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Laffy Taffy is not a Welsh candy bar, but is a famous song by a band and a nostalgic candy bar in the States. Today we will look at the Laffy Taffy candy bar and not the "Laffy Taffy" song by Atlanta-based hip-hop group D4L which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January ...
Corgi Cars Corgi Toys is the name of a range of die-cast toy vehicles produced by Mettoy Playcraft Ltd. in the United Kingdom. The Mettoy company was founded in 1933 in Northampton, England A market a range of toy vehicles was planned for the Corgi Toys company as competition to Meccano's Dinky Toys model vehicles which had ...
Blast from the past today - Hungry Hungry Hippos Hungry Hungry Hippos is a board game made for young children originally designed in 1966 and released by MB in 1978. The purpose of the game is to collect as many marbles as possible with the hungry hippos. The Hippos were in four colours, they were also named! ...
Blue Peter TV Series Blue Peter from the BBC television Centre is a programme for children that ran since 1964. Shows such as Magpie have come and gone as competitors during that time.The programme is a voyage of adventure and discovery for the viewers, constantly covering new topics and thus named Blue Peter. Blue Peter was shown ...
Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Moving on from the Enid blyton famous five and Find-Outers, The Three Investigators was an American detective book series written for youths first published as "Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators." It was created by Robert Arthur, Jr., who believed using a famous figure like movie director Hitchcock would attract attention. ...
Roobarb and custard Roobarb was a animated television programme for children that first was shown on BBC televison for children back in 1974. It's infamous for being a sketchy jelly like animation from a six year old. Certainly by the end of the 5 minutes i either felt like jelly or had severe case of travel ...
Marble tracks Whether wooden or plastic, these were a great toy to have as a kid. I can remember making all sorts of contraptions and automated processes with the gravity of one marble. I'm sure we were the original Wallace and Grommit at school me and my mate as we could almost enable the marble trach ...
Meccano had the tag line - "your hobby is for a lifetime" and for many it was. It was always rewarding, but a lot more work than Lego - Today we take a nostalgic look at Meccano. For over 100 years it's been around pleasing sons and fathers alike. But how did it all start. ...
The Cellular system was the main technology that started the mobile phone revolution. The phones are affectionately called bricks due to there huge weight and size. You really did need a belt and braces when putting this in your pocket. Few individuals could afford radio phones in their cars in the 70s and in the ...
LUDO means "I play" in Latin and thus is a great board game for all the family to play together. Ludo is made for 2 to 4 players and the aim is to race their four tokens from start to finish according to dice rolls round the board and home first. Traditionally Red, Blue, Green ...
