Today I want to show you
one of my most treasured pieces of memorabilia – a photo taken of a
4 year old me on Christmas day, surrounded by all my loot.
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1. Batman on TV
Since it has Batgirl in
it, it might be the episode where she nearly drowns in a barrel,
which would have been her own stupid fault for not realising she
could have just stood up in the barrel. That's the only episode I
remember anything about as a kid.
2. Shitty Christmas card
I made sellotaped to the wall
Maybe this was before they
invented BluTack, I don't know. Maybe my parents were just idiots in
the 80s.
3. Rude balloons
Obvious now, but I guess
we never spotted it. That is to say I never spotted it – maybe it
caused hours of hilarity for my mum and dad, and possibly for my
sniggering older sisters too.
4. My Child doll
A few years after I got
her, I got into trouble for drawing red spots all over her in felt
tip pen and claiming she had a life threatening illness.
5. Musical Christmas
bear
When you pressed his paw,
his heart lit up and he played Christmas carols. My god, I loved that
bear to the point of insanity. I still have him somewhere, but his
batteries have long since died. I don't know if his batteries are
replaceable, or if I just couldn't be arsed to do it last time I
looked.
6. Random bride doll
I don't think this was a
Barbie or a Sindy, judging by the packaging it was a knock off,
probably called Sharon or something.
7. Keyper
Princess the swan no less.
I used to keep all my secret things in my Keyper until one day I
noticed it had some weird brown stuff spilled inside it. Probably
chocolate, but it could have been toxic waste for all I know.
8. Selection box
Nothing much to say here,
except that I probably nommed the whole thing that day.
9. Bluebird market stall
One of my best presents
ever, I'm just sorry my stupid 4 year old self is in the way of it in
this picture. Never mind, here is another picture of it I nicked off
Google -
The side you see was a
burger stall, and the other side was a traditional fruit and veg
stall. I think there was a squeaky phone on it somewhere. My god. The
hours I spent shouting at my family to come and pay me money for
plastic carrots and burgers. Happy times.
10. Mullet
Blame my mother.
11. Magnetic blackboard
I used to love playing
schools with this, lining my toys up and barking the alphabet at
them, which was pretty much all I ever remember my teachers doing.
Maybe
I'll post a photo of the 30 year old me on Christmas day - if you
want to see me sat round scratching myself and eating Matchmakers.
