Balls ~ I've lost my fluffing marbles SBC12

Hello Hello to all Hivians, Silver Bloggers and anyone else reading this.

This week's The Silverbloggers Chronicles - Prompt 12 is ....

Tell us about simple childhood toys.

What were some of the toys you played with?

You may even have made your own toys from ordinary stuff around the house, or made up your own games?

Fresh Air the best toy

Looking back the biggest thing we did as kids was to spend time outside.

In the summer almost all the time was spent on the beach.

Buckets and spades were never far away. Who didn't love to make sandcastles for example.

Sticks were so useful too.

You could use them as swords to have playfights with your friends. Or if the rival gang was on the beach, then you could use them for some more real fighting lol. The amount of cuts and bruised knuckles we would get I am sure would have todays society running to the police claiming child abuse or something, at least in this UK society of ours.

Of course sticks were also our dog's favourites toys too!

Talking of dogs, the other thing we would never be without was a football, see the lead image...

Unless of course your dog got to it first and yep it got deflated haha!

We used to play alot of marbles too.

Indoor Toys

There was no phones or PlayStations in my day as a child.

I used to love playing with toy cars and also now that I think about it toy soldiers!

I know I would devise little contests amongst them all, I am sure others did the same!

I also had a dart board in my bedroom and would play all sorts of games on there.

We really were creative with what we did.

The other item I had was a pack of cards. I remember one year for Christmas I got a paperback book of card tricks and would practise them for hours on end.

To this day I can still pull some tricks from up my sleeve lol!

What about you? What were some of the toys you played with??

Let me know in the comments! And why not join in with the fun and start your Chronicle!?

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!

My previous Chronicles ... are :-
1 Colour ~ my 1
2 Joy ~ my 2
3 Hometown ~ my 3
4 Wheels ~ my 4
6 Memory recipe ~ my 6
7 summer holidays ~ my 7
8 Moves ~ my 8
9 back in time ~ my 9
10 Life of an Object ~ my 10
11 Childhood friend ~ my 11
12 Childhood toys ~ my this one ...

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@tengolotodo September 22nd 2025