Comments on: Collecting and Collectibles – A Timeless Appeal

By: Fran

Fran — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 23:20:57 +0000

In reply to Nikki Parrott. I thought I'd remembered loads and then everyone keeps commenting and reminding me of other things! Fun times :-)

By: Nikki Parrott

Nikki Parrott — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:36:03 +0000

Love this!!! Rubbers (used to be an amazing little shop in Epsom called Rainbows End, heaven for any stationary lovers!) the little turtles that were in Kinder Eggs, sticker album (neighbours, home and away, my little pony, Care Bears) and oil bath pearls and animal soaps from the body shop . Pure nostalgia . Thanks Francesca xxx

By: Fran

Fran — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:58:02 +0000

In reply to Nisha. The erasers were massive. I hadn't realised how much so until I started writing about it for this blog. Love the F1 scrapbook, and that you still follow. Which team/driver?

By: Fran

Fran — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:54:53 +0000

In reply to Tracy Deadman.

I hadn’t realised that erasers were such a big thing – I thought it was just me and a few friends – until I mentioned it to others. The smells of them were fantastic. I had a rainbow one in a case that was divine! I’m not so familiar with the Wade animals though.

By: Tracy Deadman

Tracy Deadman — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:47:51 +0000

Erasers and those small Wade porcelaine animal figures eceryone used to have. Worth quite a bit of money now!! I used to love how the erasers smelt. I would get my shoebox out and sniff them one by one lol. Fizzy coke bottles, strawberry milkshakes, vanilla icecream cones with sauces and a flake. Just such a young teen thing to do. The Wade animals I think started off in christmas crackers and became a bit of a thing. I’m coming up for 53, so must have been one of the first to be collecting the erasers. It was such a huge deal to us all.

By: Nisha

Nisha — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:40:41 +0000

I used to collect different shaped erasers and I made a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of Formula one as I used to and still follow it.