Who remembers scraps?

So many happy times with scraps, swapping and collecting. I have lots still and small girls visiting were so delighted and fascinated, they always went home with a few sheets. Might buy some more just for fun!

Not just a Scottish thing as I lived in N. Yorks during that time. There were definitely seasons for games. Skipping and jacks ( metal shapes to pick up as you bounced a ball) and throwing two balls at the wall to catch them and make a rhythm.

I still have my two scrap books (old read books filled with the purchased 'scraps'.

I remember scraps. My mother didn’t want me to use a book to keep them in, so I think I kept them in a tin. I didn’t want to swap most of mine as I was so fond of them!

It does seem from previous posts that it was a Scottish thing.

Never heard of scraps. But did have lots of scrapbooks, each one a different theme. Indeed, I still have the one I made as a Deanager - all with James Dean pictures, etc.

westendgirl I remember the changing games too, in Scotland we called it ‘seasons’, the ball season, rope season etc. it just seemed to happen naturally through the year, beds season too which was hopping while pushing a ‘peever’ (often an empty shoe polish tin) through patterns chalked on the ground. Happy days! Late fifties for me. Scraps too of course.

I have never heard of "scraps" but i do have my childhood scrapbook. A strange collectuon of boring, meaningless and extaordinary things i would fancy throughout my childhood. I dont know why i clung to it for so long but it seems to be some sort of absurd time capsule.

Grannybuy, I was at a Scottish primary school at that time

believe it or not, but I still have some scraps pasted in a book...years ago my niece bought me some, I make greetings cards and she thought they could be used for that...they are girls standing in a green dress with bunches of flowers,

Never heard of it but cut stuff out from newspapers and put them in a scrapbook. Must have been interesting as someone stole it.

This was in the fifties, at a Scottish primary school.

Remember scraps fondly. There was a ‘season’ for scraps at my primary school. We all took our tins with our scraps daily, and swapped at breaks and lunch times. There were always some people that made us envious, as they had the more coveted ones. I remember buying some too, thought I m ever had a lot of money for this. I did have a scrapbook, but didn’t stick many in, just kept them in the tin. Was this maybe more of a Scottish thing?

Hi All. To me scraps are leftover food from the table. These would go into a great big tub on the back porch for the hogs and feeding them was called slopping the hogs.

There’s also scraps of material which we made quilts out of. Coming from Alabama everything is used not one single thing was going to waste. Feed sacks for the other animals came in pretty material called sacks and those were washed and cut into pieces for quilts and or dresses for us to wear. I remember my mother had the very first pedal singer sewing machine and all of our clothes were made on this machine along with the rest of the family who always showed up to borrow . Life on 300 acres of farmland and Alabama was extremely interesting😊

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I’ve still got mine ! I transferred them to an album several years ago. Mostly collected and swapped in about 1955-1960z!

AuntieE

I was the fortunate girl who lived in the UK, but had a grandmother living in Denmark, so a lot of my scraps were quite unlike a anything you could buy in Britain.

I drove very hard bargains for the Danish scraps I had more than one of.

I was brought up in Denmark when collecting glans billeder shiny pictures was the in thing for years. We did stick the ones we did not want to swap in to a scrap book in order of themes. The ones we wanted to swap were kept in a box ready for swapping. I carried mine around everywhere. I still have my scrapbooks and my husband’s but he collected cigarette cards, planes, royal themed pictures and they were mostly newspaper and magazine cuttings. Lovely hobby. You could also get paper Dollie’s and we use to draw them a huge wardrobe with accessories and then dress them in different outfits depending where they were going. Such fun.this was definitely in the 50s as I am born in 44.

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

I had both! I loved collecting ‘scraps’ and had quite a good collection when I was young. But I had a ‘normal’ scrapbook too
Even now, in my 70s, I still keep scrap books of holidays spent with my husband and children years ago, and later with grandchildren, and I find them comforting to look back on. My late husband and I spent lots of days in France too, and I kept a diary, with photos, of those odd days too.
I used to write a holiday diary which I then typed out when home, and I interspersed the narrative with photos. I found it helpful to use postcards instead of photos, unless I wanted people in them. The professional photos were so much better than mine. My husband and I spent many odd days in France as well. Living in Dover, it was so easy to hop on a ferry then. Not so easy now!
Scrapping is brilliant!

I was the fortunate girl who lived in the UK, but had a grandmother living in Denmark, so a lot of my scraps were quite unlike a anything you could buy in Britain.

I drove very hard bargains for the Danish scraps I had more than one of.

At senior school. 1960-62 we used to stick cuttings of our favourite actors on the inside of our desk lids! Robert Horton, Ed Byrne (‘cookie from 77 Sunset Strip) and Elvis!

irismarle
Definitely 60's. I was at primary school 63 -68 and they were all the rage in the mid-60's

Fond memories of scraps. (Not to be confused with scrapbooks). The thickest book you could find with a single scrap between each page all arranged in order of type. Push up any you wanted to swap. Our village post office sold them in boxes, spent many a happy time sifting through them

I saw some for sale recently in a Scottish national trust gift shop

BlueBelle

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

Me too, never heard of "Scraps" - as a child it was that delicious greasy treat after ballet class for 1 old pence in a newspaper cone.

Redblueandgreen

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

Me too!!!

This inspires me to show my grandchildren how to make a scrapbook, when they are old enough!

Never heard of scraps you are all referring to. What date were you scrapping? Did I miss something, or was it over before I started school?