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A vintage look into your nostalgic school days and retro childhood.

Skooldays is brimming full of your memories you forgot to remember! Simply choose your category above and then select your decade

Pink Panther Show

The first season of “The Pink Panther Show” ran on NBC from 1969 to 1970 and came over to the UK. It was a top cartoon in it’s day as it had attitude and appealed to adults and kids. Who … Continue reading →

70s Laughing Bag

Anyone remember the 70s Laughing Bag. It was powered by a battery and would be the tool of the family joker. It was contageous as after a few seconds someone would also start laughing. Before you know it everyone in … Continue reading →

80s Video Shops

Now if there is a memory from the late 80′s that oozes nostalgia it has to be the Video Rental Shops. Remember visiting Blockbuster Video shops with there numerous walls of  VHS and Betamax tapes. Video Shops were in every … Continue reading →

Cartoons in the 60s

The Classic Cartoons shown in the 60s gave you the historical Flinstones or the futuristic Jetsons. Other 1960s cartoon shows included Deputy Dawg, Scooby Doo, Popeye, Quick Draw McGraw, Josie and the Pussycats, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Batman and Alvin and the Chipmunks. Take a look and discover more cartoons favorites. Continue reading →

Pop Culture in the 70s

// // In the 70s you were into Osmond-mania and other TV and music fads and pop heroes including chopper bikes, roller skates, calculators and scalectrix and dance moves at the disco

Toys in the 50s

For boys, it is the age of cowboys and spacemen: Davy Crockett and Roy Rogers lead the pack of western heroes that share the toy aisles with the out-of-this-world likes of Commando Cody and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. For girls, it is a doll unlike any they’ve seen before: Barbie comes to town, and things will never be the same again. And for those who like their toys gender-neutral, Wham-O keeps things swinging with Hula Hoops, Frisbees and more. Continue reading →

Fleece Fashion for the 90′s

Overnight it seemed shell suits went out and fleece were heavily in. Everything fleece was available, vests, jackets, pants, socks, toques. Worn by everyone from little kids to senior citizens to even your pets. No more coats and jackats, or … Continue reading →

Toys in the 40s

World War II halts the production of metal toys for the first half of the decade, but the post-war years more than make up for it. Chutes and Ladders, Cootie and Candy Land delight the pre-adolescent set, Slinky makes kids crazy over a metal spring, Ertl die-cast toys bring the farm to the city, and the Magic 8 Ball answers all questions with its liquidy, mystical powers. Continue reading →

Saturday in the 50s

It was the age of the atom, and the dawn of Saturday morning as the original Baby Boomers tuned in to see Howdy Doody, Mighty Mouse Playhouse, and Kukla, Fran and Ollie. Continue reading →

Disneyland memories

Disneyland memories are a joy to remember. How things have changed since this 1950s footage. The Disneyland park is barely recognisable. Disneyland 1950s. it had Fantasyland and Skyway but many parts of the park have expanded considerably since this early footage. It … Continue reading →