Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

PasturesNew

War Horse: The Real Story - on now

Just flicking through to find something and I spotted War Horse has just finished on Channel 4. I think some NP's wanted to watch that, so if you rush to 4+1 right now you can see it.

misskool

Thank you! I have a few more possibilities to play with.

Some of these look great.

Been contacted by another old friend from school, who will be in London next weekend but not sure I can be bothered.

sss555s

Some toys I remember were...


Atari 2600



Stock car smash-up



Flight Deck



Vertibird Rescue Helicopter

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

This is probably no help at all, but on the somerset levels their is a basket weaving place that has a huge sale room, and some excellent baskets. I saw a huge trunk there for a great price, and have always regretted not getting it. We got a stair basket for under a tenner. So if you and your dh fancied a trip to somerset i can try and remember excactly where...:D

It's on the A361 near Burrowbridge, just after or just before Burrow Mump, depending on which way you're going....Went past it yesterday. :cool:

There's a web site:
http://www.somersetlevels.co.uk/index.cfm

PasturesNew

We'd get a bag of sand in the summer, for the garden, to play with. And a net on a stick so we'd take our buckets and go to catch tiddlers. One year we got a square of metal and some little magnets to throw at it. I remember having an old wind-up monkey, a wind-up gramaphone and a plastic blow-up paddling pool. We also had a blackboard easel - and we'd throw blankets over that to make a wig-wam in the garden.

I had solitaire and some playing cards and Happy Families and Snap. Also, chinese checkers, snakes and ladders and draughts.

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

It's on the A361 near Burrowbridge, just after or just before Burrow Mump, depending on which way you're going....Went past it yesterday. :cool:

There's a web site:
http://www.somersetlevels.co.uk/index.cfm

Thats the place. I like the mump.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

We'd get a bag of sand in the summer, for the garden, to play with. And a net on a stick so we'd take our buckets and go to catch tiddlers. One year we got a square of metal and some little magnets to throw at it. I remember having an old wind-up monkey, a wind-up gramaphone and a plastic blow-up paddling pool. We also had a blackboard easel - and we'd throw blankets over that to make a wig-wam in the garden.

I had solitaire and some playing cards and Happy Families and Snap. Also, chinese checkers, snakes and ladders and draughts.

Oh yes, nets on sticks were great! Cathing bigs and swimming things.

michaels

We hd the pool, the tennis court, the boating lake, the other lake, the river, the croquet lawn, the woods, the field, the old railway line and not many toys as the parents were always broke but the pile of builders sand kept me occupied for many days.

We got a shoe rack and screwed it to the inside of the door for the cupboard under the stairs, works very well.

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

We'd get a bag of sand in the summer, for the garden, to play with. And a net on a stick so we'd take our buckets and go to catch tiddlers. One year we got a square of metal and some little magnets to throw at it. I remember having an old wind-up monkey, a wind-up gramaphone and a plastic blow-up paddling pool. We also had a blackboard easel - and we'd throw blankets over that to make a wig-wam in the garden.

I had solitaire and some playing cards and Happy Families and Snap. Also, chinese checkers, snakes and ladders and draughts.

SOUND THE SIRENS, SOUND THE SIRENS! POSH ALERT! POSH ALERT!

all i had was a big stick!

lostinrates

Oh, i had a wigwam, i remember that. Later, in uk i got a wendy house. Sold it before going to uni for some petrol and booze money.