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rocket lollys
Leccy strikes, (my dad on strike,).....making a dolls house out of Cornflake packets and furniture from matchsticks and scraps of material etc....v v HAPPY times
Awww like the Nostalgia Thread 
Chopper bike - Anglo Bubbly - Tudor Crisps - Skate Boards - Flared Jeans
Did those choppers have pedal back brakes? I remember borrowing my friends one and nearly breaking my neck when I pedalled backwards and the bike came to a halt 
I had a lo-lo ball & a slinky 
WOW Malory Towers!!
Did it really have a lesbian undercurrent?
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Oh YES, and St.Clare's.....cooking sausages on the radiators for a midnight feast 
Originally Posted by Scotty:
Grannies playing peever, I love it!
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Scotty:
Grannies playing peever, I love it!
We called it boxies.
Originally Posted by Scotty:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Scotty:
Grannies playing peever, I love it!
We called it boxies.
Not heard that one before, although it was sometimes called "beds".
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Scotty:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Scotty:
Grannies playing peever, I love it!
We called it boxies.
Not heard that one before, although it was sometimes called "beds".
We called it paldies (pronounced paul-dies) - and our grid was different and had nine boxes 1, 2, 3 in a line, 4,5 side by side, 6, then 7,8 side by side and 9 was a semi circle. (how do i even remember that?) We also played another version, skiffies or something, a grid of six and you had to hit the paldie with the side of your foot and skif it into the next box without it landing on a line. Can't quite remember the full rules there.
White Dog poo. Aww, those were the days.
Originally Posted by KaffyBaffy:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Scotty:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Originally Posted by Scotty:
Grannies playing peever, I love it!
We called it boxies.
Not heard that one before, although it was sometimes called "beds".
We called it paldies (pronounced paul-dies) - and our grid was different and had nine boxes 1, 2, 3 in a line, 4,5 side by side, 6, then 7,8 side by side and 9 was a semi circle. (how do i even remember that?) We also played another version, skiffies or something, a grid of six and you had to hit the paldie with the side of your foot and skif it into the next box without it landing on a line. Can't quite remember the full rules there.
We call it Hopscotch
Cuckoo spit
Where'd that go 
The Raleigh Grifter (1976-1983)
My parents would not even entertain the idea of buying me a Chipper, Chopper, Grifter or even a racing bike. I was forced to endure an entirely plain, square bicycle with zero cool factor attached to it. Still, I had my revenge after leaving school by purchasing a beat-up old Lambretta entirely against their advice!
Originally Posted by Cold Sweat:
I was forced to endure an entirely plain, square bicycle with zero cool factor attached to it.
Aww! 
Exactly as i remember it!
Originally Posted by Renton:
Cuckoo spit
Where'd that go 
Oh yeah where did thay go???
Originally Posted by Scotty:
awwwww Hopscotch
Georgette Heyer....
'elf 'n safety would never allow it nowadays...
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
'elf 'n safety would never allow it nowadays...
My mother wouldn't allow us to have these.
I can recall the bruised knuckles even now, Baz..!
Following Yogi's lead ^up there^ with Malory Towers:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
I can recall the bruised knuckles even now, Baz..!
Following Yogi's lead ^up there^ with Malory Towers:
Me too! and I used to love those Mallory Towers books