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Tri-Tactics was a popular board game in the seventies by H.P. Gibson It seems all the kids in the School Cadets had a set of Tri-Tactics. I'm not sure if these sets were released with all Cadette memberships but clearly it was a big game in there world. surprisingly one rainy day when football was off ...
Heaven 17 Penthouse and Pavement Heaven 17 was a synthpop group with a funky dance sound from the eighties in the UK. The band was made of 3 members. Glenn Gregory on Vocals, Ian Craig Marsh on Synthesisers, Saxophone, Percussion and Martyn Ware also on Synthesisers, Piano, Percussion and Backing Vocals. Penthouse and Pavement seems to of ...
New faces from 1973 UK Prime Time Television Go back to the early seventies and Britains Got Talent existed in a very different form, New Faces. After a long and successsful reign from Hughie Green and Opportunity Knocks, this ATV show came into the popular viewing figures of the seventies with its very own Simon Cowell. ...
Anyone remember the Battle of Little Big Horn game by Waddingtons? In the 1970s i would often frequent several second hand gadget shops, this was a long time before car boot sales existed, though it was in the days of a good old fashion jumble sale. One of the local shops had an uncanny knack of ...
Enchanted Forest by Ravensburger If ever there was a game that kept me coming back again and again to play with my siblings it was this beautiful Enchanted Forest game from Ravensburger back in the early eighties. Enchanted Forest is a memory game in a very similar vein to card meory games except you had to reveal ...
The Mysteries of Peking was a game made by Milton Bradley in the eighties. It was designed for 2 − 6 players and was a type of mixture of Cluedo with 221b Baker street. I have to admit to totally forgetting this old game until recently being reminded by my sister, after much racking of my ...
I've never collected antique dolls, and being a boy, dolls aren't really my thing. Though i do remember the time i insisted that as my two sisters had dolls, why couldn't I. Embarrisingly i was bought a plastic doll which very quickly i disposed of. I will say i found it of interest to see ...
Vintage Postcard Collecting Along with tea cards and football stickers, postcard collecting is another collectible many kids have pursued at one point or another in there childhood. Ask and collector of postcards and they will tell you there are several things you must know beofre becoming a serious collector. Postcards can go for hundreds or even thousands ...
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 ...
It seems that retro sweets and nostalgic candy are making a big comeback these days and popcorn is no exception. There are several very good retro style popcorn makers on the market and some are so good they look identical to the originals. Nostalgic popcorn makers are a great addition to an evening in watching an ...
