Your childhood possessions...

cantdecide

What became of all your old toys, games, school books, fridge paintings? Stuck in your parents' attic? Discarded at the first opportunity? Do you have an agonising decision as to what to do with your childhood clutter and the memories they evoke?

Chattastrophe!

All dumped years ago. I don't do sentimentality!

Banjo String

Still have a millennium falcon and unopened chewbaca, Han Solo and luke skywalker.

They're mine so they are.

Links234

There was this one time I was walking around like a crab, spun my head around and vomited in a priest's face... wait, you didn't mean that kind of childhood possession, did you?

phasers

My Ma doesn't do sentimental, she threw away all the art we did and she does the same now with my Nephew

I've still got my teddy bear though

Turtyturd

Donated to the Children's Hospital...or so the story goes, given that donating stuff to charity would be too much hard work for my parents I am guessing they were thrown in the neighbour's skip and some creamers had a field day.

ctrl-alt-delete

When i was younger I remember myself and my brother having all the star wars toys, my father had the ships hanging from the ceiling for us.

I know the Millenium Falcon is up in the attic minus the lid. As for the rest of them we only found Yoda about 5 years ago digging up a bush in the front garden, i don't mean Yoda was digging it up, but that is where we found him.

Turtyturd

Passed my AT-AT on to my eldest son a few years back.....I only got it a year before he was born.

kowloon

The only childhood things I'd run back into a burning house for are a wooden sword and shield my Father made for me.

JumpShivers

All thrown out.

If I ever have a son or daughter, by jaysus my house will be littered with stuff from school etc.

tomboylady

Toys and games mostly donated to charity, libraries, etc. I held on to a few things, mostly gifts that were handmade for me by my Dad. I also have a few boxes of old Beanos... keeping those for another while.

Thespoofer

I once had a couple of empty coke cans which I squashed around the heel of each shoe causing them to grip on, I then remember walking around for a full day wearing them and loving the noise they made ( I used to imagine they were quarter iron studs ), I don't know what happened to them.....along with the plastic milk bottle I used to jam between my bike wheel and mudgaurd instantly transforming it into a motorbike.....

kowloon

^^^ And the cavity block, you loved that cavity block!

timthumbni

Wee ted. A battered hand me down teddy that was already a mess when I got him. Missing eye, torn fluff but by god did I love that teddy when I was younger. I might try to find him now actually. It's amazing the difference nowadays as 4 year olds get a 400 quid ipad for Xmas.

That and the toy Big Loader from about 1980s. That was some toy I can tell you. It still would stand up today and indeed there is still a modern version for sale licensed under Thomas the tank. I got my kids the modern one and still think its amazing.

Temptamperu

House burned down destroying everything.

Me?

Thanks to the exorcism I don't have any possessions anymore.

Morag

My mother still has some crappy 4 link paper chain I made when I was 4 and hangs it on the christmas tree!
Drives me mental.

Ziegfeldgirl27

All in the attic. I am too sentimental, there are too many toys and games from my childhood that I couldn't bear to throw away. I don't know what I'm going to do with them all. Just want to hold onto them for now.

seenitall

Most of my childhood clobber has long been disposed of in a safe and respectful manner (no thanks to me, the perpetual hoarder, though).

It is the clobber that I have amassed since I came to Ireland that is the problem now. :pac:

Ruu

Some things are still around and I picked them up last time I was home. Sonic the Hedgehog, Roy of the Rovers, WCW annual and a lot of Beanos.

elfy4eva

I still have my "Teddy Ruxpin" He wasn't a real teddy ruxpin, but I was told he was and loved him all the same :P

Pinch Flat

Thanks to my mum who's hopelessly sentimental, I have some childhood stuff. Letters to Santa, teddy, school essays etc. great to see. I have a 7 year old and already archiving (hoarding!) similar stuff. It'll be great to look at when he's my age (I hope!)

cena

I still have must of it. Still have me teddy. He sleeps on the other side of the bed I only sleep on one side of the bed. . I still have the clothes my nan made for him

Ciderswigger

Ruubot2 wrote: »

... a lot of Beanos.

Feckin' loved the Beano!!! Can I come over and play in your house? My mam says it's ok with her if it's ok with yours.

Ruu

Ciderswigger wrote: »

Feckin' loved the Beano!!! Can I come over and play in your house? My mam says it's ok with her if it's ok with yours.

Yeah, you can stay for tea as well.

Wacker The Attacker

I have sex with a transformer every single night

3hn2givr7mx1sc

The boxes with my stuff in them were used to stop the water getting to my father's car in the garage when there was a flood. Didn't mind too much though, Da gave me his Porsche 'cause he felt so bad about it.

Pai Mei

I still have a teddy my parents bought me when I was about 5. He only has 1 eye and 1 ear and is fairly worn down (ironically his name is Lucky) but I still never plan on throwing him out

.Henry Sellers.

I still have my Lego shark. We had some good times, killed a guy together actually.