Has anyone here ever collected anything?
Comics, Star wars cards with those horrible chewing gums, stamps, cuddly toys, panini stickers.
Tell us about your interesting or uninteresting collections.
Collections
Steve mine is more hoarding stuff, old school books old postcards, but collect egg-cups, have about 21.
OH the post-cards are genuine World War 1 , from the soldiers, I have about 200.
In my childhood I collected stamps. Stupidly gave them to a young cousin who probably binned them. If I had them today some would probably have value. I tried to encourage my sons but it was short lived.
I don't really 'collect' anything. I just go through phases of really liking something and getting a lot of it.
And of course, all wee girls collected 'scraps'. I stll have some, but a wee arse of a boy stole some of my good ones (I was about 11at the time).
Quote: zooo @ October 21 2011, 10:31 PM BSTI don't really 'collect' anything. I just go through phases of really liking something and getting a lot of it.
To be honest, I now prefer to get rid of stuff, hate clutter.
What are scraps?
I loved 'scraps' spent many hours swapping them with my pals. I remember having quite an extensive marble collection for some reason, but nowadays it's shoes.
Aw, I loved marbles. And Lego. Cor.
I don't know how to describe ... It's like tiny cut out things - angels. Animals, children in different clothes, bunches of flowers, and some times you get them in different sizes of the same thing. I don't know what the official name would be. If this thread is still going on Sunday, I'll take a few pictures and post them.
I am most intrigued!!
Did you buy them in little packs, like stickers?
The most fun thing I ever collected...
Yes, but needless to say they weren't sticky. There was a scrap 'season' which I think was in the Autumn.
My son is collection mad, Gogos Crazy bones, Trading cards, Sylvanian Families, soft toys.
My daughter went through a phase of collecting pencil parings and eraser rubbings.
I used to cut out song lyrics and put them in a scrapbook.
Quote: keewik @ October 21 2011, 10:46 PM BSTYes, but needless to say they weren't sticky. There was a scrap 'season' which I think was in the Autumn.
and a conker fight on the way home. I've done a Google search for scraps and I can't find any. Awww, I loved my scraps, they started off a life long obsession with stationery, especially scented erasers.
Quote: AngieBaby @ October 21 2011, 11:15 PM BSTand a conker fight on the way home. I've done a Google search for scraps and I can't find any. Awww, I loved my scraps, they started off a life long obsession with stationery, especially scented erasers.
That's interesting because I've always been obsessed with stationery too. I remember a silent battle with an early boss to have the stapler on my desk ( I count staplers as stationery).
I am also dangerously obsessed with stationery.