60s Cracker Jack Candy Commercial

60s Cracker Jack Candy Commercial

Now what was it they would say in the 'Cracker Jack' commercial & theme song? Known as Americas favorite confectionery, they then said "The more you eat, the more you want" Lip-smacking' Whipcrackin' Paddywhackin' Olagazackin' Infolackin' Alliganackin' Crackerjackin' Cracker Jack! Apparently they stopped putting the toys in the Cracker Jack boxes because parents were suing the company after their kids tried eating the boats and ...

The Famous Five: a tribute to childhood

The Famous Five

The Famous Five are probably the most famous of Enid Blyton's creations. With 21 adventures in the collection. Enid Blyton's original books were charmingly illustrated by Eileen Soper but there have been numerous interpretations and adaptations of the Famous Five over the years including continuation novels written by French author Claude Voilier, cinema films, stage plays, ...

Bottle Tops Of The UK: 60s-70s

Bottle Tops Of The UK: 60s-70s

Old Bottle tops and the incentive to get some money back by returning the empties for a small fee. Bottle Tops were an every day item that would build up in the shed ready for a cashing in down the local newsagent. Ah Corona Bottle tops on the fizzy pop glass bottles - memories. Corona used to ...

Cat and Mouse Ornament

Cat and Mouse Ornament

A Classic ornament from the late sixties and early seventies. Any one remeber this Essential ornament for the home Known as the Cat's Mouse trap, it fascinated me as a child. A chance to understand how Jerry must of felt every time he was pursued by Tom Its so retro, so seventies, you know it will be back again ...

Wacky Races premium car set

Wacky Races premium car set

Many cereals gave away some great treats in the packets of corn flakes and the same equivelent. These Wacky Races premium car set can straight out of the Kix box crunchy Corn Puffs. This set of Wacky Races figures consisted of  - in order Penelope Pitstop Dick Dastardly Peter Perfect Many seventies cereals incorporated Hanna-Barbera characters including the Flintstones and Topcat

DAF Variomatic 33

DAF Variomatic 33

My very first car, embarrassingly was a white DAF 33. The Daf variomatic 33 was a compact saloon car produced by the DAF company of Eindhoven, in the Netherlands between 1967 and 1974. Outwardly and technically it differed little from its predecessor, the DAF Daffodil.Before the Daffodil was the 750 the original Daf back 1961.   DAF ...