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To ask what makes you nostalgic about childhood? (Also a request about an item)

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quarkinstockcubes · 03/03/2017 09:56

My children are all but one in secondary school, frankly quite boring independent and want to do their own thing. I find myself almost grieving for their childhoods, looking back through photos and remembering the good times etc.

To get to the point I have become very nostalgic about my own childhood and I am searching up some of my old toys on ebay Blush As they are now considered vintage they are prohibitively expensive.

Some of the things I have lovely memories attached to are:

Lights Alive
Keypers
Sweet Secrets
Diary Milk dispenser thingys at Christmas
Gloworm

Just yesterday I got this sudden flashback to a swimming bag I had in primary school, it was transparent PVC, from Primark and had a beach scene on the front with liquid for the sea (you could squish the liquid IYKWIM) and a plastic beach ball. At the time it was so amazing and I loved it so much that I even stapled the seams together when they split Grin Does anyone know what this type of bag is called (with the liquid inside) I spent ages googling but haven't been able to find it.

My nostalgia is mostly related to items, but what are your items/experiences that make you nostalgic about your own childhood?

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zukiecat · 07/03/2017 12:49

I had a ballerina Sindy, and also one with a yellow checked skirt called Lovely Lively Sindy

How I loved those dolls!

My dad came home from work one day with a beautiful hard bodied dolls pram he got from one of his colleagues

Came home from school one day, all excited to play with it and my mother said it had "gone"

I still don't know what she did with it

She also gave away all my favourite books, the Jinny and Shantih ones without permission

It's took me years to replace them all

Marlboroandmalbec34 · 07/03/2017 14:16

Amazing thread..I can almost smell the lovely long warm summer holidays. Climbing trees, making bramble wine, was it really as lovely as I remember??
Skip-it
Fairy tails birds
Clarissa
Raleigh Coco mountain bikes

ShowMeWhatYouGot · 07/03/2017 16:23

This cake & pink custard!

To ask what makes you nostalgic about childhood?  (Also a request about an item)
Itsjustaphase84 · 07/03/2017 16:57

What a lovely thread;

Webster.. The large one and small one
Fold up Post Office
Light Bright and lights alive
Care bears
Polly Pockets..I still have a few
Rusks
Kellogs Start and Raisin Splits and all the cool gifts you got inside cereal boxes
Skip-it thing you put on one ankle
Tamagotchis
Amiga 64
Nintendo 64
Pogs
Opal Fruits
My little Pony
Sooty and Sweep with Matthew Corbett
TVAM
Live and Kicking and Going Live...some people on mn even recall the phone numbers and address lol
The Big Breakfast on channel 4
The Broom Cupboard...getting home at 3.15 and watching it until t time
Lego
Sticklebacks
Multilink cubes
Roger Red hat and Jennifer Yellow hat
Biff chip and kipper
Nice Cold Ice Cold Milk in those plastic trays with dividers Grin

SaucyJack · 07/03/2017 17:30

Fold-up Post Offices! Yes!

Plus, setting there with your birthday money with both the Argos and Index catalogues in front of you so you could work out how to get the best price on the toys that you wanted.

Rastel38 · 08/03/2017 12:36

Tressy doll with the growing hair
Black beauty
Mary, Mungo and Midge
Mr Ben
White horses
Champion the wonder horse

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