Things you thought were posh/exciting/unattainable as a child that are actually everyday items

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I'm just searching for scotch tape on Amazon ready for Christmas. It got me thinking how double sided sticky tape was but a dream back when I was little. Blue Peter used it all the time but it was something I'd never have. The same with play dough. I only ever had plasticine. Scotch tape was fancy too, we only ever had yellow sellotape. Ribera. I'm sure I'll think of others.

Yes!

I remember going to a Wimpy for my birthday. It was the height of sophistication!

A shower was another item of luxury in the 1970s.

Loads of children’s books all of your own. We always had tons of books in the house but they were mostly all borrowed from the library or school, and I used to get the same ones out over and over again. I treasured the ones that were mine. One Easter my granny gave me a whole box of secondhand Enid Blytons and I thought I’d died and gone to heaven.

Cutlery sets. The 16 piece ones that have 4 of everything and it’s all matching.
I thought this was so fancy when I was little 🤣 all our knives forks and spoons were all mismatching

Ribena - too expensive as a kid to have it