Your favourite childhood toys?

Dolls and the dolls house my dad made for me.

I also loved my top and whip. Jacks. Ball games with friends. The only doll I ever had was destroyed by my 2 year old sister and I didn't want another one.
My dad made me a swing and I spent ages on that.

My young brother’s Meccano set, he wasn’t keen on it. I got given dolls because I was a girl, not appreciated gifts!
I also collected marbles and played games with them in the school playground….with the boys!
I was a little tomboy but never fancied being a boy, wonder what I’d be thinking if that was me in today’s world?!

Without a doubt my knitted teddy, "Stripey".
He came on honeymoon with us.
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My mum threw all of my toys away when I left home. On top of that there was a photo I took of them which she must have thrown out too because it isn't with all of the other photos. I guess she was so upset at me leaving home she didn't realise how much I cherished my childhood or appreciated how loved I was or how they scrimped and saved to give me the best of everything. I'd give anything to see that photo again. Margaret and Sylvia the dolls and Blackie the big black bear. And Teddy who was old when I got him so was probably my mum's [I never asked her ]. Sylvia was a Christmas present. She came with a crib and a wardrobe full of clothes. I remember going round to all the neighbours showing her to them..

Petra , that mobo roundabout has triggered my memory ! Me and my sister loved it - thank-you!

Not PC now but my favourite toy in the 1950's was a little black golliwog that came with me everywhere. I also had a rag doll and a 'mama' doll called Betty. My favourite playground game was 'dabs' (fivestones) I couldn't get the hang of Jacks.

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Petra , that mobo roundabout has triggered my memory ! Me and my sister loved it - thank-you!

You’re the only other person I know who had one.

All my soft toys had names such as cat or monkey or panda . My favourite was a rabbit . Rabbit replaced panda when left on a bus .
I only recall one doll and I can't recall her name-it wasn't doll ! I think that it was Jennifer.She had wardrobe of evening clothes made by my ģrandma .She had short curly strawberry blond hair and was enormous .
She had a lilac pram in which to wear those evening dresses !
I eventually gave her away to a little girl who had lost her father.
I had a collection of plastic horses and made a stable out of shoe boxes .They all had names and I used to make up stories about them .Some of their names came out of Black Beauty .
From an early age - I loved and collected books particularly if they were illustrated and old .
I used to read them even though I didn't always understand the full meaning of the words .
I liked drawing and painting as well .Horses were my usual subject .
I wanted Sindy and Barbie dolls but wasn't allowed to have them . My mother thought that they were too sexualised .
We used to play cards, Monopoly or Scrabble a great deal at least once a week but never on Sundays !

My ex Royal Marine son, has his babyhood Teddy (known as Ted) living in his home. No one else is allowed to touch him.

My favourite was far and away my dress up dolls. They were paper dolls and costumes you cut out. My sisters and I played with them for hours. I still have some of them, as do my sisters. They were like real people to us.

A rusty biscuit tin full of Corgi and Matchbox cars. I was a tomboy, and prayed every night that I could become a boy, because experience taught me that boys got a much better deal out of life than girls did.

I loved my Spirograph, and my beautiful blue bike. I had a couple of dolls, though never allowed the Sindy / Barbie / Tressy type, and my adored white teddy bear who’s graced my bed since 1962.

Yes! Had lots of Corgi and Matchbox cars...wish I'd kept them.

Also made and painted Airfix models [very fiddly], the best being one of the Mayflower [ship].

A 'Painting by numbers' set was always a welcome present.

I hated dolls, but loved the doll's house my father made me. It was a replica of our 30s semi, right down to the furniture. An even bigger favourite was the rocking horse he made. My favourite shop bought toy was my post office set, with all its stamps, postal orders and telegrams.

Hated dolls but loved my teddy and dog. Had hours of fun playing with my toy kitchen.As an only childhood to entertain myself. Never happier than being outside with my little trowel.

I have a Bobby as well, I think he was a Pedigree bear.
Here is what he should like but my Bobby is in a very sorry state. I should really rescue him from the attic and give him some tlc.

Sorry, images won't post.

My father made me a dolls house and my nieces played with it when they visited Mum and Dad.

There used to be chemistry sets which might be considered dangerous now and also a toy tin stove which could be lit with meths 😯
A 'walking' robot was another toy.

I wish I still had some of these toys.

I had a straw filled teddy bear that I loved. It disappeared one day and I never found him again.
I also had a small clear perspex box which looked like a suitcase. Inside there were 3 plastic bears,3 bowls with spoons, a blue plastic table with matching blue chairs. Must have been Goldilocks and the 3 bears. I don't know where that went but I still think of these toys.

I spent hours with my Spirograph. But maybe not as long as in making clothes for Sindy. My pocket money didn’t stretch to the genuine outfits.

Also loved my Floral Garden, which I still have somewhere. The greenhouse never stayed up, and the beds had roses, daffodils and green beans all out at the same time. Happy days!

I had a furry monkey on a string of elastic and loved him and cuddled him until he was bald!

Lego, jigsaw puzzles, Tiny Tears and Teeny Tiny Tears and a “walking doll” I named Rachael.
I Always made a total mess of Spirograph and found Etch-a -Sketch frustrating.
I liked colouring in and magic painting and Fuzzy Felt,

Plasticine (it always turned khaki colour), a real porcelain dolls tea set and a tiny wooden coffee set my older sister brought me back from her honeymoon in Italy.

Others I remember fondly are The Kelly Doll sent for with cut out coupons from Kelloggs Corn Flakes It came with knitting patterns for Kelly and my mum made them - I was amazed!

Then there was Action Girl, Roller Skates a Tricycle and some very tangled Pelham Puppets.
Oh and a gorgeous black poodle toy with a squeak from
Blackpool sea front that I had “begged and pleaded” for all week whilest on holiday.

Bluebird how strange I m back on my own for a lot of years now and do fine with my own company Have lots of interaction outside the home and am looked upon as a very positive reasonably happy person I still have school friends too and one special one
I had a lovely Dad but both mum and dad worked long hours so I spent a lot of time with my Nan like you
Mum was an only child Dad had four siblings but he was a late baby so they were all much older than him and so all my cousins had left home and gone by the time I came along
I would have loved a sibling or cousin to play with but I guess it made me self sufficient and it is what it is

Here’s me with my dolls pram

I loved my bicycle more than any other toy if a bicycle can be called a toy. I cycled for miles with a picnic lunch in the saddle bag and, from when I was 12, with a transistor radio hanging from the handle bars. It came in a leather case with a handle.

I don't think any other possessions have given me as much pleasure since!

I loved my hard bodied doll I called mama I think because she said “ma ma” when tipped a certain way. She also used to go to the Dolly Hospital (my dad’s work shed) as her eyes used to fall back into her head regularly ! I had a gorgeous white springy pram I was so proud of. My mum made lovely bedding for it.

I was also into Sindy, Tressy dolls I loved to style their hair. Tressy had hair that extended out from a hole at the top of her head!

My other love was my Enid Blyton books I had loads.

I went through a doll stage when I was nine, and I did love my cloth monkey. But as I mentioned on the sewing thread, I loved sewing and knitting. But my absolute favourite possession, then as now, was my bike.