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    Did anyone else have a gonk in the early 70s?
    They were all the rage then and I had a purple one, which I loved dearly.

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    I have to admit though, they were poorly made and pretty rubbish really
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    They were about in the 80's and 90's too. I seem to remember buying them on school trips, and my very first car had them stuck all over the dash by the previous owner.

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    • #3
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      When one of my younger aunts moved out from my Gran's house she left a shelf of gonks & other gimicky items 1970s teenage girls collected.

      I remember there was also a couple of rainbow effect glass horse figurines.
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        I had a few I won at the fair
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          I posted a comment on here a couple of years ago about my owning a Gonk that used to look down at me from the top of a wardrobe in my bedroom. I didn't find it cuddly, I found it very unsettling! But I was very young at the time. I still had the thing in the 70s. When I looked them up on the Internet, I saw their varying shapes, sizes and styles and searched for ages before I found one that looked like mine.

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            They do look a bit rubbish. Reminds me of the furry pencil cases with eyes that you used to get in the 80's.
            1976 Vintage

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            • #7
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              This Gonk is closer in appearance to the one I had.

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              • #8
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                Originally posted by Trickyvee View Post
                They do look a bit rubbish. Reminds me of the furry pencil cases with eyes that you used to get in the 80's.
                I had one of those too! It was also purple
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                • #9
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                  Even earlier!! My brother's first girlfriend made me on when I was 7 ( 1969) and him one too. Out of old striped pyjamas with wierd hair and big stitched eyes! i still have them and I am now 49.... but they are pretty awful though beautifully made and sentimental!

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