So what is your greatest toy from the 70's, is it the Hot wheels and its track or maybe Magna Doodle, Klackers, Etch-a-sketch or the Chopper bike? Could it be the infamous Space Hopper or Spud Guns. Either way we have put together what we consider the ultimate list of the 10 Greatest Toys From ...
Category Archives: Pop Culture
I-SPY
These badges were available with their corresponding book. The I-SPY books are spotter's guides written for British children, and particularly successful in the 1950s and 1960s. The I-SPY Tribe was based on the I-SPY Books, some forty small volumes that sold in hundreds of thousands. Each book covered a subject such as I-SPY Cars, I-SPY on the ...
Kelloggs Frosties
Kelloggs Frosties, They're greeeeaaaatttttt They're simply corn flakes with sugar They guaranteed to rot your teeth - well thats what mum told me! The cereal was first introduced in 1952 as Sugar Frosted Flakes. Kelloggs Frosted Flakes or (Frosties) competed against the Honey monster with there very own Tony the Tiger - though very similar to the Esso Tiger in the Tank Tony the ...
12 Movies I Know You Have Never Seen at the Cinema!
Vintage Holiday Posters
I just love the old vintage posters that used to encourage holiday makers to visit undiscovered areas of the country. Many were transport releted like the railway posters and various seaside resorts including Blackpool, Bournemouth and Scarborough. These antique Vintage Posters are truly an art form. They have become highly collectible and reproductions of some of the ...
1961
1961 was a year that saw congress approve the Peace Corps as a permanent federal agency within the State Department, and Kennedy signed the legislation on September 22. If you were going to school you may well of had a Pets and Pals metal lunchbox with matching steel thermos from King Seeley. Crossing the road became a lot safer once a ...
Sand castles
Back to your childhood and the day the family took you to the beach. Sand castles, buckets and spades and a packet of 5 or 6 flags. All you needed were two basic building ingredients, sand and water. Of course on a beach these are available in abundance. Of course Sand Castle building is a big thing ...
Mr Men books
Enid Blyton
Revealed Gerry Anderson Top 10 – Supermarionation
Gerry Anderson MBE, sadly died December 26, 2012. Today we reveal our Gerry Anderson MBE top 10. Lest we forget Thunderbirds became so popular the British toy manufacturer Matchbox were unable to keep up with the demand for the Tracy Island playset and needed Blue Peter to come to the rescue with double sided sticky tape! So here are our memories of some ...