What do you remember?

[Zaf]

Sweets, toys, clothes from your childhood?

Aztec bars, I havent seen any for years and I used to love them

[danbob]

i always remember my tonka truck..... not the crappy plastic ones you get now, it was big heavy and metal, it was indestructable :)

oh and teenage mutant HERO turtles, i liked them more before they were ninja's

[lola_p]

I remember my strawberry shortcake dolls & care bears.  I remember going to the cinema to see care bears the movie.

[angel3077]

I remember strawberry shortcake and care bears. I had a a green care bear but I preferred my little ponys. I remember these chewy spearmint sweets that were out in the 80s and I loved them. They were green and white stripes. Hardly anyone remembers them

[overcastrainbow]

i remeber when i was 5 my mum put a champagne cork on my pillow and tried to convince me my ear Gromit had fallen out. I remember when i was very little my gradad sittign on an ox blood coloured leather chair that smelt very stongly of leather, he had his feet up and had a gruff voice. I told him off for not pronouncing the "T" in water.
I remember when i discovered the tooth fairy wasnt real when i found all my teeth wrapped up in my mums jewerly box.
I remeber having a doll called fish fingers and a bear called peas.
I remeber the first time i saw my dad cry, and freddos costing 2p.

[Bewildered]

Does anyone remember this choc mint bar...it was sort of crackly mint inside...hard and flaky///must have been in the 70s and they prob stopped making it because someone poked an eye out with it! I also remember Creamola foam.

[overcastrainbow]

I remeber mint kendal cake, is that what you mean?

[Bewildered]

Nope not mint kendal cake...this had a green mint filling choc outside maybe the size of a small dairy milk bar...flat like that...

[Zaf]

I remember that too but cant for the life of me think what it was called

[Bewildered]

The mint stuff was flaky right?

[Pete]

Does anyone remember this choc mint bar...it was sort of crackly mint inside...hard and flaky///must have been in the 70s and they prob stopped making it because someone poked an eye out with it! I also remember Creamola foam.

Was it frys peppermint cream? google images.

[Pete]

I remember strawberry shortcake and care bears. I had a a green care bear but I preferred my little ponys. I remember these chewy spearmint sweets that were out in the 80s and I loved them. They were green and white stripes. Hardly anyone remembers them

were they pacers? google images for them

[Pete]

I thought about this a year or so ago and wrote one of my many poetic posts lol: ( Written in local dialect in places but you should get the gist)


When I was a kid


Ar wos born in 1971 amidst right dodgy fashion,
I missed out on the flower power
and all of that free passion   
but I spent me days just loffin and playing wi me toy's,
a life of fun I had, just me an me boy's.
I'd listen to me music, Blondie, Madness and the Who, 
there were massive bands in them day's, them a just a few.
We'd climb trees up to the sky, dig holes deep as the sea,
we'd mek our camps to hide inside to see what we could see. 
We'd ava game of army, with a stick used for a gun,
folk would think we barmy but it was always loads of fun. 
we'd meet at half eight in the morning
and stay out all the day,
it was safe back then, no warnings
onny "be um for youwer tay". 
Me action mon, me richochet gun,
me trusty Raleigh Chopper,
Me dominoes, me colouring books,
me bouncy space hopper.
Me stickle bricks, me leggo blocks
me Atari console game,
me meccano set,me dartboard,
too many toys to name.
The red hand gang, The disney club,
and good old scooby doo,
Starskey and hutch, the professionals
( I day like Dr Who). 
Opportunity knocks, variety shows,
the minstrals, bless this house,
love thy neighbour, Alf garnett,
wotsitfingerbob the mouse?
Friday nights tay from the chip shop,
was a regular little treat,
Saturday nights down the labour club,
in the kids room yow couldn't beat. 
Pop and crisp's and a game of pool
doin' what you wanted to,
me old man with his pint of mild,
well pint , he'd have a few.   
I survived the 70's and 80's
and that newromantic stuff,
I remember gettin' me pixie boots
and me dad callin me a puff.
Flock of seagulls dad i'd say, as he just shook his head,
"Flock of seagulls son, you'm jokin,
looks like yower saygulls jed" 
The 80's bought the music and bands such as Wham!
I would sing around the house, me old man wore no fan,
"whats all that noise you'm mekking?"
"What yow a squalin' fower?"
"I'm singin dad"..... "youwm singin?"
"like a ruddy glead under a door".
Then there was the fashion when I wore lemon and pink,
I cud hear the cogs a ternin' I knew what he would think,
That chap ay right mum i'd here him say, he's dressed up like ponce.
But I'd loff at him and do me hair and tap him on the bonce.
I spent me childhood loffin' at evrything I did,
Now i'm a mon i'm loffin still just like when ar wossa kid.

[Zaf]

thats brilliant Pete, when you feel up to it I'd love to see some more of your poetry :)

[Bewildered]

Nope not frys or pacers...it was a bar of chocolate with flaky hard crunchy green peppermint filling...very crunchy.