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Z Cars was a British television Police drama series in Lancashire. In January 1962 the BBC produced the first series and ran for 16 years until September, 1978. For many at the time, the title music was as memorable as anything else. It was the type of tune you could whistle or hum to quite happily ...
For those that grew up in the UK and Ireland a strange change took place in every kids lunch box in the late eighties and early nineties. The Marathon bar was renamed to Snickers. Why Snickers? Why would anyone choose a name that rhymed with knickers? Apparently it was named after a horse owned by a ...
When it came to a serious fashion statement in the classroom, nothing stood out more than white socks sandwiched between the black trousers and black shoes of the school uniform. Most schools never dreamt of including the colour of the socks as it was a foregone conclusion from the previous centuries that all school boys would ...
Treasure Ahoy! This rare little game from Arrows Games was made in the early seventies and aimed at 2 to 4 players. We loved playing it and with better marketing this could of been a mainstream game like Waddingtons Buccaneer. The contents consist of a board depicting a tropical island and you are a Pirate on ...
Now here is a blast from the past board game - The Wembley board game This board game was a great addition to my collection after finding one at a jumble sale as a kid. The idea of the game is to manage a team to through various rounds of the FA cup and to win ...
In the sixties and early seventies there wasn't the choice of prints and paintings available on the mass scale you find today in the high street. This meant the average house had quite a limited choice unless they were into fine art and commissioning a local artist to paint there pets. Therefore as well as the ...
"Every body want to rule the world", was a statement and song by Tears for Fears in the eighties. Risk enables your dreams to come true. With up to six players the purpose is to own every country in every continent. The continents if fully occupied reward you with armies each go, the harder to occupy ...
One of the classic designs over the years is the Penguin book. In recent times this iconic design has even been used on deck chairs, bags, t-shirts and other household items. But how did it all start? Back in 1935, if you wanted to read a good book, you needed either a lot of money or ...
Now i don't know if it was just my school, but before the days of calculators or calculator watches (see previous blog) Cuisenaire Rods were the way yo add and take away in the early years of school. The wooden coloured rods are named after their inventor, Georges Cuisenaire, a Belgian primary school teacher, who published ...
Now lego was probably my favourite toy when growing up as it had such major flexibility and rewarded imagination.Like Mechanno lego was also a construction toy though Lego was invented in Denmark. The original lego seemed to have few colours compared to the current colorful interlocking plastic bricks available today with all sorts of built in ...
