Little things that brought you absolute joy as a child

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For me it was silver balls on cupcakes. Such a simple thing but we didn't have them very often, so whenever I saw some on a cake I'd bubble with excitement. I bought a cake today with some on and I swear, I was five years old again!

Cute stationery like my novelty rubber collection. My favourite was a massive giant pencil with a little pack of teeny tiny miniature pencils attached. And a teeny miniture water colour pallet. Lovely pointless stuff. My parents were so sensible it was nice to have a bit of whimsy.

Talking of whimsy I also had a collection of Wade Whimsy miniture animals. You get could then from the gift shops if tourist attractions. Would line them up and admire them.

Bunty and sweets on a Saturday.

Raking for ale bottles and cashing in with your pals for mix up or carefully choosing the half p and penny sweets.
Those wee animal toys with the button that would collapse them and stand them up.

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For me it was my Sindy collection, I had the dolls, the big house and lots of furniture. I used to lust over the entire wall of pink Sindy boxes in Fenwicks toy department and deciding what to put on my Christmas ie birthday list.

I read Girl comic in the 80s, it came out on a Tuesday but I discovered one newsagent uses to get it on the previous Saturday. I would take a bus (on my own) to buy it. Highlight of my week!

My mum's blackberry pie made from the fruit we'd picked. 😋

Reading Asterix books at my local library after school. I never actually took them out, just sat at the table and read them there.

Playing pitch and putt at my local park. I kept skipping back one hole every time - so, two holes forward, one hole back etc. so I could play for longer for my 5p or whatever it cost in 1977. 😁

Those paper dress up dolls with the tabs on the clothes

Playing my parents' LPs at 78 rpm on their old Pye stereo so they sounded like Pinky and Perky. 👿

Eating pickled onion flavour Monster Munch, curly wurlies, Mars bars that still had malt in them, and Funny Feet ice cream. 😋

Getting comics delivered from the newsagents, Twinkle, Girl, Mandy etc, as well as Dandy and The Beano. #old 👵

Oh yes stationery! Me and my friends all loved these smelly pencils.

And Hello Kitty, Little Twin Stars and My Melody.

The Beano and Dandy. A few years later Jackie and My Guy.

Going to tupperwear parties with my Mum.

DM didn't let us have silver balls on cakes. She insisted we removed them because we might break a tooth on them.

As an adult I remember well the first time I had a silver ball. Because I broke a tooth on it.

I will add I've had them many times since and not broken any more teeth.

For me delight was being able to spend my own money. We didn't get pocket money and if we needed something it was bought for us. I got a huge amount of pleasure from finding 2p on the floor and being able to choose 2 sweets...

The Twinkle annuals!

Stick on earrings and glitter

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I also remember the sandwiches my gran made before I went to Brownies. They were just sandwiches, but they were Tuesday afternoon sandwiches and brownies was one of the happiest moments of my childhood.

By a marvelous turn of events a friend I have met remembers my Brownie leader from her nursing career. She is very elderly but still alive and my friend is going to help set up a reunion. I was so happy.

Oh the joy of finding a coin,I'm a 70s kid and 5p got a bit...but 10 p that was a feast.
I remember when crisps were 2and half p a packet.😋

Panda pops and the mini Sunny Delight drinks in my lunchbox

scented gel pens

beanie babies

That's my childhood right there!

Staying the night at my Grandparents, I slept on a proper feather bed, under a dark red Candlewick bedspread. Supper would be a mug of Horlicks and a biscuit. So cosy.

My weekly copies of Bunty and Mandy plopping on to the door mat early on a Friday morning.

Excitedly flicking through the Avon catalogue. I loved my pink lip balm in its ice-cream cone shaped case, and the flowery perfume in a glass bottle shaped like a unicorn with a silver horn.

My Gloria Vanderbilt jeans with the lilac stitching and the lilac swan embroidered on the pocket, worn with the matching lilac polo shirt. I wore them to death.

A little boho shop in town called Canopy, which sold crystals, stacks of rainbow coloured writing paper, patchouli incense sticks and handmade greeting cards. It was magical.

WHERE DID YOU GET THEM??

Oh yes, I'd forgotten Fuzzy Felts! I remember loving the under the sea one especially. 😊

The little paper cocktail umbrellas ☂️

Crisps after swimming
New felt tips
Sticker books
Xmas Beano
When my cat went up trees in the garden

Yes, nice stationery/ diaries and pens

Going to the sweet shop and selecting penny sweets, fruit salads and fizzy cola bottles

Going to the beach and swimming

Candle making sets

Collecting frog spawn and putting them in jam jars….shouldn’t really have been doing that

Finding a ring in a barmbraic

Watching Dallas

Painting/ drawing

Making craft things to enter in the summer Show

In the 1970s we had these at Christmas , I can still remember them being assembled and lit then the Angels/Cherubs flew round ringing the bells .

I found some in Past Times (blast from the past) to recreate the nostalgia .

Iron on patches. I had Kylie and Jason on my jeans and T shirts!

A new box of chubby crayons

My hair crimper.

Going to the circus, I still love it

My extended family. I didn't realise how lucky I was to have 3 uncles and 2 grandparents who adored me. Then along came 3 wives and many cousins. They were all born and bred in the same town and uncles called in randomly. I don't think i ever went 24 hours without seeing one of them.

Putting on plays and shows for my extended family, they must have dreaded them! Practising all day with my sisters and cousins and feeling so proud after.

Spending hours trying to make the perfect mix tape recording from the radio. Experiencing rage when the DJ cuts in or sings along.

Insects in jam jars with some grass, flowers and airholes..in my defence I was probably about 7 and didn't know any better.

We had a huge towel radiator and the softest towels. I used to heat the towels up on the radiator and then get out of the bath and just lay in the warm towel on the fluffy bathroom mat. Best feeling ever.