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As a child what Xmas present did you cherish most?
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**Ann** | Report | 8 Dec 2012 00:13 |
Or what was the nicest surprise you did not expect. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 8 Dec 2012 00:52 |
Mine was a 'Guggles' doll. You pressed her tummy and she made a sound rather like Aaahh Oooh. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 8 Dec 2012 06:02 |
A watch, when I was 10. I treasured it. My first "grown up" present. |
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K | Report | 8 Dec 2012 06:32 |
When I was 10 my parents bought me a red watering can at Christmas because of my love of gardening. Sadly I no longer have it, but its the present I remember best. :-) |
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SueMaid | Report | 8 Dec 2012 09:09 |
When I was 13 my parents gave me a transistor radio. I thought I was so cool and my friends were quite envious. I used it until I was 18 and then sadly I took it to the beach and it was stolen. Broke my heart :-( |
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JustJohn | Report | 8 Dec 2012 09:48 |
I was struggling to think until Sue mentioned her transistor radio. |
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LaGooner | Report | 8 Dec 2012 10:05 |
Mine was my very own record player .(1963) I could play my music until my heart's content in my own room instead of sharing the one in the lounge with the rest of the family. |
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AnnMarieG | Report | 8 Dec 2012 10:10 |
Mine was a twin dolls pram, quite rare back in the 50s I think.I was the only one of my friends who had one anyway. :-) |
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LaGooner | Report | 8 Dec 2012 10:13 |
I had a twin dolls pram too though not for Xmas. I have just replaced it with one I have found in our locak emporium. Now my beloved Fred bear is sitting in it just as he used too in my original one. :-D |
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**Ann** | Report | 8 Dec 2012 11:36 |
Oh no...I always wanted a twin dolls pram :-( |
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Jean | Report | 9 Dec 2012 01:43 |
a petite typewriter. it was on display in the papershop window. i used to have a look at it everyday on my way to school. dad said he coudnt afford it, so i gave up any hope of getting one...so what a suprise when i opened my xmas sack which was a pillowcase in my days. dad was allways up the first whatever day of the week, the fire was roaring when we got up. a special treat from dad at christmas was a bacon buttie,he made the crispiest bacon ever. plus a cup of tea with a teaspoon of brandy added, he always said that will warm the cockles of your heart. bless him... |
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supercrutch | Report | 9 Dec 2012 01:45 |
One of my brothers made me a farm house and bought all the animals and farm workesr when I was about 5. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 9 Dec 2012 08:13 |
lol John |
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Cooper | Report | 9 Dec 2012 08:29 |
The biggest surprise I ever got at Christmas was a tiny tears and a Sindy doll :-D. I was about eight or nine at the time in the very early 1970s. I still have both dolls, much loved and a bit matted around the hair line. I keep them tucked away out of harms way now :-D :-D :-D |
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AnninGlos | Report | 9 Dec 2012 11:10 |
War time and I was about 4 or 5. Dad made me a round table and a little wooden chair and a dresser and they gave me a real china tea set with pinnochio on. (daughter still has it). I wouldn't have appreciated at the time that Mum had queued for ages and almost got into a fight with another woman to get it. I loved it. |
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Silly Sausage | Report | 9 Dec 2012 11:28 |
As the youngest child of the family I was a tad spolit, I was very lucky . when I was about 7 I asked for a red dolls pram but it had to be like a lie down trolly witha pink thrilly pram set, I was delighted when I saw it , however I was aware of the situation even then so I was always grateful for what I got and still am. :-D |
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GinN | Report | 9 Dec 2012 14:19 |
A kitten, Tinker, when I was 7. He was a lovely natured cat who was very tolerant of being dressed up in doll's clothes and put into a toy pram! |
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JustGinnie | Report | 9 Dec 2012 14:56 |
I had a jointed teddy one year and named him Fredbear and he growled when you laid him down on his back and when he was picked up again. He was filled with what looked like wood shaving (but not really sure what it really was). Sadly he began to disintergrate years ago and he really was a threadbare Fredbear . |
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LaGooner | Report | 9 Dec 2012 15:40 |
Sounds like my Threadbear Fred Bear mentioned on earlier posting. Description could be a twin for mine. He is a Pedigree bear who has seen better days as he has been well loved. Grunts more than growls now though. |
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BarbinSGlos | Report | 9 Dec 2012 16:16 |
I have been making up a folder of my own personal treasures and have found my letter from Santa claus Greenland Denmark Christmas 1951. |
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