Alex Glass
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Christmas PastDoes anyone have any old Christmas presents they got over 20 years ago?
I recently came across this old watch which my Dad gave me for Christmas 40 years ago.
Timex
Don't know if Timex is still on the go but 40 years ago it was the watchmaker of the people. Reasonably priced and within the reach of most people.
So have you still got one of your old Christmas presents?
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cybers
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My nephew has toys that were mine 30 years ago ...
Just curious Alex does that still work...
Timex still exist as i bought an Indiglo quartz 2 years ago for work.
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Alex Glass
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It does still work but it runs very slow unless you keep it wound up.
Wish I kept more of the stuff I had as a kid.
My Dad make lead soldiers for my older brothers which were passed down to my younger brother and me. Also about 40 years ago we both got a gun that could shoot round corners. It was in two parts with a mirror so you could see your target and it shoot red soft rubber balls.
Airfix models were also great.
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cybers
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Airfix were a staple in our house...
I have a Timex self winder somewhere given to me by my dad cant wear it since his passing think it was if i made an arrangement to meet him i was always about 5 mins late ....
Well this watch now runs 5 mins fast when i wear it .... 
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Alex Glass
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I have held on to this watch as it was one of the few things that my Dad actually bought for us. He usually left it to my Mum to buy the Christmas Presents.
Keep your watch close Cybers.
I had loads of airplanes and one got a very large model of Apollo 11.
What about any old Painting by Numbers with the white plastic frame. Anyone got one of these?
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cybers
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Can go one better than the painting by numbers and when i am next at my mums i will endevour to find it in the loft...
Flecked Poster of a tiger with a set of ink pens to colour it in 
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Stuball
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20 years ago? I was 10... you honestly think anything I received at that age survived?
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cybers
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10 my ar$e .... where was your paper run the campsies...
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Stuball
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Pollokshields I'll have you know 
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cybers
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aye nay Hovis up there its all Nimble and Stork wae sugar 
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Alex Glass
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| cybers wrote: | Can go one better than the painting by numbers and when i am next at my mums i will endevour to find it in the loft...
Flecked Poster of a tiger with a set of ink pens to colour it in |
Nice one Cybers 
My sister got one of those.
Remember the other one which was like the giroscope using gold and silver thick threads.
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Doog Doog
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Ok,not one from when I was a kid,but something I had wanted but never got.
ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ board game,was deemed to expensive at the time it came out.
A chance visit to a toy shop 6 years ago for a pressie for a neice,someone had brought it back out.Happened to mention to the missus that I had always wanted one for Christmas but never got and that one of my mates had it and we played for hours on end.
So on Christmas day,I was both surprised and delighted when the last pressie opened was the game.
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wee minx
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Aww, thats nice 
I remember getting my first badminton racket, plastic strings and shaft about 3 inches wide ...it must have weighed about 6 pounds, but I loved it
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Stuball
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I remember mine too... a YAMAHA!
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cybers
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Right own up how many times did it double as a guitar
It could not just have been me 
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Alex Glass
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Badminton and tennis rackets were great guitars.
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Stuball
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mmmmmmmmmm
never
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Alex Glass
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Fibber
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Stuball
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Not at all... I grew up in the 80s - an era where they forgot how to play guitar
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cybers
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Well i grew up in the late 70's where they just never learned to play it
Sid Vicious was a demi god !!!
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Alex Glass
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Flower child and we imagined we could play anything. 
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