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What was your most memorable present you got from Santy growing up?
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"Mine was a “Girls World” head  poor thing ended up with pen eyelashes and god knows what hairstyle. Good memories "
Did you give her a name and then change it |
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"Mine was a “Girls World” head poor thing ended up with pen eyelashes and god knows what hairstyle. Good memories
Did you give her a name and then change it "
She had more changes of hairstyle and hair colours. The innocence |
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"A blue bmx I pulled so many skids I wore away the tyre could not find a blue one had to settle for black looked all wrong was gutted"
Still I bet you thought you were the bees knees  |
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A minature China tea set.was a rather expensive Santa present back in them days but still have it.i live in hope in yrs to come it might make me money who knows haha |
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"A minature China tea set.was a rather expensive Santa present back in them days but still have it.i live in hope in yrs to come it might make me money who knows haha"
Ohh I love antique tea sets, I visit regularly charity shops looking for them |
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"A minature China tea set.was a rather expensive Santa present back in them days but still have it.i live in hope in yrs to come it might make me money who knows haha
Ohh I love antique tea sets, I visit regularly charity shops looking for them"
Not quite sure how antique is is.but to get a little China Victorian tea set off Santa when I was young was pretty big.love it to bits |
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"A minature China tea set.was a rather expensive Santa present back in them days but still have it.i live in hope in yrs to come it might make me money who knows haha
Ohh I love antique tea sets, I visit regularly charity shops looking for them
Not quite sure how antique is is.but to get a little China Victorian tea set off Santa when I was young was pretty big.love it to bits "
Aww that's sweet, high sentimental value  |
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By *orguyMan
over a year ago
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"A minature China tea set.was a rather expensive Santa present back in them days but still have it.i live in hope in yrs to come it might make me money who knows haha"
We might see you on the antiques roadshow yet |
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"A minature China tea set.was a rather expensive Santa present back in them days but still have it.i live in hope in yrs to come it might make me money who knows haha
We might see you on the antiques roadshow yet "
You never know |
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"A minature China tea set.was a rather expensive Santa present back in them days but still have it.i live in hope in yrs to come it might make me money who knows haha
We might see you on the antiques roadshow yet
You never know"
I’m sure the sentimental value is priceless though. What a beautiful keepsake, hope u at least got to use it |
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Action Man - the one with the moving snake eyes. Same time as my sister got Cindy doll.
Then stripped him off to change uniform and found he was a eunach. Curiosity drove me to check if Cindy had been short changed too and of course she had gotten sealed up and her nips were missing.
I tried to lend moral support by taking a black biro and colouring in her bush - even though she was blonde. Course if it was now I needn’t have bothered as shaved is more natural |
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It was a train set, I set it on the floor just a basic oval, an engine with a coal carriage and 3 passenger carriages,the light came on at the front and every few seconds it would let a puff of smoke and a choo choo sound,I was mesmerised right up to the point my aunt walked in the door stepped on it and broke it.My 3-4 best christmas hours ever.
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"Action Man - the one with the moving snake eyes. Same time as my sister got Cindy doll.
Then stripped him off to change uniform and found he was a eunach. Curiosity drove me to check if Cindy had been short changed too and of course she had gotten sealed up and her nips were missing.
I tried to lend moral support by taking a black biro and colouring in her bush - even though she was blonde. Course if it was now I needn’t have bothered as shaved is more natural "
 glad not the only one destroyed the dolls with biro lol |
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Oh it was a hand held game abit like an 80,s version of a Nintendo ds
I loved it and then it went missing
Till this day I still think my older brother sold it ! |
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"A minature China tea set.was a rather expensive Santa present back in them days but still have it.i live in hope in yrs to come it might make me money who knows haha
We might see you on the antiques roadshow yet
You never know
I’m sure the sentimental value is priceless though. What a beautiful keepsake, hope u at least got to use it "
Defiantly huge sentimental value to it.not sure if I will part with it.haha not being used in many yrs now but safely put away out of harms way.might look a bit odd using it now though.wont chance it just in case the men in white come with a straight jacket for me |
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"It was a train set, I set it on the floor just a basic oval, an engine with a coal carriage and 3 passenger carriages,the light came on at the front and every few seconds it would let a puff of smoke and a choo choo sound,I was mesmerised right up to the point my aunt walked in the door stepped on it and broke it.My 3-4 best christmas hours ever.
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Ahh, I gasped for a breathe reading that... |
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"A minature China tea set.was a rather expensive Santa present back in them days but still have it.i live in hope in yrs to come it might make me money who knows haha
We might see you on the antiques roadshow yet
You never know
I’m sure the sentimental value is priceless though. What a beautiful keepsake, hope u at least got to use it
Defiantly huge sentimental value to it.not sure if I will part with it.haha not being used in many yrs now but safely put away out of harms way.might look a bit odd using it now though.wont chance it just in case the men in white come with a straight jacket for me "
They wouldn’t cover up that lingerie be sacrilege beautiful piece xx |
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"It was a train set, I set it on the floor just a basic oval, an engine with a coal carriage and 3 passenger carriages,the light came on at the front and every few seconds it would let a puff of smoke and a choo choo sound,I was mesmerised right up to the point my aunt walked in the door stepped on it and broke it.My 3-4 best christmas hours ever.
Ahh, I gasped for a breathe reading that..."
I can remember every detail of those few hours,my parents moving tables and chairs around me setting up the dinner table my brothers and sister playing in my peripheral vision with their gifts,the shows on TV etc etc the wrenching of my heart through my chest (figuratively speaking) as it all went crunch. |
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"It was a train set, I set it on the floor just a basic oval, an engine with a coal carriage and 3 passenger carriages,the light came on at the front and every few seconds it would let a puff of smoke and a choo choo sound,I was mesmerised right up to the point my aunt walked in the door stepped on it and broke it.My 3-4 best christmas hours ever.
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Three to four hrs
U must have been heart broken when it happened |
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"Action Man - the one with the moving snake eyes. Same time as my sister got Cindy doll.
Then stripped him off to change uniform and found he was a eunach. Curiosity drove me to check if Cindy had been short changed too and of course she had gotten sealed up and her nips were missing.
I tried to lend moral support by taking a black biro and colouring in her bush - even though she was blonde. Course if it was now I needn’t have bothered as shaved is more natural
glad not the only one destroyed the dolls with biro lol"
I got a doll or two off Santa.their heads were beheaded.arms and legs pulled out and drawn on by my lovely siblings |
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"It was a train set, I set it on the floor just a basic oval, an engine with a coal carriage and 3 passenger carriages,the light came on at the front and every few seconds it would let a puff of smoke and a choo choo sound,I was mesmerised right up to the point my aunt walked in the door stepped on it and broke it.My 3-4 best christmas hours ever.
Ahh, I gasped for a breathe reading that...
I can remember every detail of those few hours,my parents moving tables and chairs around me setting up the dinner table my brothers and sister playing in my peripheral vision with their gifts,the shows on TV etc etc the wrenching of my heart through my chest (figuratively speaking) as it all went crunch."
. Did she replace it? My memories of train sets were the hours setting them up. |
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"It was a train set, I set it on the floor just a basic oval, an engine with a coal carriage and 3 passenger carriages,the light came on at the front and every few seconds it would let a puff of smoke and a choo choo sound,I was mesmerised right up to the point my aunt walked in the door stepped on it and broke it.My 3-4 best christmas hours ever.
Three to four hrs
U must have been heart broken when it happened"
Absolutely,it really became a moment frozen in time. |
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"It was a train set, I set it on the floor just a basic oval, an engine with a coal carriage and 3 passenger carriages,the light came on at the front and every few seconds it would let a puff of smoke and a choo choo sound,I was mesmerised right up to the point my aunt walked in the door stepped on it and broke it.My 3-4 best christmas hours ever.
Three to four hrs
U must have been heart broken when it happened
Absolutely,it really became a moment frozen in time."
A moment that never left me, I got my first proper bicycle this particular xmas, I cycled into primary school after the holidays, I remember it as clear as if it happened yesterday. It was friday, I locked the bicycle in the yard, came down to unlock it after school only to realise id lost the key. I was distraught at the prospect of my bicycle being left there over the weekend, I built myself up with an anger, that when I pulled at the lock and chain I snapped the chain, I know what your thinking, it was a small lock, if I tried to do the sme today with a similar set up, id fail..the power of emotion |
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Roller skates and not the boot type lol. The ones that went over your shoes and you could make them bigger as you got older. Anyone else remember them ?? |
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"Roller skates and not the boot type lol. The ones that went over your shoes and you could make them bigger as you got older. Anyone else remember them ??"
We’re they the ones with the stopper on the front...? |
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"Roller skates and not the boot type lol. The ones that went over your shoes and you could make them bigger as you got older. Anyone else remember them ??"
You could hear them at the other end of the road, leather straps kinky looking things ha |
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"Mine was a “Girls World” head poor thing ended up with pen eyelashes and god knows what hairstyle. Good memories
my sister had one of those"
Hellllo rudolf  |
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"Tiny tears ...God I loved that doll and my sindy dolls house "
Tiny tears was the first present I remember . I think I still have her somewhere in my daughters toy box . Also still have a little toy dog my grandmother gave me when I was 4 or 5 , so it’s like 44 years old . It’s lovely still having that connection to my nana xx |
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"Tiny tears ...God I loved that doll and my sindy dolls house
Tiny tears was the first present I remember . I think I still have her somewhere in my daughters toy box . Also still have a little toy dog my grandmother gave me when I was 4 or 5 , so it’s like 44 years old . It’s lovely still having that connection to my nana xx "
That is gorgeous
When they brought back tiny tears I bought one for my daughters but it was disappointing. It looked nothing like the original |
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"Roller skates and not the boot type lol. The ones that went over your shoes and you could make them bigger as you got older. Anyone else remember them ??"
ah God the memories lol and then I progressed to the boot ones with 4 wheels and the all important stopper ...just in time for the roller discos ah good times ... even then I wasn't innocent |
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A scaletrix set.About 38 years ago.It was a two car racing set with headlights on both cars.My brother and i would play with it for hours each day.The batteries used cost a small fortune.I still remember it as if it were only yesterday. |
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"Mine was a “Girls World” head poor thing ended up with pen eyelashes and god knows what hairstyle. Good memories "
.. snap and encouraged my career choice lol |
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"Mine was a “Girls World” head poor thing ended up with pen eyelashes and god knows what hairstyle. Good memories .. snap and encouraged my career choice lol "
Sounds like you both engage in torture and humiliation. Did your career choice mean you ended up working in Guantanamo Bay...??? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Mine was a “Girls World” head poor thing ended up with pen eyelashes and god knows what hairstyle. Good memories .. snap and encouraged my career choice lol "
Psychiatric nurse  |
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"Has to be scalextric set . Then I was able to get extra bits for it and the pleasure I got for years afterwards was great . "
Anyone get a “Race and Chase” track.? Was like scalextric except the cars could reverse and turn and there was a bridge to jump... |
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By *ilderMan
over a year ago
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"Mine was a “Girls World” head poor thing ended up with pen eyelashes and god knows what hairstyle. Good memories .. snap and encouraged my career choice lol "
You decapitate people for a living?... That's quite niche!  |
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"Anybody remember the “Six Milliom Dollar Man” Steve Austin Action Figure? That was my most memorable Santa present....loved it!"
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I got one of those!! The backpack had a clip that you could attach to the radiator to pick up radio!
Great show and amazing present  |
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"Definitely the Millenium Falcon.
Star Wars spaceship, flown by a certain Han Solo!
Even used to take my pet gerbils on adventures..... "
Ok: is that last sentence in any way connected to the first two...???! |
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"Definitely the Millenium Falcon.
Star Wars spaceship, flown by a certain Han Solo!
Even used to take my pet gerbils on adventures.....
Ok: is that last sentence in any way connected to the first two...???! "
Aye used to put the poor wee buggers inside the toy. |
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"Definitely the Millenium Falcon.
Star Wars spaceship, flown by a certain Han Solo!
Even used to take my pet gerbils on adventures.....
Ok: is that last sentence in any way connected to the first two...???!
Aye used to put the poor wee buggers inside the toy. "
Phew..! Thought we had a Richard Gere (allegedly) moment going on there |
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"Mine was a “Girls World” head poor thing ended up with pen eyelashes and god knows what hairstyle. Good memories .. snap and encouraged my career choice lol "
Not a bad trade to be in, always be work |
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"Definitely the Millenium Falcon.
Star Wars spaceship, flown by a certain Han Solo!
Even used to take my pet gerbils on adventures.....
Ok: is that last sentence in any way connected to the first two...???!
Aye used to put the poor wee buggers inside the toy.
Phew..! Thought we had a Richard Gere (allegedly) moment going on there "
Hahaha!
Feck that for a game of (gerbil) soldier's.
I wonder was the Richard Here thing an auld urban legend. |
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It was a model fighter plane with like a joystick handle.
You could run around holding it, and if you tilted it up and down it made speeding up and and bombing noises etc
I remember it cause it wasn't what I wanted, I wanted a ken doll. |
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"Definitely has to be the Rainbow Brite doll I got when I was 5/6. Still have it in my memory box. "
Oh wow my sister had one ... hideous but so loved as well. Haven't seen one in years !! |
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"It was a model fighter plane with like a joystick handle.
You could run around holding it, and if you tilted it up and down it made speeding up and and bombing noises etc
I remember it cause it wasn't what I wanted, I wanted a ken doll."
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The innocence
Was 11yo,,was at midnight mass and got a lift home by next door neighbour who asked me what I was getting for Christmas present, so I told him I was getting a computer as my older brother had informed me that he had seen it and I could not wait to get playing games on it, I remember his grin all these years later as he said enjoy your computer dropping me off at home.
Got up about 6am so excited jumped down the stairs and opened living room door hoping to see this shining computer lol. Looking around the room and not seeing my computer I was bemused thinking wtf as I stared at this 6ft green rectangular thing lol ,,, not a computer but a snooker table which my Next door neighbour had collected for my parents as we did not have a car,,, that grin still makes me laugh.
And the snooker table was the best present I ever got had years and years of playing on it. |
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"Love snooker and pool myself, used to be one of the only things to do at Christmas where I grew up. That and Funderland "
Was known to be handy with a pool cue myself.. |
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"Mine was a “Girls World” head poor thing ended up with pen eyelashes and god knows what hairstyle. Good memories "
Op you can get plenty of "girls world" head on here to play with for real |
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"Tiny tears until my brother drew specs on her with permanent marker on Christmas day  "
Ha ha!! dear god i nearly
spat out my coffee and im really sorry for laughing! But!! ye poor thing! You must have been heartbroken!  |
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"Tiny tears until my brother drew specs on her with permanent marker on Christmas day
Ha ha!! dear god i nearly
spat out my coffee and im really sorry for laughing! But!! ye poor thing! You must have been heartbroken! "
I was devastated! I wanted her the previous year but it didn't happen so I waited another year. Then found him drawing specs around her eyes because I wouldn't give him the curly wurly out of my selection box! |
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"Tiny tears until my brother drew specs on her with permanent marker on Christmas day
Ha ha!! dear god i nearly
spat out my coffee and im really sorry for laughing! But!! ye poor thing! You must have been heartbroken!
I was devastated! I wanted her the previous year but it didn't happen so I waited another year. Then found him drawing specs around her eyes because I wouldn't give him the curly wurly out of my selection box! "
Ive had the best laugh in a long time reading that i bet payback was a bitch |
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"Tiny tears until my brother drew specs on her with permanent marker on Christmas day
Ha ha!! dear god i nearly
spat out my coffee and im really sorry for laughing! But!! ye poor thing! You must have been heartbroken!
I was devastated! I wanted her the previous year but it didn't happen so I waited another year. Then found him drawing specs around her eyes because I wouldn't give him the curly wurly out of my selection box!
Ive had the best laugh in a long time reading that i bet payback was a bitch "
All over a curly wurly lol you poor thing. I bet you think it is funny now today though .I crashed my bike into a car coming out it's driveway shortly after getting it. It was in pieces lol the joys of memorys x. |
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"Tiny tears until my brother drew specs on her with permanent marker on Christmas day "
brothers are shits
Mine always deliberately broke anything belonging to me. We used to spend Christmas day gouging each others eyes out |
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"Tiny tears until my brother drew specs on her with permanent marker on Christmas day
Ha ha!! dear god i nearly
spat out my coffee and im really sorry for laughing! But!! ye poor thing! You must have been heartbroken!
I was devastated! I wanted her the previous year but it didn't happen so I waited another year. Then found him drawing specs around her eyes because I wouldn't give him the curly wurly out of my selection box!
Ive had the best laugh in a long time reading that i bet payback was a bitch "
It was, he never did find the right side wheel of his go cart |
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"Tiny tears until my brother drew specs on her with permanent marker on Christmas day
brothers are shits
Mine always deliberately broke anything belonging to me. We used to spend Christmas day gouging each others eyes out"
Haha we were like that too, all my dolls eventually had specs even the little ones, no doll was safe! Thinking back I think the fkr probably had a fetish of some kind |
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"Tiny tears until my brother drew specs on her with permanent marker on Christmas day
brothers are shits
Mine always deliberately broke anything belonging to me. We used to spend Christmas day gouging each others eyes out
Haha we were like that too, all my dolls eventually had specs even the little ones, no doll was safe! Thinking back I think the fkr probably had a fetish of some kind "
most likely! I didn't have dolls - i find them disturbing still to this day...I'm sure it's some kind of phobia |
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When I was about 8 I asked my dad  for a small snooker table. We lived close to a pool hall but I wasn't allowed go there, full of ruffiains .
About a week before Xmas my brother and I were in on a Sunday morning jumping up and down on my dad in his bed trying to annoy him when out of nowhere my brother karate kicks me in the throat, off the bed I flew and bounced of the wall landing face down on the floor. No joke I thought I was dying until I turned my head to see the box of a snooker table under the bed. Panic in my dad's eyes and a miracle recovery from me.
Apparently Santa was really busy that year and he had to send my gifts earlier with AnPost. Who knew santa used couriers. Bloody loved that snooker table |
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