did anyone else have a childhood like this?

[Paulos]

Weekly comic - spin off from the Beano - Plug and anything like Whizzer & chips
Favourite crisps - Fangs, bats and bones.
Favourite TV show - Swap shop and Tiswas
Fav sweets - Pacers, spangles, banjo (Banjo, Banjo, Banjo is brand new. with a light and crispy wafer and a roast nut flavour too)
Fav drink - Quattro (and I seem to remember my nan making up a powdered orange juice maybe by Birds which in later years I was reminded of when tasting Sunny delight)
Fav toy - of course the big 5 - plasacine, lego, scalectrix, horny and meccano AND my skateboard
Fav film - ET and Grease (due to my sisters influence)
Fav gadget - my binatone walkman (couldn't afford sony)
Fav pastime - playing in the street with my mates, going off for hours without my parents worrying where I was.

Other memories from my childhood.
The invention of Video libraries, and owners who didn't care that they were renting out driller killer and the texas chainsaw massacre to 5 ten year old boys!

[branny]

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Excellent thread.
Weekly comic - Warlord, Marvel, Look=in, Star wars and usually a DC super hero one.
Fav crisps - Smiths S & V. Also liked Wigwams, horror bags, chipitos.
Fav TV - Six million dollar man
Fav sweets - Arrow bars, hobo chews, double agents
Fav drink - top deck shandy
Fav toy - Action man, Dinky, Corgi
Fav film - Star Wars
Fav gadget - Ferguson record player
Fav pastime - Cinema. Went at least once a week.

Other memories - that could be a whole new thread.

[davidthomas27]

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Weekly comic - Buster, The Beano, Look-in.
Fav crisps - Monster Munch (Sizzling Bacon flavour).
Fav TV - The A-Team, Thundercats, Danger Mouse, Thunderbirds.
Fav sweets - Milky Way, Animal Bar
Fav drink - Um Bongo.
Fav toy - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghostbusters, Thunderbirds models & Tracy Island.
Fav film - Ghostbusters, Gremlins.
Fav gadget - Kisho tape recorder (later Sega Mega Drive)
Other memories - My mum lifting me up to see the eels in the pie and mash shop.

[culnara]

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Weekly comic - Beezer, 2000ad
Favourite crisps - Rancheros, Football Crazys
Favourite TV show - Why Don't You, Swap shop
Fav sweets - Splicer, tuti fruti's, Golden cup
Fav drink - Cremola Foam, Foam Cresta ( it's real Frothy Maannnn )
Fav toy - Action Man, Lego, corgi/dinky cars
Fav film - War of the Worlds, It came from outer Space, Night of the Demon
Fav gadget - Binatone console, video player ( so I could watch all the video nasties b4 they were banned )
Fav pastime - Trekking for miles and Miles on our Bikes with my mates, losing track of time only to return home to cold sunday lunches and my parents worrying where the ell I was

[scooby365]

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Weekly comic - Mickey Mouse, Bullet, Look-in
Favourite crisps - All-Stars, UFO's, Ringo's
Favourite TV show - Tomorrow People
Fav sweets - Spangles, Lucky Dip bags, Cola Cubes, Banana + Shrimps, Toffo's, Galaxy Counters
Fav drink - Tab, Ice Cream Soda, Rodwell's Orange-ade
Fav toy - Bike (oh, the freedom it gave me), Evel Knieval Super Cycle, PowerTrack, BigTrak, Corgi/Dinky cars + garage
Fav film - Aristocats, Grease
Fav gadget - Six Million Dollar Man crystal radio backpack, digital watch with calculator (wore it high up on my arm so that nobody knew I had one)
Fav pastime - playing in the street, playing with my toys, riding my bike, reading comic + books

Other memories from my childhood.
Delivering milk from an early age, buying a ZX81 and spending all day typing in BASIC code, not getting a ZX Spectrum for Christmas, getting a ZX Spectrum for my birthday

[memoman]

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Weekly comic - spin off from the Beano - Plug and anything like Whizzer & chips
Favourite crisps - Fangs, bats and bones.
Favourite TV show - Swap shop and Tiswas
Fav sweets - Pacers, spangles, banjo (Banjo, Banjo, Banjo is brand new. with a light and crispy wafer and a roast nut flavour too)
Fav drink - Quattro (and I seem to remember my nan making up a powdered orange juice maybe by Birds which in later years I was reminded of when tasting Sunny delight)
Fav toy - of course the big 5 - plasacine, lego, scalectrix, horny and meccano AND my skateboard
Fav film - ET and Grease (due to my sisters influence)
Fav gadget - my binatone walkman (couldn't afford sony)
Fav pastime - playing in the street with my mates, going off for hours without my parents worrying where I was.

Other memories from my childhood.
The invention of Video libraries, and owners who didn't care that they were renting out driller killer and the texas chainsaw massacre to 5 ten year old boys!

When Star Video opened they were charging £30-00 membership but strange was the rentals £1 per tape for 2 weeks?

[steveffisher]

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Weekly comic - Star Wars Weekly, Nutty
Favourite crisps - Horror Bags
Favourite TV show - UFO, Thunderbirds, Oliver Postgate films
Fav sweets - Sherbert Strawberries
Fav drink - Calypso (juice drink in waxed triangular container with straw)
Fav toy - Speak & Spell or Thomas Salter chemistry set
Fav film - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Fav gadget - Casio CQ-1 Computer Quartz (look it up - it's a beauty!)
Fav pastime - Building 12-foot long go-karts with my mates

[70sscifiboy]

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Weekly comic - Star Wars Weekly, Buster, Whoopee
Favourite crisps - Horror Bags!!! I remember them - loved them too.
Favourite TV show - Six Million Dollar Man, Doctor Who, Whacky Races
Fav sweets - Bazooka Joe bubble gum
Fav drink - Space Pop (Green)
Fav toy - Action Man
Fav film - Star Wars
Fav gadget - The telly
Fav pastime - Bombing about on my Raleigh Chopper (with added card "clacker" on spokes)

[kazboot]

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Weekly comic - Princess Tina
Fave crisps - Salt n Shake
Fave TV show - Tiswas
Fave sweets - Jamboree Bag
Fave drink - Alpine Pineapple
Fave toy - Barbie
Fave film - The Jungle Book
Fave gadget - My first record player
Fave pastime - Playing street games

[ann22]

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Weekly comic - Between my sister, cousin and me, we shared Misty, Mandy, Bunty, Jinty, Debbie, Tracy and the little monthly specials called 'libraries'.
Fave crisps - Tayto c&o or Chipsticks
Fave TV show - Hard to decide, Charlies' Angels, The Bionic Woman or Wonder Woman
Fave sweets - Cleves Two and Two bars or Creme Eggs
Fave drink - Limeade from the mineral man who came around on a Sat (In Ireland fizzy drinks are called minerals)
Fave toy - Sindy
Fave film - The Wizard of Oz
Fave gadget - My roller skates, the original ones you wore over your shoes that had a screw underneath to adjust the size, remember them? I even remember the rubbery smell of them. I was also very attached to my Rubik cube for a time.
Fave pastime - Hide and Seek or Tip the Can (in our street, we called it 123 for some reason)

[Richard1978]

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Weekly comic - The Beano
Fave crisps - Pickled Onion Monster Munch
Fave TV show - Too many to choose from
Fave sweets - Skittles or Blackcurrent Chewitts
Fave drink - Ginger Beer or Ale
Fave toy - Scalextric or G-Kart
Fave film - ET
Fave gadget - Either the family Acorn Electron or my first tape recorder
Fave pastime - Using many of the above.

[tonyfinster]

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Weekly comic -- Beano, Krazy, Whizzer n Chips n Krazy (WCK as it was known)
Fave crisps -- Golden wonder cheese n onion, Ringos
Fave TV show -- 6 Million Dollar Man, Sweeney, any Postgate Production, Ivor
Fave Sweets -- Opal fruits, American Cream Soda sherbert, midget gems, tooty frooties
Fave drink -- Sun Charm's Space Special flavour
Fave toy -- Action man, tonka toys,
Fave film -- Star Wars
Fave Gadget -- TV game console. It only had 4 built in games (hockey, tennis, Squash and target shooting) but i loved it dearly.
Fave pastime -- Making dens with my mates in the woods behind my house.

[Fatboy]

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Favourite crisps= Cheese XL
Favourite TV show= Professionals
Fav sweets= Star Bar, Nutty, and most other chocolate bars
Fav drink= Keeko (a drink from northern England) it was similar to Vimto, but much, much nicer. It came in a carton and could be drunk or frozen or ate like an ice pop, perfect on a long hot summer (remember them!), Top Deck shandy.
Fav toy= Bike, Chinese arrows
Fav gadget= Grandstand TV game console thingy, Dragon 32 (computer), tape recorder/player
Fav pastime= Making camps with my mates, lighting fires (not malicious fires, just small camp fires), dossing around with my mates and going off exploring. I really think kids now are missing out on so much when it comes to things like this.

[Wil]

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Weekly comic -- From '72, any of the UK Marvel titles but the odd UK 'funny' too.
Fave crisps -- Ringos
Fave TV show -- Marine Boy, Blake's 7,
Fave Sweets -- Animal Bars, Spangles
Fave drink -- Coke (when it came in a bottle)
Fave toys -- Action man, Zeroids, Evel Kinevel, Flight Deck
Fave film -- Before Star Wars, probably any Ray Harryhausen stop-motion epic.
Fave Gadget -- Loved my first digital watch - Casio F-100
Fave pastime -- Just playing out. Didn't matter at what.

[Grosh62]

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Weekly comic -- Krazy, Cor!! and Whizzer & Chips, Oh and Monster Fun
Fave crisps -- Tomato Snaps, Seabrook salt and Vinegar
Fave TV show -- Swap Shop, Tizwas, Monthy Python, Rolf Harris show, Goodies
Fave Sweets -- Rainbow Drops, Betabar, Black Jacks and Fruit Salad
Fave drink -- Dandelion & Burdoch, Snowball
Fave toys -- Lego, Arnold Palmer Proshot Golf, Super Striker, Frustration
Fave film -- Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Summer of 42. Grease
Fave Gadget -- Philips Cassette recorder, 1st Calculator and Digital watch
Fave pastime -- Drawing, Singing pop songs, Playing out. Football, cricket.

Other things: being a kid and not really wanting, or feeling any great need, to grow up.