"Fad" toys we had as children...
11-28-2009, 06:26 PM
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"Fuzzy Wuzzy wuz a bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair
Fuzzy Wuzzy wuzn't very fuzzy,
Wuz he?"
The empty wooden thread spool with nails hammered in the top to make a long yarn "chain" was called "French Knitting".
How about Chinese Checkers...real marbles, on a tin game board?
Cowboys and Indians...not "politically correct" today.
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair
Fuzzy Wuzzy wuzn't very fuzzy,
Wuz he?"
The empty wooden thread spool with nails hammered in the top to make a long yarn "chain" was called "French Knitting".
How about Chinese Checkers...real marbles, on a tin game board?
Cowboys and Indians...not "politically correct" today.
11-28-2009, 06:50 PM
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Hot Wheels- the ones that had the red line tires and the button that came with them.
GI Joe's with kung foo grip
Schwinn Stingray Bikes
Ed Roth Hillbilly Hats
Rat Fink
The Monkees trading cards
Planet of the Apes Trading cards
Billy
GI Joe's with kung foo grip
Schwinn Stingray Bikes
Ed Roth Hillbilly Hats
Rat Fink
The Monkees trading cards
Planet of the Apes Trading cards
Billy
11-28-2009, 07:41 PM
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I remember most of those toys. I loved the Happy Hollister books. Still have some in my mom's attic.
Does anyone remember the Swingy doll? She was a little doll that ran on batteries. She would walk or if you flipped the switch the other way, she would swing her hips and dance. My brother and sister walked her down the basement stairs and she never worked again. I was so mad!
Does anyone remember the Swingy doll? She was a little doll that ran on batteries. She would walk or if you flipped the switch the other way, she would swing her hips and dance. My brother and sister walked her down the basement stairs and she never worked again. I was so mad!
11-28-2009, 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Lisanne
Originally Posted by Sandy1951
I loved to read. I remember the Christmas I received my first Bobbsey Twins book. After that I was often given Bobbsey Twins books for Christmas or birthdays or I saved my own money to buy them. I ended up with the entire collection and still have them. When I was a little older I became fascinated with Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. And Trixie Belden. And a series about kids who lived on or near Lookout Mountain and rode horses. It seems like that series was a little darker than the others. I also really liked Cherry Ames, Student Nurse, and what was the other nurse series? Something Barton?
I had a Bobbsey Twins book or two. My mother said they'd been childhood favorites of hers. (She also mentioned having a Shirley Temple doll - didn't you post that you'd had one? How long were they around? My mother was a child during the Depression.)
One set I didn't have that other kids had was the Happy Hollister stories. Anyone remember them?
Both Cherry Ames' and Sue Barton's first books were set during WWII. The Bobbsey Twins books were set even earlier, although they were so generic it didn't seem to make any difference. My daughter just cautioned me not to get rid of them (since we're moving soon) because my DGD's would probably want to read them, but I have a feeling they won't be interested. I know they don't care about paper dolls. Why play with paper dolls when you have fairy and princess outfits of your own and a gazillion dolls to play with?
I don't remember the Donna Parker series. It wasn't the one set on Lookout Mountain, was it? I remember one of the girls in that series had a blond ponytail and was named Bitsy, I think. I don't remember the Happy Hollister series, either.
I just thought of something. I loved reading the Boy's Life magazine. My brother got it and I always snuck it out of his room so I could read it. I was a fast reader and always got it back to him before he missed it.
I did have a Shirley Temple doll. I don't remember when I got her, but I know I still had her when I was in third or fourth grade, which would have been 1959-1960. I wish I knew what happened to her. I always kept all my toys and books, but she disappeared. I may have thrown her away, now that I think about it more. I think I got tired of her curls and decided to give her a short haircut. Did you know the hair on dolls doesn't grow back? :cry: I may have thrown her away so I wouldn't get in trouble. :oops:
Someone mentioned the Little House on the Prairie series. I loved those, too. I couldn't pace myself either and always zipped right through them. I still read the same way.
11-28-2009, 10:41 PM
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No, Donna Parker lived in a small town.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Parker
"Misty Mountain Hop" is a Led Zeppelin song. (One day we'll have to do a thread about our favorite music growing up.)
The "misty mountains" were part of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Ring trilogy. The Hobbit was its prequel, if that rings a bell.
I don't know of any other books set in the misty mountains or a place by that name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Parker
"Misty Mountain Hop" is a Led Zeppelin song. (One day we'll have to do a thread about our favorite music growing up.)
The "misty mountains" were part of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Ring trilogy. The Hobbit was its prequel, if that rings a bell.
I don't know of any other books set in the misty mountains or a place by that name.
11-28-2009, 10:42 PM
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no idea what they were called: two very heavy balls on a string. The object of the game was to grab the string in the middle and flip the balls til they kept clanging against each other. OH did that smart when you did it wrong an they hit body parts - mostly the knuckles.
Then I had a thing that looked like an hourglass. The object of the game was to make it roll back and forth on a string controlled by sticks at each end. Never got that to work either.
I was very glad when I discovered boys.
Then I had a thing that looked like an hourglass. The object of the game was to make it roll back and forth on a string controlled by sticks at each end. Never got that to work either.
I was very glad when I discovered boys.
11-29-2009, 06:51 AM
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baren*eh*ked_canadian............quoting you..........
(keeping in mind I am a child of the 80s)
remember this......I was a child of the 40's !!!!!
anyway, as little girls, we loved our baby dolls. We would dress them and take them for walks in the carriages. During WW2, I lived in California and missed my "Bright Eyes" baby, so very much, that Santa left her under my tree so very far from home.....thanks to some help from an uncle who worked for the PO. One of my treasured memories.
And paper dolls....they were another big thing that kept my friends and me amused for hours. We had to obtain boxes from all the cigar smoking men in the family to keep the clothes nice and neat. We had a ball with them.
Have any of you ladies seen the fabric out now with dolls and also the fabric for making outfits for them.....almost like our paper dolls.
Well, ladies, we can come back to the current generation and see what has developed over the years.
MaryJane
(keeping in mind I am a child of the 80s)
remember this......I was a child of the 40's !!!!!
anyway, as little girls, we loved our baby dolls. We would dress them and take them for walks in the carriages. During WW2, I lived in California and missed my "Bright Eyes" baby, so very much, that Santa left her under my tree so very far from home.....thanks to some help from an uncle who worked for the PO. One of my treasured memories.
And paper dolls....they were another big thing that kept my friends and me amused for hours. We had to obtain boxes from all the cigar smoking men in the family to keep the clothes nice and neat. We had a ball with them.
Have any of you ladies seen the fabric out now with dolls and also the fabric for making outfits for them.....almost like our paper dolls.
Well, ladies, we can come back to the current generation and see what has developed over the years.
MaryJane
11-29-2009, 07:01 AM
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I am child of the 50's.
My mom made my clothes..until was old enough to make my own. I just bought some fabric with pix of the old McCalls "mom and daughter", and "big sister, little sister" patterns on it.
I am sooooo enjoying all these memories.
mjsylvstr...your comment about the baby dolls reminded me of one of my earliest memories. I loved purses, so my aunt would give me her old ones. I still remember taking my "baby" for a walk in her buggy, me with my purse over my arm. I suspect the purse was almost as big as I was!!! LOL :)
My mom made my clothes..until was old enough to make my own. I just bought some fabric with pix of the old McCalls "mom and daughter", and "big sister, little sister" patterns on it.
I am sooooo enjoying all these memories.
mjsylvstr...your comment about the baby dolls reminded me of one of my earliest memories. I loved purses, so my aunt would give me her old ones. I still remember taking my "baby" for a walk in her buggy, me with my purse over my arm. I suspect the purse was almost as big as I was!!! LOL :)
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