Toys I remember from back then…
I had a doll… I probably had more than one, but I remember one and only one.
Her name was ‘Toni’ and I’ve no idea where I got that name. She had black hair and chocolate-coloured skin. I’m not sure why I had that doll but thinking on it as I’m older, it must have been really unusual back then.
I had a ‘Tingha and Tucker’ boomerang and I have no idea why I remember that!
One of those hollow balls which you could fit different shapes of all colours into the corresponding hole.
And I had a Golly.
My great-grandmother (Bottom Row) had one of these Bobble-Heads.
Exceptionally inappropriate, but memories nonetheless.
And one of those press-down spinning tops,
And at Grandma Gladys’ house, there was one of these.
Because I had older cousins, when I went to visit Grandma Gladys, there were old, battered toy cars. This one and the James Bond car were my favourites.
We had bendy toys too.
I remember Popeye and Pink Panther – Noddy seems familiar, but I can’t be 100% sure.
And this was passed down… to my brother and then to my sister.
I had one of these!
My absolute favourites lived at my Grandad Harold’s house (father’s father).
A blue and red trampoline – that was passed down to my kids but died due to metal fatigue and rust.
And Dapple.
Dapple was my all-time best toy. I was only allowed to play on it at Grandad Harold’s house because there was no room at home.
When we had our own kids, we took it and I still have it. Dapple is showing signs of age, the frame is rusty, but that’s one thing I’ll never get rid of.
Images from Google (Sorry... always forget that bit)