RMweb Gold Adam1701D Posted April 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2010 This brought a big smile to my face... http://www.seven-wonders.co.uk/atranges.html I used to love these but had forgotten all about them! and this... http://www.seven-wonders.co.uk/weetabix_drwho_1.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mikes rail Posted April 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2010 That takes me back a bit! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 2, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2010 Nah - this is all modern stuff! Wot about the Corn Flakes nuclear submarine which had a compartment in the bottom. Add baking powder - yes! - and it would sink, then rise, then sink again in yer bathwater! In the mid-50s, when jet airliners were new and trendy, Corn Flakes had an offer to collect box tops and tokens, then send off a few shillings and get a kit for a Boeing 707, complete with retracting undercarriage! Sadly these kids things were replaced on Corn Flakes by "Insignia Plate" stainless steel cutlery, which ran for years. Tedious, but, as you can tell, my mum never bought the more exciting cerals with bigger and better offers. Parents! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemanlarger Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 God, forgot all ablout those and have to say were one of my favs30+ years ago! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Nah - this is all modern stuff! Wot about the Corn Flakes nuclear submarine which had a compartment in the bottom. Add baking powder - yes! - and it would sink, then rise, then sink again in yer bathwater! In the mid-50s, when jet airliners were new and trendy, Corn Flakes had an offer to collect box tops and tokens, then send off a few shillings and get a kit for a Boeing 707, complete with retracting undercarriage! Sadly these kids things were replaced on Corn Flakes by "Insignia Plate" stainless steel cutlery, which ran for years. Tedious, but, as you can tell, my mum never bought the more exciting cerals with bigger and better offers. Parents! I'm sure you're a lot healthier now as a result I remember the Corn Flakes submarine but my mum didn't used baking powder and self raising flour just wasn't the same. Soap would make it sink then rise again but I think I missed out there. I also got the 707 but it wasn't as good as an Airfix kit. An excellent bit of recent nostalgia was the steam driven jet boat. I got one from the Boys and Girls exhibition in the late 1950s and it puttered around the bath in an entertaining way. I got another one at the ME exhibition last month- made out of recycled cans- and it did just the same- excellent!! Did you ever get the cereal box aircraft carrier? It was printed on the back and sides of I think one of Nabisco's cereal boxes and you had to cut it out and assemble it along with an aircraft then rig cotton threads for the plane to run on. You pulled one to make a cardboard bomb fall from its paperclip bomb release. It took hours to build and it was c**p. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 2, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2010 Did you ever get the cereal box aircraft carrier? It was printed on the back and sides of I think one of Nabisco's cereal boxes and you had to cut it out and assemble it along with an aircraft then rig cotton threads for the plane to run on. You pulled one to make a cardboard bomb fall from its paperclip bomb release. It took hours to build and it was c**p. No, don't recall that one. It would have been an item of interest in our house, for sure, as Dad finished the Hitler War on HMS Illustrious, an aircraft carrier. He seemed to have been on one or two previous ships that suffered terminal damage - but then he narrowly missed being on board HMS Hood when she disappeared at the Bismarck's behest! Had he been there, of course, you lot would be spared my ramblings..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 There was in the mid-1930s a cereal called "Force" (I think). Their packets had a cut-out and build fairground set where the operating bits (round-about etc ?) worked by a sand hopper discharging onto a pocketted wheel (like a Water wheel) then by cord drive. The sand hopper / wheel was disguised as a Helter-skelter IIRC. My father built one for me, using Black Foundry Sand from his works. My mother threw it out when my younger sister crawled over it, crushing most of it, and spilt the sand onto the carpet in the "Front Room". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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