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Now much saliva do you have on your tongue - why? Because we have 10 books of Green Shield Stamps to fill up in the drawer and we need to get nan a present! All sound familiar? Well if you grew up in the 60's or 70s you may remember the Green Shield Stamps. Popular in ...
How wierd were Pez dispensers? Kind of collectible and yet a little novelty that wore off after a few dispenses. Dispense, dispense, dispense, then what? History of Pez PEZ apparently was first marketed as a compressed peppermint candy in Vienna, Austria. The candy was invented in 1927 in Vienna by a confectioner named Eduard Haas III. Haas invented ...
Remember the Goodies? One of the strangest thing about the Goodies is its lack of repeats. For some reason the episodes never seem to get repeated - any one know why? Initially the episodes for the Goodies were co-written by all three Goodies (Tim, Graeme and Bill). Later, the episodes were co-written by Graeme Garden and Bill ...
Back in the early late 70's Muppet show Jigsaw Puzzles were the main thing kids wanted to waste time on. With 80 pieces it didnt take long before you needed another Muppet fix, thus an almighty 200 piece version was soon released which kept everyone amused for an extra few minutes. then try it without looking ...
The Corgi James Bond DB5 Aston Martin, was originally released in 1965 following great success of the movie "Goldfinger". It originally showed a gold paint job with red interior and spoked wheels with black tyres on the DB5. As with all Bond cars, it was the operating features such as a rear bullet-proof screen pops up ...
Endless fun with the Austin A60 Driving School Car For once i could actually drive the thing - for real! This was such a novelty that out of all the cars i had, this would be prized the most. These are quite rare to find these days and go for a good sum, this scarce model is a ...
It appears in my town that old "Sweet Shops" are making a returnHaving spent a weekend at the branding museum in London. England still has some excellent packaging on the old sweets that used to pave each shopping area. Surprisingly the sweet jars seem to be making a swift comeback with two in my local ...
We have decided to put together the ultimate list. We know we can't get everything right first time, so we are asking you to also add to the list if you think we missed something. Just to explain definitions: Pop Culture - shortened form of "Popular culture" is the culture — patterns of human activity and the ...
When i was at school admitting you liked Abba was like saying "Hey Bully-Boy, i fancy a beating". Yes no-one would dare admit in the school playground that it was a foot tapping good song from the top pop group.A few decades later and the queen of pop Madonna has admitted that she wrote a ...
The Ice-Cream man is always a main part of a child's summer holiday memories. This is a vintage Ladybird Book illustration from 'Happy Holiday' is from the Peter and Jane series. This is an illustration from book 7a - Happy Holiday - The Ladybird Key Words Reading Scheme (The Peter and Jane Books). By William Murray; ...
