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bennerley	Toys you had when young replied on: 1/6/2008 2:54:01 PM It must have been about 1944 Christmas - my Dad was handy at woodwork and made me a plane and a toy machine gun. He made a childs desk for a chap at work in a swap for a Hornby Clockwork Engine and supplied machine guns in swaps for a horse racing game which needed a flat 4.5volt battery which we only got years later. In 1947 our first holiday - to Blackpool -where an ex-army lad was casting Cowboy (Colt 45s) out of scrap aluminium and rivetting the two halves together with two inch nails! A Chad Valley gun which fired a stick with a sucker on the end which stuck to new paintwork better than to anything else. Whips & tops, a bowler, like a wooden hoop from a cask or something which you ran alongside and 'energised'with a short stick. A set of bright red lead soldiers and Rupert Annual. I had the only cricket bat in Cotmanhay in those days and lots of friends in Summer - In Winter they all took off to be friends of a lad with a real leather football.
Rissi	Toys you had when young replied on: 5/17/2006 1:58:52 PM Those were the days my friend...Whip & top..yeah..remember them well. Hula hoops..not the edible 1's...Diabalo's,..Snobs ( little chalk cubes ) we used to throw into air & catch on back of hands..then throw the 1's we caught n try to pick up the others before catching the ones we had tossed into air...(something to that affect anyway )also another version called Jacks.Walkie talkie dolls (for us girls )My uncle & grandad had a mold & lumps of lead which they would melt down & pour into the molds & make little lead soldiers for my 2 bro's. One of my bro's buried some of those soldiers @ the top of the garden. Wonder if they are still there somewhere.Meccano sets for the boys. Hmmmph....bits to pick up everywhere after they had done playing.Bunty annuals (again for the girls , though my bro's liked a read of it too ) & Hotspur annuals for the boys.They were mainly Christmas presents .Using a penknife to play "splits "...any of you remember that one?.The list goes on & on.
Iceboy53	Toys you had when young replied on: 5/17/2006 1:13:58 PM i always remember it was always cold in there when you went for something,except one of those smelly parafinn heaters in the corner.but i suppose you can get addicted to anything right?.
paulr	Toys you had when young replied on: 3/31/2006 11:03:04 AM quote: It was Wayland's Model Shop - it says so in the April 2005 newsletter. (I ought to have known, since I wrote that particular article!!!!!) Robert, I was in the Heanor and District Model Aero Club in the mid-fifties,all of the members used to use this shop.It was owned by Sam Luker before Wayland moved in I think late 50's early 60's. PaulR
Iceboy53	Toys you had when young replied on: 2/24/2006 8:03:10 PM thats the one chrisbrin,spent hours with mine one christmas, mine lit up though which made it more enjoyable.
chrisbrin	Toys you had when young replied on: 2/24/2006 7:20:33 PM Kinetic Wheel? Have a look at Hawkins Bazaar www.hawkin.com They have some of the things already mentioned plus more to jog the memory.
Iceboy53	Toys you had when young replied on: 2/24/2006 10:17:42 AM can't remember name.but you had to keep twisting the frame to keep the wheel on as it climbed along the wire.
frontcentre	Toys you had when young replied on: 2/24/2006 6:04:43 AM I dont think it was a gyroscope. Bugging me to death now!
suzard Researcher	Toys you had when young replied on: 2/23/2006 9:04:03 PM Gyroscope?????
frontcentre	Toys you had when young replied on: 2/23/2006 8:19:24 PM quote: oh hells bells i know what you mean,you held the wire frame and made it go backwards and forwards at high speeds, there was a later model that lit up i think. Thats the one - what were they called?
Iceboy53	Toys you had when young replied on: 2/23/2006 3:54:44 PM oh hells bells i know what you mean,you held the wire frame and made it go backwards and forwards at high speeds, there was a later model that lit up i think.
frontcentre	Toys you had when young replied on: 2/23/2006 3:08:55 PM quote: do you mean the spring type thing you used to let go down the stairs. Nope! The frame looked like a big hair clip bent over in the middle. The moving part was like a bakalite wheel with these metal stubby things on each side. Driving me crazy now - hope somebody remembers! FC
Iceboy53	Toys you had when young replied on: 2/23/2006 10:20:05 AM do you mean the spring type thing you used to let go down the stairs.
frontcentre	Toys you had when young replied on: 2/23/2006 6:51:43 AM quote: now you've got me fc...go on give us a clue or i won't sleep again LOL...are you talkin of meccano by any chance. No - not meccano. This was a wire frame that bent back on itself and the part that spins had a metal stud type of thing on each side. These balanced on the wire frame and with the appropriate wrist movements, the extra piece moved up, over, down and back again. balance/gravity/whatever....surely you remember? Dont know what they were called.
Iceboy53	Toys you had when young replied on: 2/22/2006 5:46:40 PM now you've got me fc...go on give us a clue or i won't sleep again LOL...are you talkin of meccano by any chance.

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