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kircubbin2000 Sat 07-Sept-19 18:40:54

I used to love scraps when I was about 10 in the 50s. They were coloured stickers on various themes, animals,dolls, sport etc. We used to pass the shop after school to buy a new set to put in a scrapbook. There was something magic about them.

Gonegirl Sat 07-Sept-19 21:03:13

Am I the only one who got them from Sunday School? Right little angel I was. grin

annodomini Sat 07-Sept-19 21:22:39

I'd forgotten all about scraps - the paper kind. There were flowery ones but the most popular and the ones most frequently swapped were the variously coloured angels/cherubs.

paddyann Sat 07-Sept-19 21:38:39

Amazon have them I started a collection for my girlies,I got lovely sparkly christmas ones last year and they loved them.

I know gender specific yoys are not the way forward..but if that what they like.They are also into cars in a big way.their dad teaches racing drivers to drive so scraps are fine

sodapop Sat 07-Sept-19 21:50:33

I remember both. The ones from the fish shop and the ones for the scrap book. Many a wet afternoon spent with my scrap book. I have seen them on line but can't remember where.

Bathsheba Sat 07-Sept-19 21:53:58

I have no recollection of these at all! All of you who remember them are either much older or much younger than me wink.

Chip shops round here used to give out bags of scribbles, but not any more. I used to love them don't suppose my arteries did though

paddyann Sun 08-Sept-19 00:01:27

I was going through our attic last year and came across some books from when I was about 10 and in each page was a scrap .thats what prompted me to buy some for my GD's.We love swapping scraps at playtime

squawmaw Tue 20-Oct-26 17:09:33

So many things that kept us entertained for hours and cost our parents so little. Heights/chinese ropes (elastic bands), balls (tennis balls against a wall &between legs etc), scraps (often kept in any book lying about the house and doublers swapped with a pal), kick the can, kiss cuddle or torture, shadow puppets etc - the list is endless. It gave us exercise, fresh air, social skills and a developed imagination which led in later life to childrens stories being written, poems published numerous times and an aged person still having the ability to create things that charity shops can display/sell in their shops and raise funds for whatever their cause is.
The past helps the present and all thanks to a 70's childhood and everyday Glasgow games that every child played. smile

Sarnia Tue 20-Oct-26 17:15:08

Christmas crackers in the 1950's had lovely stickers on the crepe paper and I collected them to put in a scrapbook after Christmas.
Chippy scraps came later but they were delicious.

Fallingstar Tue 20-Oct-26 17:27:26

I had scraps in my scrapbook, I think they were fairies and garlands mainly, loved having a scrapbook, pasting in clippings from the newspaper and birthday and Christmas cards.

Chestnut Tue 20-Oct-26 17:30:58

There are lots of them here if anyone's looking to get some:
www.etsy.com/uk/market/scrapbook_stickers_1950?ref=lp_queries_external_bottom-17

Labradora Tue 20-Oct-26 17:37:13

Brunette10

Oh yes I remember scraps, loved them. Seem to remember waterbabies or something similar with wings. Know that sounds silly but that’s all I can remember, they seem to come in different sizes. Loved swapping them with my friends.

Yes I remember these. I remember buying them occasionally but I can't remember for the life of me what I did with them!

squawmaw Tue 20-Oct-26 17:43:15

My brothers were mid and late 50's then when it turned into 60's I appeared - my mum must've been getting Christmas crackers like that because I seem to remember them on Christmas tree in 60's hmm. For some strange reason a red one in crepe paper is stuck in my head and the scrap was golden (I was probably still in my nappies grin so amazing I remember anything wink)

Fallingstar Tue 20-Oct-26 18:35:34

I remember that at Christmas we got tangerines where one or two would be wrapped in crinkly gold tissue paper, I would also stick this in my scrapbook book.

Greyduster Tue 20-Oct-26 18:45:52

You can get scrapbooking stuff at The Range and also The Works.

BlueBelle Tue 20-Oct-26 18:48:44

We still get fish and chips scraps here always get them when I go for my chips
I did used to make scrapbooks but never had or bought ‘scraps’ most of my pictures were cut out of old magazines or comics if I remember rightly

Rocketstop2 Tue 20-Oct-26 19:02:35

kircubbin2000

I used to love scraps when I was about 10 in the 50s. They were coloured stickers on various themes, animals,dolls, sport etc. We used to pass the shop after school to buy a new set to put in a scrapbook. There was something magic about them.

I still get them and do lots of decoupage projects with them !