John Lewis are running a campaign about childhood toys and this week are talking all about model trains and to celebrate this asked me to share with you my memories of my favorite childhood toy.
My childhood is filled with the toy I had and the one I really wanted, but never got!
My most loved toy would have had to be my multistory Sindy House. It was something that I never thought I would own. I remember the joy at coming down on Christmas morning to find it under a candy striped sheet.
I spent so many hours playing with it and all the accessories that my mum and dad got for me. I knew that it was preloved, but that didn’t matter. It was the only thing I had out on my christmas list and I was overjoyed that Father Christmas has brought me what I wanted.
The one that got away. The year after I asked for a Petite Typewriter, it was the toy of the year. All I wanted was a typewriter and some secretary glasses.
Oh but it wasn’t to be, there was no typewriter for me. I learned a hard lesson that year as I sat sulking that I didn’t get everything I wanted. My Dad was very upset with me and he had every right to be, I was acting like a spoilt brat. He said that Father Christmas did get my letter, but he didn’t always say yes.
The toy that has survived since my childhood though and is still played with my the boys is mine and my brothers LEGO. It is mixed in with all the new pieces and you can not tell the 1970’s stuff from the 2014 stuff. It is a true ageless classic toy.
So what was the toy of your childhood?
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I have Sindy house envy! I had the bedroom set and remember always wanting the house but never quite getting it!
Among my Ballerina Sindy and her case which was a wardrobe and place to put her, my Sasha dolls were my favourite. Not forgetting my Amanda Jane’s dolls too. Strangely and for back in the 70’s over half my dolls were ethnic as chosen by me. All were in my mind related to each other which in my mind set my tone in life that everyone is equal x
The importance of play!
I loved my Sindy house, I still have one x
Mine was the exact same Sindy house. I absolutely LOVED it. We had loads of Sindy dolls and the range rover, horses, swimming pool and boat. It was amazing stuff. We spent hours playing. Not a computer in sight. Those were the days.
Mine would have to be my Sindy house, too! And my mum kept it so now my little ones get to play with it, too – perfect!
My memories were you weren’t allowed to like Sindy and Barbie haha – and I was a Barbie girl!
The Sindy house looks so lovely, my daughters used to have barbie and ken and their house and car.
Oh I loved Sindy’s too ad carebears! x
I had a Sindy house just like that. I wish I know what happened to it. I am currently buying the old furniture on e-bay to furnish my girls’ dollshouse.
I had Sindys as at kid I am not a fan of them for my daughter more like they wacky new stuff have out.
I never liked Sindy as the one I had had short hair and what good was that to a little girl. Instead I love my Barbie dolls. They kept me going for several years. I never had the Barbie house but even as a child I remember the price of it on the adverts and realised it was way too expensive!
It’s funny but I also remember the one that got away! In my case it was the Fashion Wheel! The toy I probably got most value from was my remote control car… I was a techy geek even then!
My favoyurite toy was a tiny wooden dolls house. It didn’t have more than 2 rooms and I didn’t have any fancy furniture in it but I used to love playing with any small figure toy I could find in it x
I must admit I had both of those! But my favourite toy was a baby doll called Mr Bello. I loved that he had a penis – ha!
Seeing that Sindy house brings back memories – I always wanted one, but never got it! Poor deprived child that I was…:-) I genuinely can’t remember what my favourite toy was. Maybe My Little Ponies?
I loved my dolls house when I was younger. My favourite toy when I was younger was my little pockets!
I had both of those, but my favourite childhood toy was the horse stables my Papa made me 🙂
My Thundercat sword! Thunder, thunder, Thundercats are go! (Well it was the 80s!)
Yes!!! I always wanted a Sindy house too…one of my friends had one and I was so jealous!
I was a bit of a spoilt only child and had all of the games in the Argos Catalogue – connect 4, game of life, twister, guess who, etc etc… but I always wanted a big dolls house like that and never got one. Sorry to hear about the typewriter. Maybe that was when your burgeoning career as a writer was meant to begin. I hope it was a valuable lesson and that you weren’t too gutted for too long
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I remember when I was seven and the one things I truly wanted was a watch. I was just so excited about learning to read it and I wanted one of my own. I got a really beautiful wristwatch and loved it. It was the perfect gift 🙂
I wasn’t allowed Sindy sadly but I did have the typewriter!
I had a noisy engine I used to call ‘Tina’. No idea why!
Mine was my Girls World. I loved doing her make up and hair 😉