Reminders of your childhood

[horrie hastings]

 

[Parra]

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Instant smell reminder

 

[The Mad Hatter]

As a kid of 7-8, I lived in Wagga Wagga where had CH 2 ABC and some composit channel called RVN AMV.

I loved Dr Who, the Goodies, Danger Mouse He Man, Star Blazers and Battle of the Planets. Simon Townsend’s Wonder World. V, A Country Practice and A Team and Knightrider.

But I vaguely remember some kids show about 1983/84 that was about 3 school kids who had some magic wand type thing they could shake. One episode they were in some sports carnival and one was running but coming last. So they stopped time, the kid got a drink then repositioned themselves and started time and consequently won. For the life of me don’t know what it’s called.

Another thing I recall is the PAC Man cartoon show as well as the chips and brekkie cereal.


I can’t forget SMURFS ice cream...and later in 1987 the Garfield Hunger Buster. Oh and Feast.




Then there was this

And Scanlens cricket sticker books and RL and ROTJ bubblegum cards.





I was lucky to get a Game & Watch too. Utter joy the day I clocked this baby:

 

[horrie hastings]

I quite fancied Ann Marie.

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

As a kid of 7-8, I lived in Wagga Wagga where had CH 2 ABC and some composit channel called RVN AMV.

I loved Dr Who, the Goodies, Danger Mouse He Man, Star Blazers and Battle of the Planets. Simon Townsend’s Wonder World. V, A Country Practice and A Team and Knightrider.

But I vaguely remember some kids show about 1983/84 that was about 3 school kids who had some magic wand type thing they could shake. One episode they were in some sports carnival and one was running but coming last. So they stopped time, the kid got a drink then repositioned themselves and started time and consequently won. For the life of me don’t know what it’s called.

Another thing I recall is the PAC Man cartoon show as well as the chips and brekkie cereal.
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I can’t forget SMURFS ice cream...and later in 1987 the Garfield Hunger Buster. Oh and Feast.
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Then there was this

And Scanlens cricket sticker books and RL and ROTJ bubblegum cards.

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I was lucky to get a Game & Watch too. Utter joy the day I clocked this baby:

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You had me at “The Feast”.

This little number always caught my attention.

 

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Remember when Australian boxes of cereal used to come with a little toy or sticker or something?

 

[Diesel]

Buying tobacco at the corner store for your parents & getting lollies with the leftvover change regardless if your parents wanted the change back or not.

 

[thorson1987]

Buying tobacco at the corner store for your parents & getting lollies with the leftvover change regardless if your parents wanted the change back or not.

Buying $2 worth of hot chips and there being enough to feed a family of 5 with left overs.

 

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Buying $2 worth of hot chips and there being enough to feed a family of 5 with left overs.

Yep I remember that. In fact as recently as 2003 I remember buying some chips from a fish & chips shop near the college I was going to. They cost $1.80 and it was like a mini sack. I couldn't get threw half of them and was sharing with a mate.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

I remember my brother and I once found a whole $1 coin. They were new and he being 5 and I being 8, decided to buy a $1 worth of mixed lollies at the corner shop.

The bloke who ran our corner shop refused. He said he knew my mum and she'd never let us buy a $1 of mixed lollies in one hit. So we got 50c worth (still 50 odd lollies) and kept the change.

Much later, about 1990, I remember I used to buy Hit Songwords and Smash Hits and Hot Metal Magazines. I'd clip the lyrics to songs I bought cassingles for. Anyway...this one week, Smash Hits had risen in price from $1.95 to $1.97 - A WHOLE TWO CENTS. And I was short the 2c and the newsagents wouldn't sell it to me. And this was probably 12-18 months before 1c and 2c were rendered obsolete and withdrawn from circulation.

 

[Diesel]

Buying $2 worth of hot chips and there being enough to feed a family of 5 with left overs.

Buying $1 of 1c lollies from the corner store and counting each one as it was put into the bag to make sure there was 100.

 

[thorson1987]

Buying $1 of 1c lollies from the corner store and counting each one as it was put into the bag to make sure there was 100.

The people that owned the corner store knowing all of their customers aswell.

Also the corner store owners that sold me cigarettes as a 15 year old while in my school uniform. Nice people.

 

[El Diablo]

i remember buying smokes when i was 12 in my uniform

the age was only 16 then and no store seemed to give a f**k

 

[AJB1102]

I remember sneaking into a pub near school to buy ciggies from the smoke machine. Smoke machine took my money and gave me nothing. Being 14 I was just gonna leave but the manager called me back, I thought I was busted. He opened the machine, gave me my smokes and a schooner on the house for my trouble. I became a king that day being able to get smokes and take away booze.

 

[Diesel]

i remember buying smokes when i was 12 in my uniform

the age was only 16 then and no store seemed to give a f**k

Aghhh bless the 80’s & 90’s before we got red tape and restrictions on everything

 

[El Diablo]

it must have been around 1990 they changed it to 18

 

[The Mad Hatter]

it must have been around 1990 they changed it to 18

I thought it was 1992.

I was 16 and my mate legally smoked then they changed it on him to 18 and it got tough buying smokes.

 

[El Diablo]

i was in Canberra so it may be different

i turned 18 in 1991 and it had been changed to 18 not long before then

 

[RL The greatest game]

Eating Rabbit pie as a kid, now nobody i know eats Rabbit.

 

[Leigh Howlett]

i remember buying smokes when i was 12 in my uniform

the age was only 16 then and no store seemed to give a f**k

We had a corner store opposite to the High School I attended, the owner would gladly sell smokes to schoolkids but there would be hell to pay if any of those kids smoked the ciggies near his store.