Board Games and Favourite Toys!

We had a board game called Touring Britain, old fashioned and educational. I think we had a car each and rolled a dice for travel instructions on a map of Britain. We always have games and cards around for the children.

We have a railway based travel version of that in our MH brue! One flat six inch tin, inside shows map of British Isles, one dice, four counters, four line block magnets and two sets of cards, destinations and hazards! We have had hours of devious strategy and fun playing with this.

We got creative presents as well, I can remember my sister having a Chemistry Set, complete with a little Meths burner. We used to grow crystal gardens with this (might be Cobalt?). Plastercast for making small casts of things, and a set that used resin for encasing favourite things like shells, coins etc... and making them into keyrings.

Still got an old Spirograph, I think there’s something similar on Pinterest adverts at the moment.....😁

I remember we had one where you were a budding entrepreneur and had to build the infrastructure of the UK by buying land from farmers or whoever. Huge board but again it was quite educational. I seem to recall it had a "Bribe the Planning Dept. Manager" card.

We were just talking about Spirograph the other day. My sister received it one Christmas. 

My parents were not well off but we did enjoy Christmas time and were spoilt rotten. Happy times.

Same here WN, one hardworking Dad, one creative Mum, house full of love. Nice presents at Christmas, and a loving family around us. We were lucky.

Never had a KerPlunk though.......🤔

Monopoly used to be a firm favourite in my youth. Also played Colditz a few times. That used to be good fun. We'd all gang up on my dad who played the commandant role.

The worst present my aunt bought me was a Slinky , ........we lived in a bungalow 

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I was bought a Game of Thrones Monopoly couple of years ago. OH likes to be Iron Banker!

A not forgotten toy. My grandparents called me into their darkened bedroom early one Christmas morning and they had turned on the little battery lights in a small two up, two down dolls house, I thought it was wonderful! (We had fairly low key Christmas presents so that was a real treat.) My grandfather, born in Victorian times used to make a decorated container, usually involving crepe paper etc, I can remember a boat one year, he filled it with small individual presents for everyone. 

Mum was a great maker of presents. She did me a Knight’s Castle one birthday, all DIY, but parents had bought me the Knights and horses to go with it. Played with it for hours at a time.