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Do you remember?Scraps.

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kircubbin2000 Sat 07-Sep-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.

paddyann Sun 08-Sep-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

Bathsheba Sat 07-Sep-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

sodapop Sat 07-Sep-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.

paddyann Sat 07-Sep-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

annodomini Sat 07-Sep-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.

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

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

Littleannie Sat 07-Sep-19 21:01:18

I think I saw some in Hobbycraft, though they may have been stickers. They have scrapbooks.

lemongrove Sat 07-Sep-19 20:57:47

I only remember the scraps from fish and chip shops, although I did have a scrapbook, but put all sorts into that, pressed flowers, pictures etc.

TerriBull Sat 07-Sep-19 20:54:39

Yes I posted about them on some thread or other, relating to memories about childhood I think. I was at junior school in the early 60s, they were a big thing then, we'd bring in books with scraps between pages, I coveted sets of angels and cherubs. Wannabe scrap collectors like myself were prone to cut out pictures and stick those between the pages as scrap substitutessad I think I got my hands on a few packets of the real thing from time to time, probably after a lot of badgering and whining blush

MamaCaz Sat 07-Sep-19 20:52:01

'Bits' were I grew up too (near Huddersfield), Maggiemaybe. Mmm, loved them smile

Never heard of the paper scraps, but i think i must be at least 10 years younger than the OP.

Gonegirl Sat 07-Sep-19 20:51:53

gillyknits kids can be a bit disappointing sometimes can't they! grin

Gonegirl Sat 07-Sep-19 20:49:13

Marks and Sparks include a little packet of batter scraps in with their packs of fish and chips. I eat them all before any of it goes in the oven.

Gonegirl Sat 07-Sep-19 20:47:14

We had them given to us at Sunday School. They were lovely. I used to love a scrap book.

rockgran Sat 07-Sep-19 19:21:24

I remember my sister having them - there seemed to be lots of cherubs.

AnnS1 Sat 07-Sep-19 19:14:27

Sure there were crinoline lady ones

Maggiemaybe Sat 07-Sep-19 19:13:55

Batter scraps are bits round here. There’s a fish shop somewhere in the locality called Wi’bits.

rubysong Sat 07-Sep-19 19:13:38

I have made scrapbooks for my DGC when they were starting to talk. Mostly pictures cut from magazines, usually of people doing funny things, food, animals etc. It helped their vocabularies and was fun to go through with them, talking about the pictures. I remember Princess Beatrice's hat made an appearance in one of them.

Maggiemaybe Sat 07-Sep-19 19:11:44

My DMIL had a store of them with scrapbooks that she got out when she had my children round. They loved them.

I suppose they’ve been replaced by stickers now.

Sussexborn Sat 07-Sep-19 19:09:28

I had a scrap book with pictures of the Beatles. My middle brother drew spectacles, beards and moustaches on all of the pictures in ink! Can you sense the indignation I still feel?

We used to buy a 4d bag of chips and ask if they had any scraps. Walking home from ballet on a cold winters night.

ninathenana Sat 07-Sep-19 19:09:11

Chip shop scraps are called cracklin' where I am.
I never did picture scraps.

gillyknits Sat 07-Sep-19 19:06:59

Ah yes! Paper scraps. They were saved and swapped and treasured in the fifties. I saved my pocket money to buy sheets of scraps in cellophane packets. Some of the Victorian ones were very beautiful and coveted for their rarity. I kept mine in a box, which I’ve kept for sixty years and have now transferred into an album. Sadly my GD wasn’t really interested when I showed them to her.☹️

Brunette10 Sat 07-Sep-19 19:02:32

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.

Desdemona Sat 07-Sep-19 18:57:40

Scraps (the chip shop sort) were known as scrumps in Bristol. I recently asked my local chip shop owner if they were still available and he said they weren't because of "food hygiene rules." Seems odd.

SilverDarlings12 Sat 07-Sep-19 18:56:59

Look up "Victorian Style Scraps" Kirc. There are many. Slainte.

BlueBelle Sat 07-Sep-19 18:53:36

We still get fish and chip shop scraps
No I don’t remember your scraps kircub although i did used to get sheets to cut out for scrap books I think I vaguely remember