You know when you think back to your childhood, there are always certain things that stick in your mind, memories, stories, people, books, toys… all things that were really important to you. Some things were premonitions of the future too!
I already detailed my love of books as a child, in a series of posts, including Enid Blyton, Roger Hargreaves, Roald Dahl, A. A. Milne, Ann Jungman, and Dr Seuss, amongst many others.
When I go home, I love the fact that my mum is as sentimental as I am. She keeps so many of the things associated with our childhoods. It gives me such pleasure to see my own children playing with the things that my brother and I loved as children!
As you will have seen in some of the author posts, she kept many of my books, which my kids love to read now, and so many of our favourite playthings are there too. From Duplo Bricks, to Matchbox cars, my Cabbage Patch dolls, to treasured teddies, they’re all there!
But what I will focus on right now are two toys that I had, that now my Lil Princess loves to play with. They are both toys that almost indicate my future and personality!
The first is this,
My Fisher Price Play School!
You know I was always going to be a teacher, don’t you! and Lil Princess brought this back with her after our last visit, and loves to play schools with it! I actually can’t believe that all the pieces are there, in tact, and all we needed to get was some new chalk so she could use the chalk board!
The other toy I found, which is due to celebrate its 39th birthday, as I was given it on my first birthday, is this.
My Fisher Price First Telephone!
Yup, this is definitely me, I talk far too much, and a fake phone was exactly what I needed, to stop me chewing everyone’s ear as a child! I haven’t stopped now, as an adult. The only difference now, is that I know not everyone wants to listen to me constantly, so I channel my babblings into posts for you, my lovely Peeps, to read instead! And as I always say, if you really don’t want to listen, you don’t have to read!
But, back to my flashbacks… it is great to be able to share my special toys with my children, and yes, that phone (not that specific one!) was even featured in Toy Story 3!!!!
As the children get older, they will play less with certain things, but fear not, I have a beautiful Finnjabi nephew (Half Punjabi, half Finnish!) who is still a baby, and getting to the age where he will start appreciating these things too!
Did I mention we still have some original Star Wars figures too…? Maybe I should photograph them too!
But I Smile Anyway... 
Aug 16, 2015 @ 13:40:27
How wonderful that your mum kept them and now your children can enjoy them too 🙂
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Aug 16, 2015 @ 13:46:02
I know, so great that she did Judy! 😊
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Aug 16, 2015 @ 03:59:44
Oh my goodness, what a lovely trip down memory lane! I had both of those. I often find myself smiling over my childhood toys in thrift shops 🙂
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Aug 16, 2015 @ 08:43:04
Did you have the fisher price record player?? I had that too! There is a toy used in East London where they have amazing old toys too!!!!
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Aug 16, 2015 @ 09:57:52
I did not have that, I had an old turntable in a case 🙂
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Aug 16, 2015 @ 11:36:29
Old days eh!! 😊
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 18:22:31
This brought back memories! Thank you! And by all means, do post those Star Wars pics, I loved visiting my male cousins just for those! 🙂
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 19:10:52
I shall get photographing them!!!!
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 09:43:23
I had that phone too! Roald Dahl ‘s books were very good! My favorites are Matilda and James and the Giant Peach.
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 11:12:42
It’s so great to see your old toys!!!! 😊😊😊 my kids are living Roald Dahl now too!!
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 09:17:09
Ah yes the joy of a hoarding mother. A generation that had to save everything just in case… When we had our first, in 1990, mum appeared with a car full of dusty boxes of toys and books. Dad said, in his lugubrious way, ‘the house is happy, boy, it damn near came off its foundations when we dragged that lot out if the loft’. It was fab. I’m now hoarding my 20 something’s toys and books just so we can do the same! Lovely Ritu.
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 09:31:39
And I’m trying to squirrel things away in our tiny modern day house too, so hopefully we can give our kids the same pleasure!
The only problem… So many modern toys aren’t built to last, like things from 40 years ago!!! I have Thomas sets, and Spider-Man galore, musical toys, and many dolls kept safe so far!! Oh and books….. Lots of books!!
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 10:39:14
My daughter stayed with some family friends. They have children under 10. She’s 22. When she came home she was raving about her Hairy Maclairy books because that’s what she read to them. She was quite grateful when we dug out the box and gave her the dog eared copy she used to adore! You’re right about quality too
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 11:15:57
😊😊 I know that feeling! When my mum gave me my old books I was just so excited to share them with the children… Share, you see. I had to read them with the kids to relive the joy of certain stories!!!!!
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 01:39:23
My kids had that phone
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 09:01:54
I’m just amazed mum kept these things!!!
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 12:24:32
I still have some toys and journal’s they wrote in grade two…
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 12:28:07
Isn’t it great to look back on them!!! 😊
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 13:03:19
Love it
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Aug 14, 2015 @ 23:56:06
Nice!
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 09:01:34
😊
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Aug 14, 2015 @ 23:04:44
I did not have those phones but I remember them. I remember my children got my Matador. Oh how I played with that. I really was more of a boy than a girl… lol
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 09:00:51
Lol! Old toys are great!!!
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 12:20:51
Totally. But I guess I was happier that the kids has them then my kids… lol
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 12:21:33
Lol😊
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 12:28:43
😃
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Aug 14, 2015 @ 22:29:48
It was so nice to see those toys. So wonderful that your children play with them. That’s so neat! 🙂
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Aug 14, 2015 @ 22:42:15
I know! My mum seriously rocks, keeping these things!!!! 😊
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Aug 14, 2015 @ 20:27:49
Wow that’s amazing you are your childhood toys. Therefore I must be action man and stretch Arm strong and drive a big track 4×4 well yeah it’s about right lol.
That telephone is a true classic do you talk to poltergeists on it☺
Thankyou so much sis for the trip down memory lane 😍😘😉
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Aug 14, 2015 @ 21:50:08
Lol!!!! Well, I certainly don’t, but not sure who Lil Princess talks to on it…!!! The old toys were wonderful, and look how well they lasted!!!
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Aug 14, 2015 @ 21:53:01
Yeah they’re great☺
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Aug 14, 2015 @ 22:18:37
Old is gold!!!
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 09:22:43
Yeah
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Aug 15, 2015 @ 09:32:21
😊😊
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