Do you remember tribbles? Or this song from 1987 that was number 1 for two weeks?
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There's one item from my childhood that stands head and shoulders above all others as being completely and horribly unfit for purpose.
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Bird goes up, bird goes down, bird goes up, bird goes down...
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How many Saturday morning tv programmes can you remember from over the years?
Here's a load of them to rekindle some memories. How many can you remember?
Here's a load of them to rekindle some memories. How many can you remember?
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Memories of going back to school after the long summer hols...
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Remember buying cereal just for the fab toy inside the box?
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Do you remember this from when we used to watch television programmes at school?
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