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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 ...
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 ...
Ahh Stickle Bricks - the poor boys lego. As with Mecanno and Lego, Stickle Bricks are a construction toy primarily intended for children aged 1 and above Stickle Bricks were invented by Denys Fisher in the late 1960's. The brand is now currently owned by Hasbro and they are currently manufactured by Flair Leisure Products plc along ...
Back in the 1950's at a toy fair, Scalextric has become synonymous with slot car racing the world over and is well established as a famous British institution amongst children and adults alike. As can be seen - it wasn't long before any themed car could get a look in - in this case the ...
So how many of you have ever played Subbuteo? From early 1940's a love of soccer or football if you're English, has dominated generations from boyhood to manhood. When it was just in it's early stages it was never known as Subbuteo, instead it was just referred to as "the Hobby". Back then for legal ...
Now returning to te pop scene again in 2011 it seems the Adam cant leave the pop scene and remarkably he is still getting great reviews. But he will be best known for his shooting to fame in the early eighties in the UK charts In 1982 the BRIT Awards gave the Best selling album award ...
From the Early 1940s this toy has been making its way down more stairs than an office worker working on the 50th floor! Today just juggle the original slinky back and forth in your hands or buy 2 and race them down stairs How did it all start? Well in 1943, a guy called Richard James, who was ...
The presenters of Playschool included: Toni Arthur Johnny Ball Floella Benjamin Brian Cant Derek Griffiths David Hargreaves Fred Harris Colin Jeavons Playschool ran from the mid 1960s to the 1980s. For many children my age before you went to school you got to learn some of the basics from Playschool. Humpty, the two Teds, Jemima and Poppy, the doll that replaced Hamble in the 1980s, ...
