Childhood memories?

Abbafan1972

I can remember getting our 1st video player in the early 80's. The first film we watched on it was "Raiders Of The Lost Ark".

Alikay

Videos and DVD's weren't around when I was a child. The closest thing we had were records that came with a picture book. You played the record while reading along to it in the book. At the end of each page a bell tinkled and you turned over to the next page. I had Lady and The Tramp which included The Siamese Cat Song "We are Siamese if you pleeeeze!". I loved it and drove my poor parents mad playing it over and over again!:D

browneyedbazzi

I'm at the stage where I'm thinking about having kids and I really want to track down a copy of the book I used to read at bed time when I was little...full of poems like 'winkin blinkin and nod' and 'the gingham dog and the calico cat'. It was a lovely hard back book full of brilliant poems with great illustrations.

I loved that book and I can't imagine having a baby and not being able to read from it!

make_me_wise

victory wrote: »

Charlie and the chocolate factory:D

That film always spooked me out. Even now I cant watch it without cringing and feeling a bit queasy

I use to love watching 'heidi' and 'the secret garden'

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

balletshoes wrote: »

Black Beauty - and Little House on the Prairie .

Oh god i darent watch the black beauty film - every single flipping time they bring ginger out on that cart i sit sobbing - then again at the end when they are all in the field together.

I was born in the 80's and i remember:

Gummi bears

the PAW PAW BEARS!!! (Ohh i loved them!)

She-Ra

Puff the magic dragon

Ducktales (a whoo hooo)

Care bears "i wanna be a care bear, oh it'll be so great when im a
care bear, oh i can hardly wait to be a care bear and do the things that care bears do! oh i wanna be a care bear! you do? id be like funshine and make the sunshine! id have a hear like lovealot, id be like wishbear and always be there we'd be the luckiest bears in carealot!" - My absolutle FAVORITE

and of course My little pony!!

Check out retro junk - i love reminising . . http://www.retrojunk.com/tv/list/

has lists AND CLIPS of all the oldies

Becles

Was talking to my eldest two about pre-school TV the other day.

From what I remember, Playschool was on around 10.30am and then there was about 20 mins of programmes on around 1pm, like King Rollo, Mr Benn, Pigeon Street etc., and that was it for pre-schoolers. The programmes got cancelled if the tennis or cricket or something like that was on.

They don't know they are born these days with several channels like CBeebies, Nick Junior etc., showing programmes all day long.

Having said that, I've got a 4 year old who's barely watched TV as she's shown no interest in it at all.

MessyMare

Fern Gully for me, and Sharky and George of an early morning - OH and I were talking about this the other day! I'm 24 and he's 37, so there's only a little bit of overlap but it was ace reminiscing with him. Oh! And Round the Twist, and Saved by the Bell! Those were the days...

Abbafan1972

During the 70's and 80's I think a lot of programmes had really great theme tunes!

Van der Valk. Never watched the programme really, but love the theme! Eye Level by The Simon Park Orchestra, have it as one of my ringtones!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0O-2oAvNTo&feature=related

Juliet Bravo, Grange Hill, Minder.

Loved Auf Wiedersehen (sp) Pet themes as well.

Percy1983

I was recently walking around the market and found the carebears movie for £1!!!!!

I loved the film the american rabbit, funny as I watched it back as an adult and can see the morals I was brain washed with, such lines as 'it doesn't matter if you win or lose as long as you tried you best'.

I keep meaning to buy the original transformers series.

But forget all that who remembers Pob's Programme!!!!

niklepic

I can't believe no one's mentioned button moon! I remember being gutted when that fitted. Also used to love Heidi (had forgotten about that), oh and Worzel Gummidge.

Need i mention The Littlest Hobo....There's a voice that keeps on calling me.....