I absolutely love this. My heart is breaking because its all gone. The magic and the people and the real sense of family and being a part of it, and trusting that good old Santa would always bring you something. No turkey on the day, we couldn't afford one. Big capon if my granny sent one down to us. A dolly. A book. Some sweets. An orange. One year a humming top. Another year a kaleidoscope. New pyjamas with that wonderful new smell. Slippers, IF you were very lucky. Nothing much but all the treasure of the world to us. And dad cursing every year because the tree lights always blew... 🎄😂😂
I remember my grandparents giving me my first watch when i was about 15, and I had a very smart (I thought) set of propelling pencil, pen and fountain pen when I started secondary school. I was trying to explain to someone who's about 30 that those were really nice presents back then- and yes, when you were a teenager boxes of embroidered hankies WERE a thing, as were bathcubes- both things you'd get from great aunts....
1969, when I turned six, I told everybody "This will be my most beloved year for my whole life". And it did. The world was no more like on that spring, fall, winter, not to speak about that magical summer. I long since many years for a time machine. When they seek candidates, I will yell 'HERE' and jump in; go home and will never ever again be so stupid and let me throw out of Paradise.
They have no childhood and have been brought up with no discipline, no real values and manipulated by social media which they sadly think determines their value and worth as a person.
Inwas born in 1971 ans my Christmas I have lot wonderful memories especially my mom made all kind of candies and cookies and deserts then in Christmas ever when my sister and me went to bed agter decorating my mom our out her nice I can't remember the name of it she filled them with all her candy and treats she made..
I didn't realise how much I missed those days until I watched this video. I was a teenager growing up in the late 60s early 70s. Christmas mornings in front of an open fire, opening Christmas presents and smelling the turkey cooking. Wonderful days of innocence and fun! Thanks for the memories!
Oh yes- the pleasure of an open fire. Dog sitting too close...smell of lightly singeing dog...Seriously though, they were lovely- was allowed to have a fire in my bedroom if I was ill-it was almost worth having mumps/measles/chicken pox for :-)
Two days ago I was sorting a box of stuff from my parents' house and found a red fold up paper bell. At Christmas time we'd have those paper chains around the hall, and as the last touch Mam would pin this bell up over the front door. When I saw it I actually started crying. It's survived the last 60 years very well, though now faded to a rose pink, and it's going to be pinned up in OUR house next Christmas.
When my dad passed a couple of years ago I found the old tree (early 1950s), all the mercury glass baubles, the little figures my mum used to put under the tree on a layer of cotton wool (snow!) and the original fairy lights. They are now all out of retirement and have had pride of place for the last two Christmas's. And will continue to do so, it's about the memories and the feeling of keeping the past alive. Maybe that's why we've just installed an early 60s kitchen and own a 59 MK2 ford zephyr?
All I have is a small collection of Christmas baubles from the 60s/70s I put out every year. Happy memories. I love Christmas any decade really has the later ones 1990s plus are of my children. 60s and 70s are of mine :)
😭 I've just cried me eyes out watching that! Memories of the BEST Christmas Days EVER, thanks to our hard working Mam and Dad buying fab toys etc for us 5 kids! 😢 Oh ay! But they were great times back then! If only we could relive them 💔 The good ol' '60's when we were kids! 💖👍xxx
yes I had three brothers and times were lean but somehow we always got what we wanted but we never got loads of expensive stuff and never expected it, amazing times
It was because we were children and we were innocent back then nowadays children grow up to fast.and definitely not as innocent as we were it's all about computers games consoles I always got a compendium of games and spirograph I spent hours playing with them those days are long gone 😌😌😌
@@dawnfinch8232same here hours on the spirograph & etcha-sketch oh & fuzzy felt, plasticine & play dough so glad we grew up through those times without technology
That was lovely! Everything was better - the crackers, the selection boxes and looking through your Mum’s catalogue. I want to go back! (Plus it snowed!)
Looking through the Argos and index catalogues and Kays of course ...the toy section was always at the back alongside the Christmas decorations! I used to start looking through those in November lol .. the joy and excitement was magical ...
That tin of Quality Street brought back memories, we lived on a busy road ,on a bend, one day a lorry went too fast round the bend and shed its load of tins of Quality Street , they all went rolling down the road, that was a good Christmas for us kids, never had a large tin of chocolates before. Mum saved the tin to put her flour in and at 73 I still have it in the loft!
What a great story! That was when the big tins of chocolates were BIG! And Roses & Quality Street really were Roses and Quality Street. No the rubbish (nearly all CARAMELS) they put in nowadays half the size! ☺️
Ah the good old days ,my mum used the biscuit tin for her needle and thread .I can remember her putting an orange in a sock and darning it .I still have that tin and use it for the same thing ,not that I sew or darn anything .
yep all part of Christmas , we had loads of fun cutting catalogues up and sticking stuff in a cardboard box to make your ideal house, all ways had load of cut out toys in the make believe house lol
Yes great memories excitement to get the keys and freeman's catalogues straight to back pages to chose a toy which my poor mum would pay weekly for. Don't know what kids today would make of that.
Oh my goodness. That brought so many memories back. It almost broke my heart as my parents and 2 siblings I shared these days with are now passed. Those were simpler days but seemed to me that we were happier.
I’m sorry to hear this 🥲. This video brings such wonderful memories of my childhood. At some point myself, my sister or brother had most of these toys. I certainly remember putting up those decorations!. I’m lucky to still have my Mum and siblings but this has brought tears to my eyes remembering my grandparents and Dad. It’s a mixture of happiness and sorrow for those of us remembering loved ones lost!
I have since lost both parents, but looking at this video makes me feel like they are still here. It gives me a warm feeling of happy times. Thank you for the video , tonight I think I needed it. Xx
@@Lambchop2701 I also remember these times with great fondness. Some of the presents and decorations here bring back lovely memories of Christmas with my family but sadly both my mother and father have now passed. Definitely a much happier simpler time.
I remember going to the corner shop and buying those small calenders, to stick onto the large picture to make a picture calendar. When I was at my 1st school.i was so proud ,to give it to my mum....bless her..
Remember doing that- either drawing a picture or cutting one (carefully) out of an old magazine, sticking it on a bit of card then adding the little calendar on. My mother managed to look completely surprised by her present.
So true. My birthday is two days before Christmas and I still remember my mam coming into my room with a smiling face, a plastic bag loaded with a Star Trek annual and a big set of coloured felt tip pens (probably a few more bits, but nothing really expensive....didn't need to be). I'm 55 now (probably around 5 at the time) and as I think back, it still makes me cry with equal happiness & sadness (lost her last year). If only we could go back...
Memories eagerly waiting for my father to come home from work Christmas Eve then loading the car to travel to my nan's house in wales pulling up at the door late at night and my mother telling me to go and knock on the door it echoing down the street as I knocked and my nan coming to the door the smiles and laughter as we all walk in to the living room open coal fire burning memories happy one
Ah yes, heaven...but how would you be able to see things like this without your computer? It’s a wonderful invention, I just ignore all the rubbish, the wonderful internet’s been sadly abused. Facebook, social media etc...I just simply don’t wanna know.
Ah , them were the days . I’m 53 now but 70s were great ... action man , bionic man, evil Knievel , hoop an stick , lol ! Great memories !! Thanks for sharing ☺️ . Greetings from Portsmouth England 🏴
Greetings from Yorkshire. Remember Pippa Doll, spirograph, getting really excited over the hand held organ that made strange noises with metal pen, forgot the name now lol. And the annuals every kid seemed to get lol.
Best decade ever, for child or adult. I had some of those toys, still have a few. I still collect tinplate robots, but the remakes of them now are utter crap.
@@jazzman1626 Me too. Today's children have such a miserable time compared to our childhood. We were allowed to be children. These days they forced to be adults when still at primary school.
Oh my gosh, this was wonderful, lovely Xmas memories as a child with mum and dad, both now passed, but I’m feeling quite depressed now, sad that these lovely times have gone forever
What a brilliant compilation, I was born in 1959, so 60s and 70s Christmases so nostalgic for me, my parents certainly hadn't loads of money but I always had plenty parcels to open. I got one main present and loads of stocking fillers which were things like colouring books, pencils crayons etc. My mam was an avid knitter so her left over wool created dolls clothes. I had the best dressed sindy dolls in Britain probably. Such happy times❤️❤️
Gosh, so many memories. We had the Nativity ornament at 1.10 and the paper decorations. I loved them. I would go back in a heartbeat when my parents were still here. Christmas just isn't the same these days.
Yes,me too! Its what family and christmas was all about. The build up to christmas was so exciting, I remember me and my sisters drains christmas scenes in the ice on the inside of our bedroom window,4 of us in one room,2 in each bed! Singing carols til we fell asleep! Fabulous.
@@patryan3547 haha, we used to have to pick at the ice inside where our windows had frozen with a screwdriver or knife to get the thing open. No central heating just loads of blankets and a candlewick cover to keep warm. Yet I loved those days so much.
Brings back some good memories. It was a totally different world back then; simple pleasures. I used to love to go to Woolworths with my mother at Christmas time. Who remembers “The Broons” and “Oor Wullie”?
I grew up in Canada, but became acquainted with The Broons through a large hardcover book of the comic strip owned by my Great-Grandfather, who moved here from Scotland many years ago. I recall the cover was an illustration of Ma and Pa Broon dancing and surrounded by the family. How l wish l could find a copy now.🙂
Amazing memories! It is ironic that what we are searching desperately for through fancy electronic tablets and fibre cables are the simpler times of long ago. And when we find something like this what a feeling of contentment and familiarity comes upon us...
Ahhh...Christmas in the 60s was a VERY magical time. Watching your video brought back many wonderful memories, how sweet it was. If anyone reading this didn't experience the 1960s....I'm sorry you missed it you have no idea how great it truly was!! Thanks again for this wonderful video!!
I spent what seemed like hours mesmerized by tree lights through the Angel Hair. Angel Hair was thin spun glass, It created magical circular rainbow effects over each light.
I was born in 1962, and I have to say, all the "magic" is gone from Christmas! ... And yes, as a child I really believed in Father Christmas! ... It's sad that such happiness can NEVER be recaptured!
@@marcse7en I’m sorry for your loss. I miss mine terribly. We’re the same age but I lost mom in 1995 and dad in 2008…also lost my oldest sister in 2008. My prayers are with you.
@@ChrysanthsMum I'm saddened to hear of your loss. I also lost my younger brother to suicide, six years before my mother. Thank you for your kind words my friend!
@@dawnfinch8232 ABSOLUTELY would love to go back to the good life, people respected one another none of this SJW crap. Life was simple & kind. I know everything wasn't perfect but better than it is now. I'll let you know when I'm done building my time machine.....lol God Bless
A truly emotional and nostalgic journey back! I remember one year in the mid Sixties, my Dad taking me to Woolworths in December, to buy Christmas presents for my school friends, and noticing the overhead sign; “40 ways to spend 6d”! Christmases were the best in the Sixties and Seventies. Thank you so much, I didn’t want this to end!♥️
I was born in 68 so don't remember the 60's but the 70's was my playground. Absolute best time to be alive as a kid, I don't care what anyone says. Thanks Mam and Dad for the love you gave us although times were hard. XXX
oh god what some happy memories.i,m 55 years old .and can remember a lot of these things, back then you had to use your imagination to play with the toy,s I used to enjoy Christmas with making decorations and the Christmas parties at primary school , wish we could go back to those times
Aw the Christmas decorations and crackers were just so magical as a child. The fairy doll with the net skirt we had the exact same one. I remember being so fascinated with it. I must begged my mum for it and she gave it to me eventually. I still remember sitting and twirling her around for hours at a time. Simple pleasures. First time I've seen one of those for so long. All the memories just come flooding back. I still love Christmas decorations even now.
I still have the baubles, little horns, the Xmas fairy, the expanding paper chains and bells, my boxed Lego, Haunted House, Spirograph, Mousetrap, the Christmas annuals, Sooty and Rupert books and so much more! It was great to see this, thank you. I’m decluttering the whole rest of my house down to manageable minimalism but never my childhood memories and possessions.
I always remember my mum and dad putting these flat, bell shaped pictures up for Christmas. They must have had them even before I arrived. Finally when I was about 8 my mum decided they were looking a bit faded and was going to throw them away. So I started fiddling with a little metal tag on one of them that had always puzzled me. Suddenly the tag popped and it opened up into a big, red concertina bell! My mum looked amazed! She never knew 🤣
Probably the best decade to be a kid. You really appreciated what you were given for Christmas, my favourite was always the Johnny Seven gun, only kid in the street with one! Life was simple back then with no pressure you just bimbled along at your own pace and had fun.
The trouble with Johnny 7 OMA was it only had one grenade, and a few plastic bullets. However, my gun shaped stick, lovingly found in the trees near the farm at the end of our street, had endless grenades,1000s of bullets and took less than a second to reload! 🤓
Loved the selection boxes back then. Some of the old bars don't exist anymore but I still remember the distinct taste. The crackers were great too with so many interesting things in them unlike modern ones. Miss that magic atmosphere✨🎄☃️🍗🍬
Oh that was so lovely. I was right back there. And the music was just perfect. I feel I should be sitting down in the front room now, with all the family, including my gran squeezed together - and the gas fire’s way too hot. We’re all watching Billy Smart’s Circus on the telly and all the grownups are nodding off. Pass the crystallised orange slices round please!
How wonderful to see all these memories of my childhood and teens! Spangles, used to love them and I had the batman car too. And of course the mettle slinky, not the plastic ones of today. How I missed all of these when things were a lot simpler then.
Christmas in the 1960,s more fun people were happy with what they got .Great having a garage ,action man and toy cars. Looking for a sixpence in the Christmas pudding and watching the Queen's speech.
I remember asking my dad, who loved the Black and White Minstrel Show, why the faces were black. He said it was because we haven't enough black people to sing on tv yet, and we're jealous of their great voices so we want to be like them. Thanks so much for this. Just brilliant.
My mum used to love it. It was always on a Saturday night and we’d always have a cream cake while we watched it. It really was another world and it never entered our heads that it could be offensive! To me, it was just a bit boring but I liked the pretty dresses.
Me too! I was transported back in time with this. Such lovely memories. I wish I could go back for just one childhood Christmas Day. I’d tell my mum how much I appreciated her and all her hard work. Oh how I took it for granted! 😊
This brings a lot of memories back it looks really old fashion but I can assure you that our parents made our christmases special, I remember my father having 2 jobs to keep us warm and cosy plus he would not allow our mum to go out to work, Our mother was a original house wife if that’s not offending anybody but that was it back then, A lot of the toys you see from back then will shock to say that they are collectors items, Back then Christmas was Christmas considering that you had no modern electronics like you have today, I’ll always remember having a open fire were you could roast chestnuts and cook toaste it may sound awful but back then that sort of thing made Christmas and lastly I would like to thank my parents for making Christmas what it was, I have brought my family up to really enjoy the Christmas spirit.
Having spent all of Xmas and most of January suffering from Covid , and confined to bed having thrown away all our Groceries and meat because we felt too ill to eat , and had no heating for 12 days , you would forgive me if I never celebrated it ever again , And I was done with all the preparation , putting up lights and trees , And Stressful Shopping trips for the sake of 24 hours Of " Festivities" , only to suffer the " Christmas Cold Turkey " that Is Annually falling ill just on or before 23rd Dec . However , being born in AD 1964 , and seeing this , it all came Flooding back , the Cheap Crepe Crackers , the Cadbury Machine , Running back from your last day at school with the Xmas Gift You made for Mum , life was so simple or so it seemed . There is at least one thing we remember on here somewhere ., So Thank you for rekindling my faith , I look forward to Placing a Comment on here , Xmas 2021 , from my Bed surrounded by Vicks Vapour Rub and Beechams Powders . Happy Holidays ! 200 Kid .
watching this brought so many happy memories of my childhood come flooding back and brought a few tears to my eyes the 60s was truly such a wonderful time sadly gone forever
I was born in 1961 and this makes me so happy yet so sad as both my parents and older brother and relatives no longer here and i would give a heartbeat to go back to those Christmas happy days. We had so much. Thank you for this.
Believe it or not this brought tears to my eyes looking at the Christmas toys back in the day, it brings it all back when we enjoyed 60s and 70s toy's,,, it's all gone forever now, it only exists in our memories,,,enjoy life 👍
i remember wanting an action man,xmas morning i got up and unwrapped a box,it was empty?..i said "dad whats this?"he said "thats your action man"...i said"there's nothing in there?"..he said."must of been a deserter".
I was 5 years old in the 60s I remember alot of these treasures.I still have a few of these in my attic but I'll never forget going to the mail box to get the Montgomery Wards catalog that came out each year I must have circled every toy in the book along with my 3 brothers and 2 sisters we never got anything out of the book lol. My most wanted thing in that book was a canopy bed made for your doll and the bed rocked.I still want that bed 😂...tks for sharring God bless all 🙏💜
your very welcome and its nice to have a 60's Girl watching if you have any suggestions for videos please let me know, I am only too aware that my channel is very much from a male point of view and any female suggestions would be very helpful cheers
@@sixtieschild1035 Thank you I really like your videos even tho they were for mostly boys I was a Tom boy I had to be my older brother bullied me alot hehe. I grew up playing with alot of these toys there very kool and also back then we had such great clothes to wear very fashionable and I might add great cars ! I'am a Chevy girl I drive a 63' Chevy Nova all original the car is 3 years older then me . The 60s and 70s also were great to be a kid ☺ tks for taking the time to make such great videos they really bring back such great joy God bless..
@ Ricki Wolfe If you ever see one, get it! You could always give it to a child after you’ve played with it lol. I got a View-Master 5:40 not too many years ago because my wife and me were talking about them and I got one off eBay then a few months later, gave it to the charity shop. Three or four years ago, I got a train set for Christmas because I wanted one as a kid and I’m glad I did. If it’s good enough for guys like Sir Rod Stewart and Frank Sinatra, it’s good enough for me ha ha.
When I was little I remember seeing something about a "Christmas Club" at the local bank and I got really excited because I thought it was a club you could join, and once you became a member you and the other members would celebrate Christmas every day! I was very unhappy when I discovered the truth :(
Absolutely loved this I’ve just turned 60 and would love to relive this time again bought tears to my eye of happy family Christmas times. Life just isn’t the same anymore really miss these times and seeing blue Peter books Rupert books had them all. Life was so much simpler then.
Santa never visited our house without leaving a colouring book and crayons or felt tips. He once left some plasticine, but rather wisely didn't repeat the gift, since most of it ended up mashed into the carpet.
@@sixtieschild1035 Good stuff, Santa also never repeated the gift of a printing set, complete with an ink pad and a little wooden stamp, into which one used tweezers to insert tiny rubber letters. Yes indeed, one's name looked mighty impressive stamped onto the wallpaper, until the parents noticed it.
A superb recording of all that was Xmas, plus ice on the inside of the windows, perhaps one fire for the whole 2up 2 down we lived in, outside toilet and so on. Sounds grim but if you were there it was part of it all.
I remember the ice on the inside of the windows, getting dressed under the bed clothes-and turning round when sitting in front of the fire to warm my back as well as my front..
Ice on the inside of our bedroom window, it was so cold in our room me and me brother had readybrek for supper just to keep warm, and the obligatory hot water bottle!
Thank you for this collectionof wonderful memories from a happier time. I dont mind admitting it left me in tears. God Bless those we loved that are no longer and to all you that still remember the simpler world we once had.
At 2.42 they show a bell the same as i have now and it still has pride of place every christmas, after all these years its a bit battered but full of old wonderful memories. When i hang it up again this year i will remember all the lovely comments i have read here and think of you all on my 74th christmas.
