Sunday 7 April 2013

List 12 - Childhood favourites

Join me in a little trip down memory lane!


TV Shows: I loved TV!! My Dad gave us a rule - Neighbours or Home and Away - we choose Home and Away. Some of my other favourites were Full House, Beverly Hills 90210, Dawson's Creek, Punky Brewster and Alf (who didn't love that little fury alien)



Books: The Baby Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin. How I loved the Baby sitters club - I had all the books including the super specials (I still have them now). And when the movie came out (not that long ago) I just had to drag myself along to see it!
I also loved The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton and really enjoyed reliving this one with my son recently.


Food: Lasagna and golden syrup dumplings! Actually I still love these. Mum made me lasagna for dinner the night before my wedding - and it's a regular in our household now as it's one of my son's favourites. And Mum made us golden syrup dumplings for dessert for Easter Sunday!

Movies: Pippy Longstockings and Fatty Fin

Clothes: My RaRa skirt - I felt so cool in my RaRa skirt. My sister and I each had a similar one but of a different colour


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Toys: Barbie! I loved playing with Barbies (even when I was older than a girl should be to play with Barbies). There was just something about that imaginary world.

Dolls: I dreamt of getting a Cabbage Patch kid - the year I got one for Christmas I was the happiest girl alive. Her name was Sylvia Esmeralda. I still have her now although Savannah isn't that fond of her (she prefers her 'modern' dolls).

Cartoons: I loved the Smurfs (who didn't??) but also the Snorks. The Snorks were like the Smurfs but underwater! I remember spending hours trying to draw them (I wasn't a very good artist).

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Sport: I grew up in the country where sport was a big thing - it's what you did. I wasn't very good but I had a go.I did netball, tennis, golf  and swimming.

Songs: I remember singing I want that Man by Deborah Harry. Part of the lyrics go: here comes the 21st century, it's going to be much better for a girl like me.....I remember asking my parents if I would still be alive in the 21st century - I hope so was my Dads answer. It seemed like so long in the future to me!


But my all time favourite was Toni Pearen -In Your Room. See you tube clip below! It was the first CD I bought and I spent many a hours in my room listening, singing and dancing to Toni!

 

What are some of your childhood favourites?

Linking up with Deb at Listmania.

12 comments:

  1. Omg! how could I forget Alf and the Snorks! Loved both of those shows. I even had a talking Alf doll. And yep, I played with barbie probably far longer than I should have too. Loved your list :)

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    1. Wow a talking Alf doll - that would be awesome!

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  2. We could have been twins I loved the snorks and the baby sitters club and barbie. I soooo wanted to watch Punky Brewster but my dad wouldn't let us because he thought she was too cheeky

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    1. Haha at your Dad not letting you watch Punky Brewster! I thought we had it bad with Dad saying either Neighbours or Home and Away lol

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  3. I loved punky Brewster !!! I had 3 cabbage patch dolls (gifts from my childless aunt) and my mom sent them out for my kids (& the 2 my sister had) and my kids barely touch them... So funny! They were the ultimate in the 80s

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    1. Yeah my poor Sylvia is left in a toy box at the moment. I have a MyChild Elizabeth also, which Savannah isn't digging either.

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  4. I totally remember crying when I finally got a Cabbage Patch Doll! No wonder our kids don't really like them, they're freaky looking!! Too funny, I remember the Snorks but I think they were called "Snorkles" in Canada! Great list!

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    1. Actually my sister bought a cabbage patch kid she was going to give my daughter - she kept it in the garage for a while but it kept freaking her husband out! We must have been tougher back then!

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  5. Oh My God Ra-Ra Skirts! Sooooo funny, mine was bright purple!

    I dreamt of getting a Cabbage Patch Doll but never did. So I heavily tempted my daughter with one for years, she was so not diggin' it and finally just said 'No Mama, she's too ugly!" Devastated...

    Fab list! x

    Sarah

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    1. Maybe you need to get yourself one now.....they were definitely the things to have back then. And there was a knock off brand too which didn't have the birth mark - you had to make sure you had that birth mark!

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  6. Great list! I played with Barbie long after I probably should have, too!
    My sister loved Cabbage Patch Dolls. I think maybe I was too cool for one if my little sister wanted one.

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    1. Definitely - can't have what your little sister wants.

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