[Misc] Best Christmas present you received as a child?
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Ron Manager
Oooh, wasn't it?
striker
Mr Putdown
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Either
Or
Don’t ask..
Or
Don’t ask..
When a friend told me God, Jesus and Father Christmas weren't real and that no matter how I behaved as a child it wouldn't matter as to where I ended up when I died.
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
I'm surprised it took 17 posts for this to come up.
Mine was yellow, second hand and cost £35. It was around 1971 and I still remember which house we got it from.
Interesting programme recently about the rise and fall of Raleigh here in the UK.
Tom Bombadil
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I genuinely can't remember any Christmas presents, I received as a child, let alone a best one.
Probably goes someway to explaining the person I am today!
Probably goes someway to explaining the person I am today!
Barham's tash
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Toss up between a full Albion kit at 10 or a half size snooker table.
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Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
I did get THIS one Xmas... beautiful. (the kit, not the table)
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
I did also get one of these (2nd hand I think)
And then a couple of years later I got a new one of these:
And then a couple of years later I got a new one of these:
KZNSeagull
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Had forgotten all about that - was a great game. Thanks for reminding me!
bluenitsuj
Listen to me!!!
2 x hornby flying scotsman train sets. Still have them both, boxed in the loft. Hopefully worth something now.
maltaseagull
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2 memorable ones.
One was a transitor radio. It was in a leather case and I thought they had bought me a bible !!
Such joy when I found out what it was. I remember listening to Radio Caroline and Radio London when they were on ships.
The other was a second hand electric train set which had loads of track and engines etc.
One was a transitor radio. It was in a leather case and I thought they had bought me a bible !!
Such joy when I found out what it was. I remember listening to Radio Caroline and Radio London when they were on ships.
The other was a second hand electric train set which had loads of track and engines etc.
DarrenFreemansPerm
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Wow. I’d completely forgotten this game. I used to play it at my nan’s house whenever I was off school sick.
Dave the OAP
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Don’t dump it...regretted when I was early 20’s my mum chucked out my scalextric which was huge!
If you have the cars even if they don’t work, they are worth a bit to those of us who strip them down and fix them. I managed to get a 1966 Aston Martin to work after replacing the motor and painted and polished it up.
I tend to do that these days...I also collect broken dolls house furniture and wooden toys from our local school and fix them up. Saves our school having to buy new furniture etc which costs a fortune fro them.
If anyone has any wooden things that want fixing, let me know and I will have a look if you want.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Probably a toss up between the Atari VCS, or a 6ft snooker table (NOT the same year, obvs). I think it might have been the Atari. My sister bought me Pitfall to go with it.
Blown.
Away.
Blown.
Away.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Grifter or a Commodore 64 or this little black and white tv that also had a radio and a tape player.
Probably the Commodore 64.
Probably the Commodore 64.
atfc village
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Oh my ,i had this spent hours of fun ,then i lent it to a mate and never saw it again. The said mate now owns Asian logic [Asia's head poker company] which is a parent company of Dafabet . Tom now is worth a reputed 1.5 Billion Us Dollars
I always remind him of my Astro wars when he is back in the UK.