Remember When...

[ann255]

Just loving this thread. So many toys I had forgotten about now remembering and bringing back happy memories.

Wanted to share this as not always toys that amuse us.  Does anyone remember 'round and round the garden like a teddy bear', where you walk your fingers around a childs hand and then tickle them under the arm?  Was taught to me by my mother, I did it to my daughter and grandchildren and today whilst visiting my great grandson aged 13 months, my grandaughter was playing it with him.  He loved it and was laughing and trying to do it back!  Priceless to watch.

[Maggie.]

One of my friends went to a different school to me, one that taught their pupils how to be useful and make interesting things, so she would infuse us all with ideas of Things To Do.  We soaked willow canes in water and built baskets, we made plates and bowls out of paper mâché, we mixed up plaster of Paris and made casts of things - I remember once pouring plaster of Paris into an impression made in the damp soil of my new kitten's paw and getting a really good replica - I was really pleased with myself.

Round and round the garden ......... etc has always been a great standby for our children and grandchildren in our house also Ann.  It has never failed to invite a response even in quite young babies.

[Greensleeves]

I loved the Anne of Green Gables books  - my mother bought them all for me as she had enjoyed them so much when she was a child.   I think that being Canadian also helped to make them more thrilling and different. 

I too loved the 'Katie' books, particularly 'What Katie Did at School'.  In fact I bought the set of them a few years ago, and was rather shocked to find that the writing style seemed rather stilted.  And when poor Katie had her horrible accident, there was an awful lot of moralising going on.  Never noticed that  when I read them all those years ago.

[Treetotal]

Lots of memories here...Round and Round the garden is timeless...along with In and out the woods of bluebells...What time is it Mr. Wolfe...I would always rather play outside than in

Also remember "What Katy Did"...and "What Katy did next"..."The Wishing Chair" was my Daughter's favourite along with "Mrs. Pepperpot"

Carol

[Greensleeves]

Goodness Carol, that's reminded me of one of the playground games where we used to chat: In and out the dusky bluebells, In and out the dusky bluebells.  In and out the dusky bluebells - I am your master.  I think it involved some kind of catching people rather like Oranges and Lemons.  No doubt someone on here will remember the whole thing. 

[Treetotal]

  ...GS...I've been singing the words wrong all theses years 

http://uk.ask.com/question/how-do-you-play-in-and-out-the-dusty-bluebells

Carol

[groom]

The whole thing  http://www.roding.bardaglea.org.uk/wp-content/blogs.dir/12/files//2012/10/In-and-out-the-dusty-bluebells.pdf

[SwissGill]

Did anyone else have a Stylophone?....I drove everyone crazy with it

Nancy Drew too....and Little Women!!

Carol

Little Women was one of the Easy Readers of Oxford Bookworms - Level 5, I think.

I had a class of over 60's and on responding to the question "why do you want to learn English, two sisters replied " for learning's sake".

They, and a few of their contempories, had difficulty in chatting in English but, excelled in reading. One of the two sisters mentioned, translated into perfect German and really stunned me.

I quandered about trying to make them chat but decided that being able to read such books was more useful to them.

I will never forget the two sisters. When I started teaching the class, they were just under and over 80 years of age.

[a-l]

Does anyone remember making hand puppets from old socks ? I had lots of animal ones .   I used to like the four Marys books, they were at a school called  Mallory Towers I think.