In secondary school, once I was past the lunchbox stage, my mum put my sarnies in a 'Vitalite' tub.

All together ... woah - ooh, Vitalite!

I was born in 1984. I'm pretty sure in infants I had the same my little pony lunchbox that many PP's had.
When I was year 5/6 it became uncool to have those lunch boxes and an old ice cream tub/Tupperware became my preferred choice.

I can't remember our lunchboxes but I know my Mum used to make mine and my brother's packed lunches. Just remember trying to spread hard butter on doughy Mother's Pride style bread and tearing holes in it - then Marmite or jam. The results weren't particularly appetising. If my DB had annoyed me he got no spread...😟

Sorry - used to make ME make the lunches!

I had this one,I also had a fluffy Wuzzle Teddy.

I was born in the 90s and only ever got an old bread bag to take my lunch in, oh the shame! You were all lucky, I have always felt like nice Tupperware was a treat and this must be why!

Mr men lunch box. Born in same year as your dh.

Started school 1976, my lunch box was a small tin suitcase style box, painted in pink and white gingham checks. There are a little thermos that fitted inside and took up about half the box, that was held down by a hook.

Anybody want this? It's going to the charity shop, happy to send for postage costs.