Who remembers scraps?

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And more - seems there were themes.

Katek,
We used to spend hours with our books of mottos. We didn’t call them scraps in my part of Scotland. The sets of angels and glitter mottos were very precious. Such a happy time spent curled up in the school outdoor sheds (even in winter) swapping sets or just looking at each other’s collections.

yogitree

I will find my books of scraps and put a few photos on tomorrow. I am Scottish too - maybe the hobby didn't reach further south. All that bargaining, persuasion and decisions to be made - great fun!

I live as far south as you can get! Any further south and I’d be in the sea, which I can see from my window!
I loved scraps and I don’t think it was only a Scottish thing.

Great photos, yogitree. I wish I still had mine. I enjoyed trying to read the book text too!

Thanks yogitree. Great memories. Katek, I remember those cribs. Best Thread of the Day.

My favourite scraps were the Flower Fairies, especially the poppy and the forget-me-not.

I remember scraps, and I live in the Midlands. Maybe it's age rather than area related? I was 7 in 1960, so maybe it was a 1950s thing.

I don't remember swapping them. I think I must have hoarded them.

Sure do. I’m sure I had millions of them as a child. Used to keep them in albums. I wonder what happened to them? Loved collecting them and seopping them with friends.

I’ve never heard of scraps. I was born in 58 , was this before my time ?

westendgirl I remember some of the skipping songs - one in particular mentions an American film actor called Wallace Beery! He died in the 1940s but we were still singing about him in the 1950s! Could anybody here manage to skip double ropes? I could never master it.

Litterpicker

"went to sea'? And yes, I could do the doublers