Reminders of your childhood

[Bring back John Fifita]

Watching this as a young nipper - and gutted at the end of every episode week after week after f*cking week when Miss Helena never saw me through the f*cking magic mirror...

 

[thorson1987]

On a similar note - coming down one of these blistering-hot slippery dips wearing shorts in summer..

I can hear that shuddering noise of skin rubbing on metal as I type this... and mum getting out the burns creme and mercurochrome ..

Speaking of this.

This f**king song.

 

[roofromoz]

You guys reminded me of Sex/Life hosted by Tottie Goldsmith lol.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179609/

There was a sketch on Full Frontal where Shaun Micallef was the voice over for a Sex/Life promo and they spliced in frames from an actual porno.

 

[___]

On a similar note - coming down one of these blistering-hot slippery dips wearing shorts in summer..

I can hear that shuddering noise of skin rubbing on metal as I type this... and mum getting out the burns creme and mercurochrome ..

That reminds me... we used to take a bucket up water up the steps, run it down, then come down after it. Freaking slippery and scary as if you do it straight away lol.

 

[horrie hastings]

Watching this as a young nipper - and gutted at the end of every episode week after week after f*cking week when Miss Helena never saw me through the f*cking magic mirror...

Sometime in the early to mid 80s I was flicking through the channels and Romper Room was on, the kids were running around pretending to be planes and helicopters then Miss Helena came across in a very serious voice and said now boys and girls you shouldn't go near helicopter propellers because you might get your head chopped off, I thought WTF are you serious but couldn't stop laughing at the same time either.

 

[horrie hastings]

Mr Squiggle

 

[Headless Chook]

That chewing gum smell when you ripped open a pack of Scanlens footy cards in the mid 70’s, hoping for Bob Fulton’s card but only to be disappointed in getting Warren Snodgrass for the 20th time.

I can almost smell it now.

 

[Parra]

That chewing gum smell when you ripped open a pack of Scanlens footy cards in the mid 70’s, hoping for Bob Fulton’s card but only to be disappointed in getting Warren Snodgrass for the 20th time.

I can almost smell it now.

I reckon a Warren Snodgrass would be a collectable.

Johnny Peard was a hard one to get. Couldn't get one no matter how many Ray Higgs you offered. And Russell Fairfax. Think I swapped all of Balmain for Fairfax.

 

[roofromoz]

The back of the cards being a mix of well written profiles and lame one liners.

There was a Brett Kenny card where he was recovering from what looked like a head knock but apparently he had a few too many drinks.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

I reckon a Warren Snodgrass would be a collectable.

Johnny Peard was a hard one to get. Couldn't get one no matter how many Ray Higgs you offered. And Russell Fairfax. Think I swapped all of Balmain for Fairfax.

 

[Parra]

I had his autograph from when he played with the eels. Wish I still had that autograph book. Had all three grades .

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Rocking up here ..

And getting a bunch of these..

As a kid, or as an adult - This has always been the showbag of showbags ever since I went to my first easter show at Moore Park as a youngster.

 

[Annyong]

Old Snoddy! What a player & a top bloke as well.

 

[Annyong]

I had his autograph from when he played with the eels. Wish I still had that autograph book. Had all three grades .

Being parra I’d doubt it’d be worth anything really.

 

[horrie hastings]

Rocking up here ..

And getting a bunch of these..

As a kid, or as an adult - This has always been the showbag of showbags ever since I went to my first easter show at Moore Park as a youngster.

The Bertie Beetle bag is probably still the most popular show bag. The show bag hall is not the same out at Homebush as the Royal Hall of Industries at Moore Park

 

[horrie hastings]

Some of the old show bags, better in paper bags than the plastic ones and I can still remember some having the string handles too.

 

[horrie hastings]

Always got the Sunny Boy bag

 

[horrie hastings]

My mother would always buy some sort of liquorice bag, lol, just looking at the price on that liquorice bag it was definitely before 1966.

 

[horrie hastings]

Disney character Wizz Fizz.

 

[horrie hastings]

Old comic books