What was popular when you were at school?

[Publius Ovidius]

Those solid plastic balls on string...I think they were called clackers...used to hurt like hell if you caught your fingers in them.

Yo yos

Football cigarette cards.

Marbles

 

[looney]

flick knives.

 

[southasp]

Fila Bj tracksuit tops (is that right ?)
Kappa / Pringle jumpers,
Make it big / wham baggy tee shirts,
Gold rope chains,
Pole position arcade game,
Escort xr3i cars,
Raps (card game mentioned by others where your knuckles were rapped)
Slapsies (another spiteful game but without any cards, less painful than knuckles !)

 

[The Birdman]

Mars attack cards before flags of the world and spud guns.

 

[wadhurstseagull]

7" singles, coloured vinyl, picture discs, porky prime cuts, play it loud, button badges............

 

[footychick]

Bros

This. Also EMF, Jesus Jones etc.
I didn't like Bros.
ZX Spectrum.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Pokemon cards were huge when I was at secondary school.

 

[NorthStandN1A]

Spitting Image - Madness - Morph - Grange Hill

 

[footychick]

When I was at Primary school (in Lindfield) there was a sing off in the playground. One lot was singing the Spitting Image song and the other singing Snooker Loopy.
What a weird memory.

 

[aldershot village]

Early Channel 4 dramas One Summer and Scully top Programmes along with Boy's From The Blackstuff and The Original Auf Wierdersehn Pet ,Why sit in the park with a bottle of Woodpecker when these timeless classic's were on

 

[Hastings woody]

Dead legs

 

[robinsonsgrin]

oh i loved scully! good call...

 

[somerset]

I am afraid me and my mates from Kings Manor in Shoreham had less savoury interests than most it seems. Sure we loved the music of the day, and anything Albion, but our primary focus and therefore the most popular activity for us in the mid to late 70's was: (in no particular order)

Shoplifting vinyl from Churchill Sq
Fingering
Masturbation (usually to pics of Debbie Harry)
Perfecting undoing your current girlfriends bra's with one hand.
Fighting with anyone from another school, suburb, street, town, class.

Thank god we all grow up......!!

 

[OzMike]

Marbles.

 

[nevergoagain]

Junior School
Pannini Stickers
Walking round the playground, arms outstretched "Who wants to play waaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr"
BMX's (Mag Wheels)
Commando books
Whizzer & Chips
Madness
Marble wash jeans

Secondary School
Campri Jackets
Hi-Top Puma trainers
Boatmans
Bros (Oh the shame)
Getting your dad to record Porkys on VHS for you
Woodpecker cider (2 cans of special brew for the more adventurous)
Getting routinely beaten by 8-10 goals on Sunday football (Thanks Lancing, Peacehaven & Balcombe for ruining my career)
Pontoon at breaktimes
Buying all the Indie Vinyl you can find

 

[nevergoagain]

When I was at Primary school (in Lindfield) there was a sing off in the playground. One lot was singing the Spitting Image song and the other singing Snooker Loopy.
What a weird memory.

Harlands for me, good old rivalry on the common at school sports days. Was a shame they knocked Lindfield primary down.

 

[half time scores]

Wagon wheels were huge.

 

[Twizzle]

Battleships
US Civil War, Beatles, WWII Cards with bubblegum
Sekiden pellet guns
Collecting bird's eggs
Smashind windows in the RAF Camp prefabs
Ben Sherman
Levis
Ska Reggae
paper rounds
skiving off gym lessons
Adam Adamant
Misleading Cases
Motown Chartbusters albums
Monday morning copying nerd's maths homework, mistakes included
South Stand boring Albion matches
fishing off the hotpipe for bass
paper aeroplanes and water bombs

 

[footychick]

Harlands for me, good old rivalry on the common at school sports days. Was a shame they knocked Lindfield primary down.

Yes, a real shame.

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Harlands for me, good old rivalry on the common at school sports days. Was a shame they knocked Lindfield primary down.

Yes, a real shame.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Me...