BFTD Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I really shouldn't be surprised, but there are folk on eBay who sell their own sets of professional-looking league ladders that they've made up. Some of them look better than the Shoot! ones. Thought it might be pertinent. I'm very tempted to make a purchase. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 As a kid in the late '50's/early '60's, there was a game played in the school playground. It was paper/cards in shield shapes of football clubs' badges. You would hold a card with your forefinger, and the next finger along, then flick it towards other cards already on the ground. If you covered/majorly covered another card, then you won that card. The shields for the big clubs had some kind of higher value that I can't remember. I think the cards may have come with bubble gum, or suchlike. I never bought any.., I acquired mine by some alternative means. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, beefybake said: I never bought any.., I acquired mine by some alternative means. Game does sound interesting, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hearthammer Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Was given this "Johnny Seven" gun for my Christmas, just before my 7th birthday in the mid-sixties. It was fantastic and felt like i had a real multi-purpose weapon. It made all the noises and was quite heavy when all the bits were attached. Not so sure an equivalent "toy" would be available today. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Some of the Nerf guns the wean has owned over the years have had me secretly envious. They definitely have designers who'd be overjoyed if we were invaded by aliens and suddenly found ourselves in a futuristic sci-fi war. Jesus, I just did an image search for Nerf Guns. Absolutely mental stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 14 hours ago, hearthammer said: Was given this "Johnny Seven" gun for my Christmas, just before my 7th birthday in the mid-sixties. It was fantastic and felt like i had a real multi-purpose weapon. It made all the noises and was quite heavy when all the bits were attached. Not so sure an equivalent "toy" would be available today. I remember seeing a lad trying to rob a shop in Oakley with something very similar to that. He got battered and humiliated by some local hard grannies. Was it you?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 15 hours ago, hearthammer said: Was given this "Johnny Seven" gun for my Christmas, just before my 7th birthday in the mid-sixties. It was fantastic and felt like i had a real multi-purpose weapon. It made all the noises and was quite heavy when all the bits were attached. Not so sure an equivalent "toy" would be available today. Nice, I had a replica Luger. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hearthammer Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, L'immortale Par said: I remember seeing a lad trying to rob a shop in Oakley with something very similar to that. He got battered and humiliated by some local hard grannies. Was it you?? I was nowhere near Oakley until 1969 when my school played football against Holy Name Primary. I can assure you that, inevitably, over the years i lost each of the attached missiles/projectiles from my Johnny Seven gun so it became a shooting noise gun only. To answer your question, no it wasn't me. Sounds like it might have been someone from Abbey View or Valleyfield though if they were using a big, f**k off gun like that to rob Wee Jeannie's store. Mon the grannies 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 On 16/02/2020 at 08:02, Moomintroll said: That 1st Division table is giving me 'nam like flashbacks. Oh, God, aye! Just like somebody putting Teletext in this thread took me straight back to Saturday's in bedsitland, York. Two hours of refreshing page 311. No flashscores or Soccer Saturday for us - these young Killie fans don't know they're born! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: Oh, God, aye! Just like somebody putting Teletext in this thread took me straight back to Saturday's in bedsitland, York. Two hours of refreshing page 311. No flashscores or Soccer Saturday for us - these young Killie fans don't know they're born! Motherwell 5 Aberdeen 6 was the best match I ever followed more or less from start to finish on Ceefax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northboy Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 On 16/02/2020 at 06:17, hk blues said: On 15/02/2020 at 21:39, Bert Raccoon said: Remember it well - would start off each season with great intentions to keep them up to date. - this lasted about a month or so! I remember these from the late 70s but I'm a bit surprised they were still going in 87-88. Me and my mates always intended to keep the ladders up to date but, like yourself, it never lasted. Having to first cross check the league standings in a paper (or perhaps Teletext in later years) kind of defeated the point. Also the tabs tended to fall apart after a couple of weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Motherwell 5 Aberdeen 6 was the best match I ever followed more or less from start to finish on CeefaxMine was Stirling Albion 4 Dumbarton 5. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: Nice, I had a replica Luger. Yes, same here. My parents were quite OK with it, but were a definite NO when I asked for a Winchester rifle for Christmas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, beefybake said: Yes, same here. My parents were quite OK with it, but were a definite NO when I asked for a Winchester rifle for Christmas. Was that the one that ejected (fake) spent shells as you fired? A boy in my street had one, I'd to settle for a silver revolver which fired caps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 EEK! Noodle Doodle Mouses 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, bennett said: Was that the one that ejected (fake) spent shells as you fired? A boy in my street had one, I'd to settle for a silver revolver which fired caps. The Luger was just a ( rather accurate ) solid die cast job. I never got much closer to the Winchester than my nose pressed firmly against the toy shop window, but as I recall, it had various all singing all dancing features. All a bit too near the real thing for my parents. Adults !! Edited February 19, 2020 by beefybake 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 After taking your new LP home (bonus surprise if it had a lyric sheet too), this also served as a bin liner, a school bag, or on rainy days could be rolled up and used a hat to protect your latest New Romantic hairdo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: After taking your new LP home (bonus surprise if it had a lyric sheet too), this also served as a bin liner, a school bag, or on rainy days could be rolled up and used a hat to protect your latest New Romantic hairdo. I give you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 3 hours ago, A96 said: Motherwell 5 Aberdeen 6 was the best match I ever followed more or less from start to finish on Ceefax Did you miss Motherwell's sixth? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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