Who remembers scraps?

Yes! Early junior school days, I remember it was a huge pass time, heaving books into school with scraps between pages. My collection was never that good, I was hugely envious of other girls who had sets of angels and cherubs, somehow my pocket money never seemed to extend that far, or maybe I just spent it all on 🍬🍫🍭🍬

I prefered scraps to sweets - but prefered comics and Britain's farm animals to both!

Yes, I remember scraps. Spent ages pasting them into a scrapbook. Woolworths sold them (and just about everything else imaginable!). Happy days.

I remember having a scrap book but not buying special scraps to go in it. Just cut up birthday cards or pictures from my mother's magazines

As the youngest child by quite some way I was given all the coloured pictures which decorated the crepe paper Christmas crackers. I spent hours sticking them into a scrap book. I was also the recipient of all the sixpences from the Christmas pudding, so a good day all round.

Was getting hungry then thinking about the ones we got from the chippy.

I remember them most in the context of "swap sessions" these were often held on rainy day lunchtime breaks in the classroom. It involved exchanging books, pushing up desired scraps above pages and then some involved bartering with partner when the session finished, usually unsatisfactorily from an exchange point of view, before starting a new set up with someone else.

I recall the swap sessions as well-my favourites were the pastel coloured angels and cherubs but I guarded mine, wasn't swapping them!

My scrapbook contained pictures of Robert Horton and Clint Eastwood cut out from magazines or Radio Times.

I didn’t know about the scraps mentioned by the OP.

Ilovecheese

I remember having a scrap book but not buying special scraps to go in it. Just cut up birthday cards or pictures from my mother's magazines

Same here.

I've never heard of buying scraps or swapping them either.

merlotgran I made a scrapbook with pictures cut out of magazines of Princess (then Queen) Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, little Prince Charles and Princess Anne. 🙂

Oh I remember scraps! We used to keep ours in the pages of a book. At playtime a few of us girls (separate playgrounds for boys and girls in 60’s Scotland) would sit in the shelter and swap. The book would rest spine down on your knees then we’d take turns to leaf through our books to see if you pal wanted to do a swap. .Angels n cherubs were good! And bunches of flowers…simple pleasures indeed.

Well, I remember PG Tips cards and doing swaps of those.

Redblueandgreen

Was getting hungry then thinking about the ones we got from the chippy.

Oh yes!
Yum yum!

Well like a few others I ve never heard of scraps (only the chip variety at the chip shop) and never swapped
It’s is an area thing ?
I had a scrap book with bits cut out of magazine or cards but never heard of swapping

I remember sitting on the steps swapping buttons with a neighbour! Can you imagine it now!!!

Scraps to me are either scraps of fabric or those crispy bits of batter (yum).

I've never come across 'scraps' in this context.

Like these!

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1154891978/vintage-style-paper-scraps-die-cut

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/609380736/6-genuine-vintage-angel-english-scraps

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234740718361

I know what you’re talking about now but I did think you meant scraps of batter at the fish and chip shop or scraps as in when there was a playground fight at school. It would start, someone would shout “scrap, scrap” and a huge crowd of kids would gather.

Primrose53 me too. That’s got me thinking of the chip shop now!
Never got involved in a SCRAP scrap,………was far too much of an angel - -scaredy-cat- -

I used to love scrap books. I took just pasted in pictures that took my fancy from magazines or newspapers - simple pleasures!

Yes, Inused to see packs of Victorian-type scraps somewhere.
A favourite 🎄decoration is a garland of robins - Victorian-scrap type, but a lot bigger. I have 2 from Past Times - if anyone remembers them -they come out every year.

I remember scraps and taking the book to school. To do a swap you said a pin, a pin , a pin to dip in and in exchange for a pin you would give out a scrap. Why I don't know.
It was funny how the games changed and somehow you just knew when whips and tops changed to skipping in a big rope and that to scraps and then to ball and so on.I wonder if this is regional. I grew up in the West Riding.

Scraps? ha ha I thought it was about bits of batter! I do remember scrap books though. It was full of pop stars.