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I wasn’t allowed a real dog but to me this was the next best thing
the zx spectrum and the tape recorder you had to hook it up with and the noise as it was loading
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loved my tiny tears, I loved all my dolly's, I had a doll called Drowsy she had a mop of blond hair, a cheeky face, she was soft bodied and wore a pink with white polka dot suit and when you pulled a string she spoke, I'm sure one of the things she used to say was I'm so sleepy, I remember sneaking her to school with me and one of my classmates pulled on her string to hard and broke her and she longer talked
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I always wanted the Sindy house, my best friend from school got it and it was massive, I absolutely love the proper old fashioned dolls house's one day I'll own one, however I did one year get a dolls house I think I was about 4, it was one my dad made, it was painted white with a red roof, it even had carpets,
I remember being amazed that Santa had matched it with the same carpet we had in our hall!
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That's so cute about the carpetthe zx spectrum and the tape recorder you had to hook it up with and the noise as it was loading
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loved my tiny tears, I loved all my dolly's, I had a doll called Drowsy she had a mop of blond hair, a cheeky face, she was soft bodied and wore a pink with white polka dot suit and when you pulled a string she spoke, I'm sure one of the things she used to say was I'm so sleepy, I remember sneaking her to school with me and one of my classmates pulled on her string to hard and broke her and she longer talked
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I always wanted the Sindy house, my best friend from school got it and it was massive, I absolutely love the proper old fashioned dolls house's one day I'll own one, however I did one year get a dolls house I think I was about 4, it was one my dad made, it was painted white with a red roof, it even had carpets,
I had a Cindy cafe thag had little plastic plates with croissants and a cafetiere, does sindy still exist?My Sibling found his handheld space invader game before Christmas, he would sneak up the stairs whenever my parents went to the shops on the lead up to the big day to have a shot, he got sprung though, he hadn't realised it was programmed to save your last score
just googled and after resting for many year's Sindy has been relaunched in 2023 She is available in Argos and Sainsbury, there's a vintage 1960's one available to buy on Ebay for £299, to think I used to play hairdresser's with mine and decided to cut her long blond hair and at the same time decided to cut my fringeThat's so cute about the carpet
My Mum was furious and took me to the hairdresser's to get the rest of my hair cut shortIn the 60s my two older, and much richer, cousins had (play) telephones in their bedrooms. At the time a real telephone was a luxury - and we didn't have one of those either - but these ones were brilliant, you just dialed any number and the other phone buzzed loudly. God I was fascinated with them, I really really really really wanted them. Wouldn't have been much good as my sister & I shared a bedroom, but even so ...
(Actually, posting about this has reawakened a memory. Being younger than cousins & sister, they probably couldn't be bothered with an annoying brat tagging along and obviously wanted to shake me off to go do something more grown-up, and one day when we were up in one of their rooms, they all buggered off and left me alone. So I had a little root around (I was only about 6 or 7) I had a nosy in one of the drawers and found what I thought was part of a sugar mouse, it smelt nice and sweet and perfumey ... so I ate some of it - yuk. Turned out it was some sort of clothes freshener or mothball or something. Yeah, served me right I suppose)
(Actually, posting about this has reawakened a memory. Being younger than cousins & sister, they probably couldn't be bothered with an annoying brat tagging along and obviously wanted to shake me off to go do something more grown-up, and one day when we were up in one of their rooms, they all buggered off and left me alone. So I had a little root around (I was only about 6 or 7) I had a nosy in one of the drawers and found what I thought was part of a sugar mouse, it smelt nice and sweet and perfumey ... so I ate some of it - yuk. Turned out it was some sort of clothes freshener or mothball or something. Yeah, served me right I suppose)
I never got the phones either, I had to make do with the empty tin of soup cans and stringIn the 60s my two older, and much richer, cousins had (play) telephones in their bedrooms. At the time a real telephone was a luxury - and we didn't have one of those either - but these ones were brilliant, you just dialed any number and the other phone buzzed loudly. God I was fascinated with them, I really really really really wanted them. Wouldn't have been much good as my sister & I shared a bedroom, but even so ...
(Actually, posting about this has reawakened a memory. Being younger than cousins & sister, they probably couldn't be bothered with an annoying brat tagging along and obviously wanted to shake me off to go do something more grown-up, and one day when we were up in one of their rooms, they all buggered off and left me alone. So I had a little root around (I was only about 6 or 7) I had a nosy in one of the drawers and found what I thought was part of a sugar mouse, it smelt nice and sweet and perfumey ... so I ate some of it - yuk. Turned out it was some sort of clothes freshener or mothball or something. Yeah, served me right I suppose)
I think we tried those too.I never got the phones either, I had to make do with the empty tin of soup cans and string
Then we used the tins & string as stilts - NOT recommended! I didn't have Quints although I used to have a tiny doll that lived in a wee box the size of a matchbox it's body was filled with grain or something else, Can anyone remember Itsy Bitzy Bean bag Doll? my younger cousin owned one
I was passed down a 70s Sinday dream house, with a lift and working lights. I adored it. It's still at my parents house but my daughter couldn't give a fig about dolls.
SameAw, I love these little nostalgia trips
Similar to Tree House, there was the yellow Teapot House.
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I was also mad on the Jem dolls.
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Wow a Jem doll's I had one, did her earrings light up?Same
I didn't have this one, but I did have Major Morgan. Still have one of those boxed in the loft that works. I always wanted a speak and spell but never got one. I do have one now, but it doesn't work. I use it as a prop for this guy:
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Remember Popples? And did anyone else have Princess Magic Touch?
Awwwwwww, I had Scamps too! He made a little bark as you pushed him along
OMG! I think I still have my little matchbox baby somewhere! I recently had to clear out my old childhood home when my mum passed away and I had kept loads of my old toys and I’m sure the matchbox baby was in the box
