Doc Martins with the Grolsch tops on them.
Kickers all different colours, walabys.

In one of the photo stories?.
Or an artical?

Wow,


How did you get to do that, we all wanted to get in the mag.

i think this is a skipping song," england ireland scotland wales,russia pussia germany".

primary school -

Care bears and my little pony magazines
smelly erasers
lolo balls
bringing in little mascots - mine was a toy monkey
friendship bracelets


Secondary school

Making faux braces out of a paper clip
perms
rucksacks to be worn on only one strap
making your ankle socks into trainer socks
wearing socks ontop of your tights
plaiting bits of hair and putting beads at the bottom
fake tattoos of the acid smiley face
skinny ties
stupidly high platform shoes
those clicky hand warmer things

quote:

Originally posted by Jazz56:
Was french skipping the same as "elastics"? Where you had a load of elastic bands tied together and two people held them around their ankles whilst the other person skipped to a rhyme. The only rhyme I remember is

"England Ireland Scotland Wales. Inside outside inside ON"

I was Queen french skipper in my day lol

quote:

Originally posted by External Floppy:
At secondary school (in the 80s), it was considered the height of fashion to make things as small as possible. The knot in your tie, for eg. Getting it the size of a fingernail was the norm.

Also we had contests to recreate our timetables in miniature form, it got ridiculous!

Do you remember shrinking crisp packets under the grill or in the oven, then displaying them proudly on the school bag

2 Balls
Jacks
French skipping
Wham
and single fags from the corner shop

Shell suits
Body Shop Dewberry spray
Plastic dummies - if I remember correctly you could get big ones or groups of 3 small ones on a cord!

primary school :
nafnaf jackets
sweater shop jumpers
puffy jackets
pogs
tazzo's
furby

high school:
tamagotchi
mobile phones (the huge motorola ones)

Just as an NB. a friend of mine just sold her tazos on ebay for quite a nice little sum! I know you can sell anything on ebay, but it surprised me.

I remember
Primary:

Two balls
Skipping
hop-scotch
jacks
Clackers
Necklaces with little dolls in smelly little domes.
hippie bells
kiss-cat
poodle socks
maxi coats

Secondary school:
Mowtown music
northern soul
jackie mag
free badge from jackie mag with a cut-out pic of your fav pop-star.

quote:

Originally posted by mogthebunny:

quote:

Originally posted by LuCkY-sTaR:
I remember....:
>Pokemon Cards
>Mini finger skateboards/bmx's
>YoYo's
>Girls hair bands that had your name written on
>Pogs
>Smelly gel pens
>Beanie babies
>Tamgotchi's

o yes finally someone about the same time as me wat about star wars tazos?

same time here aswell

In Primary school we had all these stupid handstand games I remember one was called I am the champion, someone shouted that out and everyone shouted oh no your not not for the longest, clapped and all did handstands and whoever stayed up for the longest was the champion next, awww those were the days lol

quote:

Originally posted by Jazz56:
What were the must haves and trends in your school days? I remember.....

Secondary School
- Troll dolls.
- Spokie Dokies
- Dewberry scented bodyspray
- Impulse Vanilla bodyspray
- Little pots of lip balm

Primary School
- Pet rocks.
- Disco hoppers (different to space hoppers)
- Neighbours collector cards
- Top trumps

LOL I think I went to school with you! hahah thats all mine as well!!!!!

I also had Home and Away cards and both the home and away and neighbours sticker books!!!

quote:

Originally posted by Jazz56:
Was french skipping the same as "elastics"? Where you had a load of elastic bands tied together and two people held them around their ankles whilst the other person skipped to a rhyme. The only rhyme I remember is

"England Ireland Scotland Wales. Inside outside inside ON"

Yeah i remeber that a classic!!!!

quote:

Originally posted by x-megzie-x:
In Primary school we had all these stupid handstand games I remember one was called I am the champion, someone shouted that out and everyone shouted oh no your not not for the longest, clapped and all did handstands and whoever stayed up for the longest was the champion next, awww those were the days lol

Can u remeber this one:-

Hail stones, thunder & lightning
My mother caught me frightneing
She said go to bed
I said no
She said GO!!

Then u did ur handstand and who ever held up the longest won!!


Aaah them were the days!! LOL

quote:

Originally posted by LuCkY-sTaR:

quote:

Originally posted by mogthebunny:

quote:

Originally posted by LuCkY-sTaR:
I remember....:
>Pokemon Cards
>Mini finger skateboards/bmx's
>YoYo's
>Girls hair bands that had your name written on
>Pogs
>Smelly gel pens
>Beanie babies
>Tamgotchi's

o yes finally someone about the same time as me wat about star wars tazos?

Nah cant remember them fraid, how old are you then?

18

quote:

Originally posted by Emma JC:

quote:

Originally posted by x-megzie-x:
In Primary school we had all these stupid handstand games I remember one was called I am the champion, someone shouted that out and everyone shouted oh no your not not for the longest, clapped and all did handstands and whoever stayed up for the longest was the champion next, awww those were the days lol

Can u remeber this one:-

Hail stones, thunder & lightning
My mother caught me frightneing
She said go to bed
I said no
She said GO!!

Then u did ur handstand and who ever held up the longest won!!


Aaah them were the days!! LOL

nope, not heard that one, what about

Tommy, chuckie, phil and lil, angelica, susie, baby dil

Then you did a handstand

quote:

Originally posted by twblondie:

quote:

Originally posted by Jazz56:
What were the must haves and trends in your school days? I remember.....

Secondary School
- Troll dolls.
- Spokie Dokies
- Dewberry scented bodyspray
- Impulse Vanilla bodyspray
- Little pots of lip balm

Primary School
- Pet rocks.
- Disco hoppers (different to space hoppers)
- Neighbours collector cards
- Top trumps

LOL I think I went to school with you! hahah thats all mine as well!!!!!

I also had Home and Away cards and both the home and away and neighbours sticker books!!!

All of the secondary school ones sound very familiar to me too. I always had a bottle of Body Shop Dewberry spray and one of their lipbalms in my school bag. I was also an avid Smash Hits reader in my teens, I say reader, it was the boyband posters I mostly bought it for