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Post by mariannek on Jan 21, 2007 6:38:31 GMT
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Post by graemek on Jan 21, 2007 7:45:44 GMT
Well, what do I say? Below was me at 8mnths & 10 years. Both guesses.  Graeme  |
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Post by roger on Jan 21, 2007 12:13:40 GMT
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Post by postscript on Jan 21, 2007 12:25:23 GMT
Now that's one really BIG cake for such a ittle lad! Peter S. |
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Post by roger on Jan 21, 2007 12:27:39 GMT
Well, yeah... but I didn't get another one for a whole year!  Roger |
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Post by grant on Jan 21, 2007 12:45:45 GMT
Great pictures Roger and Marrianne!!  I'm guessing Roger, that the aeroplane you are holding in the right hand picture is an ealy Dinky Toy one? I don't suppose you've still got it BUT if you had, it would be worth a fortune  Grant |
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Post by Andrew on Jan 21, 2007 12:57:25 GMT
Great pictures Roger and Marrianne!! I'm guessing Roger, that the aeroplane you are holding in the right hand picture is an ealy Dinky Toy one? I don't suppose you've still got it BUT if you had, it would be worth a fortune  Grant Hi All, Yes, Grant I'm sure you're right... especially if Roger still has the box (in mint or near mint condition!)... I'm sure though that most people will agree that 'Dinky Toys' were supposed to be played with and enjoyed- not out of reach in a glass cabinet or cupboard!  It's almost more sad to think that a toy in mint condition complete with box was never played with! Andrew  |
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Post by Andrew on Jan 21, 2007 13:01:17 GMT
Roger, Your childhood photographs are superb! What an excellent idea for a new "fun" thread! Great!  Andrew |
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Post by Andrew on Jan 21, 2007 13:05:09 GMT
Hi Graeme and Marianne, Thanks very much for sharing your childhood photographs- excellent! What classic good looks from an early age! Andrew |
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Post by grant on Jan 21, 2007 13:16:58 GMT
Great pictures Roger and Marrianne!! I'm guessing Roger, that the aeroplane you are holding in the right hand picture is an ealy Dinky Toy one? I don't suppose you've still got it BUT if you had, it would be worth a fortune Grant Hi All, Yes, Grant I'm sure you're right... especially if Roger still has the box (in mint or near mint condition!)... I'm sure though that most people will agree that 'Dinky Toys' were supposed to be played with and enjoyed- not out of reach in a glass cabinet or cupboard! It's almost more sad to think that a toy in mint condition complete with box was never played with! Andrew Very true Andrew!! All mine were played with extensively but most returned to their boxes at night and woe betide any of my friends who thought ramming the skirting board with an 8-wheel Foden tanker was a good idea! They never got invited round again!! Grant |
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Post by roger on Jan 21, 2007 13:40:00 GMT
Great pictures Roger and Marrianne!! I'm guessing Roger, that the aeroplane you are holding in the right hand picture is an ealy Dinky Toy one? I don't suppose you've still got it BUT if you had, it would be worth a fortune Grant Hi Grant, I believe that shot was taken in a studio and I suspect the aeroplane was one of their "props" (no pun intended!). I certainly don't remember it being mine. Roger |
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Post by roger on Jan 21, 2007 13:41:53 GMT
Roger, Your childhood photographs are superb! What an excellent idea for a new "fun" thread! Great! Andrew Thank you, but it went downhill after that!  Credit (or blame if appropriate!) for this thread must go to Marianne as it was her idea. Roger |
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Post by Belinda on Jan 21, 2007 14:35:22 GMT
No baby photo's yet, probably well hidden age 9 i was a flower girl for my godmother Mum,my friend stephanie and i practicing the guitar on the sun deck and Tina the dog,at the family home i grew up at. belinda |
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Post by postscript on Jan 21, 2007 14:51:10 GMT
Hi All,
Yes, Grant I'm sure you're right... especially if Roger still has the box (in mint or near mint condition!)... I'm sure though that most people will agree that 'Dinky Toys' were supposed to be played with and enjoyed- not out of reach in a glass cabinet or cupboard! It's almost more sad to think that a toy in mint condition complete with box was never played with!
Andrew
All mine were played with extensively but most returned to their boxes at night and woe betide any of my friends who thought ramming the skirting board with an 8-wheel Foden tanker was a good idea!
They never got invited round again!!
Grant Foden 8-wheeler! Now that's playing with the really big stuff. Do you remember the car transporter, in light blue? The Foden was red. We were short of space, having grandparents living with us and no loft space--the house was built by a builder who built to last and it was overfull of joists. My father got his batman to paint a road layout on canvas for me, which could be rolled out on the living-room floor and being heavyweight canvas (cover from an army open truck I suspect) flattened out easily. Later in life, he copied the principle for jigsaws. He would do a new jigsaw on a roll of green baize on the dining-room table, Handled with care, this meant the partially completed jigsaw, with the 'spare' pieces to one side but in their perceived likely relationships for future placing, could be rolled up in the baize (round a large cardboard cylinder) and put to one side when the table was needed for meals. I too looked after my stuff, although their boxes weren't kept, Everything was piled rather unceremoniously into a 'treasure chest'. I hadn't thought of the appropriateness of that expression until writing it as I proceed! Shows I haven't grown up very much, I've still got a 'treasure chest', Hayley memorabilia! But I digress, of course. It is because we lacked space that my stuff was given away to charity auctions as I went through each stage of my life. I had a deprived childhood! It took me a long time to understand why I became a hoarder when I acquired my own place and I think it was due to successive relinquishments of artifacts in mint condition involuntarily, especially books. If I had been allowed to retain all my childhood acquisitions, they would be worth a small fortune now as I always looked after things by nature. Even an Enid Blyton first edition can fetch a good three-figure sum and mine were all first editions and in pristine condition. Being brought up in a very ordinary semi-detached house down the standard 1920s tree-lined avenue, I don't know where my attitude that 'all gentlemen have a library to which they can retire to enjoy their port and cigar' comes from. It must be my theatrical interests and playing roles. My living-room isn't book-lined, as I like pictures as well, but there are five over-loaded bookcases in it, a side-able with a decanter of port on a silver serving tray and a small humidor of substantial Havanas. That's all I need. The outside is nothing more than a pile of bricks, box-shaped, with oblong holes in containing glass, through one of which (my living-room) I have a substantial two-mile view across the town, in winter, when summer's leaves don't encompass the view with their diversions. I am a guy who is easily contented!  My only problem today is where am I going to put my electric train layout? Yes, I'm still on track, talking about toys, even though I have momentarily diverted into a siding to refuel for the rest of my dialogue. Dialogue? (Its not a monorail layout! ) Now, let's see how far the truth of childhood will be allowed free rein. Hands up all those who were at least tempted and did seriously consider buying Hornby's Hogwart's Express model train layout when launched for Christmas two years ago? Those who actually did buy it, go away!  I don't want to know! By the way, Sneak (Snitch-baby to the Americans) says its all Grant's fault if we've gone 'off topic' because he talked about his Foden first! Its all related to childhood at play, so shucks and boo, we can always make it another thread--childhood toys. Peter S. |
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Post by postscript on Jan 21, 2007 14:56:00 GMT
those are real fun, Belinda.
Peter S.
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I don't want to know!