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What are the things you really wanted as a child?

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  • #32
    Motherof123
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭Motherof123


    I really wanted a dolls house I never got one I was promised a cousins one but that never happened !
    I have two girls now and they have one each I got great pleasure in buying them for their birthdays!
    Their little brother likes to play with them now he loves the little furniture and puts all the little people to bed.


  • #33
    Motherof123
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭Motherof123


    I also wanted a chemistry set and got it and when my mother realised it was real glass she said it's broke. And returned it to the shop. I was Devo
    She said those tubes were broken I had to return it!


  • #34
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,268 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    To get away


  • #35
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Sky Sports. All I ever wanted to do was watch copious amounts of sport on Television. Now I do and I don't have to pay them a penny for it.


  • #36
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭jos28


    I dreamed of getting a 10 colour biro, my dreams came true on a holiday in Ballybunion. Some b1tch robbed it when I went back to school :mad:

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  • #37
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    Military grade Walkie Talkies

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    Mobile Phones weren't a thing then so the idea of communicating with your friend, who lived a couple of housing estates away, was thrilling.


  • #38
    Cherry Blossom
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 6,928 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    I always wanted a worm farm but didnt want to be greedy so asked Santa for an empty jampot. Imagine my disgust when he brought me a doll and pram :pac:


  • #39
    Hello 2D Person Below
    Registered Users Posts: 13,755 ✭✭✭✭Hello 2D Person Below


    Katherine Long Newcomer wrote: »
    I always wanted an electric train set but it was never to be.
    .

    I had one of these but unfortunately the whole house was carpeted so it never worked properly haha.


    I wanted a Furby, alas...


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