Gen X - where are you ? Thread 2 !

[JRHartleysmum]

Here it is, as you were old farts x

I did have the 'purdy' hair do ,at least I think that's what it was called.

Yes! Very odd.

I was born in 1971 and my Great Aunts and Uncles were Victorians. My Nan had my Mum later in life than was usual almost 38 years old in 1950. She had been born in 1913 but she was youngest of 22 siblings (yes really), born to two different mothers but the same father who was an older father by the time she was born, hence lots of Great Uncles and Aunts born during the reign of Victoria. I only remember a couple of them though, most of them were very long lived but I was still very young when they died obviously.

I had a random moment the other day and asked for a marathon in a shop

Marathons were better than Snickers. I still maintain this and suspect I always will. A few years ago I found some limited edition Marathon snickers in MCColls newsagents. It was like going back on a nostalgia taste trip. Sadly they didn't keep them. I wish they had. Maybe I should write to Mars?

1972 here.
Thinking back to childhood toys/gifts, my fondest memories are of Sindy (I wasn’t allowed Barbie because she only came in blonde and I had dark hair - plus mum thought her boobs were too big), Holly Hobby, Simon, Crossfire, Merlin, Etch a Sketch, Spirograph, Computer Battleships.

Parents used to let me choose 3 ‘big’ things from the Argos catalogue for X price (I think I remember it being £20) and I would get one of them. That went for Christmas and birthdays. I remember getting a bike for Christmas when I was in primary, maybe age 7 or 8 and being annoyed because I’d chosen either Merlin or Simon but got a bike instead and was pissed off that I’d have to wait till
my birthday to get what I wanted - ungrateful cow.

Oh my god I'm not kidding but I found on ITVX , not only do they have Monkey on there but I also found Sapphire and Steel on there . Including the the one that terrified me Escape through a crack in time . Don't have nightmares .

Just having a cupboard clear out and look what I found... I had hours of fun on this!

Oh my brother & I had one each of those Game & Watch games.

And you can buy The Haunted House book on Amazon - it's been updated, but only slightly - a few new flaps really.

Haunted House amzn.eu/d/2LTRIAc

Omg I had that one and the Mario one where they had to catch and load boxes onto a lorry.

I also have this still in the drawer, it still works too!!! I remember I totally finished it - so proud.

My class at primary were obsessed with these books, I had loads of them. We used to hide them inside our reading books !

Here’s another, choose your own adventure

I gave my Girls World a crew cut. Not a very exciting toy after that!

😂OMG I would LOVE to have seen that @DiscoBeat

We are the last generation not to have (much) photographic evidence of all the mad shit we got up to in our youth.
These days there would be a "crew cut Girls' World sadface" photo on Insta within the hour.

I'm actually really glad my youth is not plastered all over the net 🤪🙈 .

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Wham documentary on Netflix on 5th July

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8huyeTjZjik&pp=ygUMTmV0ZmxpeCB3aGFt

Oh I shall have to watch that 👍🏻.

Just been watching the Zodiac movie and thought of something else. Ransom notes in movies always written with cut out newspaper letters.

John Noakes crying when Shep died

Noseybonk - terrifying

Me too! Thanks OP

Love this post 😀

And concreted playgrounds, and electric pylons you could climb up to get your frisbee, and die.