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28-09-2007, 02:38 PM
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As its pouring down here and theres not much going on outside
to look at ..thought i would put a post out asking as a child what toy or so called comforter did you have and if so did it have a name.
I brought each of my children a small furry animal when they were born which many yrs later they still have somewhere..Im sure it helps to encourage some form of love and effection at an early stage which i feel helps later in life.
Well mine was a golliwog as it was known back then, not hard to guess
I called it golli. 
Julie
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28-09-2007, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by juliejam  As its pouring down here and theres not much going on outside
to look at ..thought i would put a post out asking as a child what toy or so called comforter did you have and if so did it have a name.
I brought each of my children a small furry animal when they were born which many yrs later they still have somewhere..Im sure it helps to encourage some form of love and effection at an early stage which i feel helps later in life.
Well mine was a golliwog as it was known back then, not hard to guess
I called it golli.
Julie | hi julie this is a good one let me think,i had a golly wog ( not supposed to youse that word now )but that wasnt my favourite a rag doll was my best one, she was dressed in pritty cloths and long blond hair,her name was lizzy web, dont ask me where that name came from cos i dont know,now my two year old grandaughter has a pair of her summer shorts as a comforter,they have a little rubber motive on them and thats what she likes to hold when she gets tired,she puts it on her cheek thumb in mouth and away she goes to nod land,us humans are strange when you think what we do.  |
28-09-2007, 03:04 PM
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I had a small teddy (Ted predictably!) bought on my first birthday and which I still have now. But I do remember one of my most fave toys was a 'Womble' lol! 
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28-09-2007, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by juliejam As its pouring down here and theres not much going on outside
to look at ..thought i would put a post out asking as a child what toy or so called comforter did you have and if so did it have a name.
I brought each of my children a small furry animal when they were born which many yrs later they still have somewhere..Im sure it helps to encourage some form of love and effection at an early stage which i feel helps later in life.
Well mine was a golliwog as it was known back then, not hard to guess
I called it golli.
Julie | My God Mother gave me a small teddy on my first birthday, 40 years later I still have it, although it is well worn and patched. I called it Baby teddy. My wife thinks it looks to scary for a child, I suppose that may explain a few things!!
These days I also have a Sad Sam. He comes with me on my overseas trips with the RAF, he's well travelled, Cyprus, The Falklands, Basrah, Malaysia, and The UAE.
BWD
PS Cazzie has your Ted got bells in its ears?
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28-09-2007, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Billy Wobble Dagger PS Cazzie has your Ted got bells in its ears? | No, should it?
Incidentally, I have my mothers teddy too and it's now 66yrs old!  Silly woman was going to chuck it away when it was found in her parents house after they had passed away 
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28-09-2007, 03:45 PM
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i currently have a girrafe called geraldine which my girlfreind gave me - she spritzed it with her perfume so it smells like her and i have gone to sleep cudling it every night we are apart (yep I know i'm 34 , and no i dont care )
I also have a moose called chris - because he was a chrismoose present - he sits on my bedside table and wears my glasses while i'm asleep
but my childhood soft toy was a white and blue Rabbit called blip blop because thats what his ears did, i still have him but he lives in a cupboard now not in my bed 
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28-09-2007, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by eeyore i currently have a girrafe called geraldine which my girlfreind gave me - she spritzed it with her perfume so it smells like her and i have gone to sleep cudling it every night we are apart (yep I know i'm 34 , and no i dont care )
I also have a moose called chris - because he was a chrismoose present - he sits on my bedside table and wears my glasses while i'm asleep
but my childhood soft toy was a white and blue Rabbit called blip blop because thats what his ears did, i still have him but he lives in a cupboard now not in my bed | You're so funny!
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28-09-2007, 04:21 PM
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The toy I was closest to as a child was a "tiny tears" Doll. She was named Shelley and came everywhere with me, even on holiday with her very own case of clothes. After a few years one of her legs fell off and my dad fixed it back on but it continued to fall off and eventually she was left with one leg but I loved her to bits. Then her eyes broke and she was stuck permanently with one eye open and one closed. I never replaced her as my fave toy though. I feel all sentimental now. |
28-09-2007, 04:34 PM
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[quote=Cazzie;173588]No, should it?
[quote] Obviously not, mine has that's all.
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28-09-2007, 05:19 PM
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Ihad a toy dog.. think he was made out of Rabbit fur.. he was called Fontoo.. apparantly that was all i could say at the time. Also had a grey furry cat which purred when its back was stroked. Mother threw them out in one of our moves... still havnt forgiven her!!!
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28-09-2007, 08:23 PM
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I had a Chad Valley bear for my first Christmas (1953) and I still have him today. His name is Teddy Edward, he's filled with sawdust and growls when you tip him over. many years ago (in the 1960s I think) he stopped growling so underwent an operation to fix his growl which I recall involved sellotape and then he got stitched back up again. He still growls! He's very faded but in the crease of his (moveable) arms and legs you can still see his original golden fur. He's watching me as I write ....
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28-09-2007, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by sleepinabox I had a Chad Valley bear for my first Christmas (1953) and I still have him today. His name is Teddy Edward, he's filled with sawdust and growls when you tip him over. many years ago (in the 1960s I think) he stopped growling so underwent an operation to fix his growl which I recall involved sellotape and then he got stitched back up again. He still growls! He's very faded but in the crease of his (moveable) arms and legs you can still see his original golden fur. He's watching me as I write ....
Rose | Yes, yes - You are describing my bear exactly. He sits on the mantlepiece in our bedroom. No growl now as I never had the heart to open up Ted. Also he has lost the Chad Valley tab on his tummy. Received on my first Christmas in 1956.
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28-09-2007, 08:48 PM
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Your all very odd...
My first toy i found.......just like all boys....and the rest is history
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28-09-2007, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter Your all very odd...
My first toy i found.......just like all boys....and the rest is history | That says it all !
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28-09-2007, 09:16 PM
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I had a fluffy goose call Garwood, if you shook him he would honk. He now just rattles after much loving. Garwood still lives with us.
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28-09-2007, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter Your all very odd...
My first toy i found.......just like all boys....and the rest is history |
Don't believe for one minute that you didn't have a cuddly toy when you were a kid... come on fess up Dan! Bet it was a Tiger Grrrrrr!!! 
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28-09-2007, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Cazzie Don't believe for one minute that you didn't have a cuddly toy when you were a kid... come on fess up Dan! Bet it was a Tiger Grrrrrr!!! | Good good did the innuendo go over cazzies head for once?....hmmmm.
I honestly dont remember any fluffy toys...i had a british blue cat called misty as a kid i guess she (and her brother foggy) played the part?
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28-09-2007, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter Good good did the innuendo go over cazzies head for once?....hmmmm.
I honestly dont remember any fluffy toys...i had a british blue cat called misty as a kid i guess she (and her brother foggy) played the part? |
Not at all - is you're white stick still working?!?
Ahhh... so a domesticated feline then....
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29-09-2007, 10:35 AM
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I had a doll called Rosalyn, and an Teddy bear, but the toy I wanted to play with most was my brothers Scalextric, but I was never allowed  and I've never forgiven either my brother or mum for that |
29-09-2007, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Cazzie Don't believe for one minute that you didn't have a cuddly toy when you were a kid... come on fess up Dan! Bet it was a Tiger Grrrrrr!!! | Hehehe.
I used to have a big teddy last i remember it had no eyes
Not sure where it is now though
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29-09-2007, 02:12 PM
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29-09-2007, 03:16 PM
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AHA! Furry-creature loving fools!
HERE IS THE CHANCE FOR REVENGE OF SQUIRRELKIND!  |
29-09-2007, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by zharca AHA! Furry-creature loving fools!
HERE IS THE CHANCE FOR REVENGE OF SQUIRRELKIND! | roflmao!!!!!!!!!!!! |
30-09-2007, 01:18 AM
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Yeah nice work Zharca...love it. ha ha
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