There a game using pub cards, all the pubs had cards of their sign, it was just a matter of asking, some were made of metal, we used to flick them against a wall, whoever was closest to the wall won all the cards. There also used to be cards in cigarettes and tea from memory but the pub cards were bigger and, at my schools, more sought after.
I do remember those spirographs but they were more of a “girls” thing as I recall, we were not SNAGs in those days.
Apparently I must have been “girly” because not only did I love Spirograph I also loved hobbytex. Painting on fabric.
I still have a large bag of them Bretrick,the grandchildren love playing with them.
Happy days 
I’m loving this thread, you think you’ve forgotten but then it starts coming back.
A rocking horse called Neddy, a lovely dolls house my dad made me. Teeny Tiny Tears doll, Tressy , roller skates that I fell off of and broke my thumb, a kite dad made us that flew higher than everyone else’s up on Parliament Hill
My teddy, a knitted panda and of course Knocky, a stuffed toy my uncle made that I loved dearly……
Which is why I pose these questions on forums. To jog our long forgotten memories.
Amazing what is secreted away in the deep recesses of our minds,
If being creative is considered a one gender active , maybe but I don’t think so. Spirograph was a unisex toy used by both genders.
Or Bruce might just be plain wrong. Seems like a bit of a sexist comment in my opinion.
What a great uncle you had.
They sure are really cute and well made.
You must have had a great upbringing with the best toys and a great family to go with it. Cute photo of you and your uncle. Thanks for sharing.
We had no aunts or uncles or cousins for that matter.
I don’t think it was a matter of creativity, boys had other creative toys, it was just my observation that spirograph was used mainly by girls. I have no doubt some boys used Spirograph but then some boys played with dolls in the 1950s but they were few and far between and very much discouraged. It is a fact of life.
Big jigsaw puzzles and painting by numbers for the wet days.
Rubik’s Cube I’ve never had any interest in figuring out but I did really like marbles. They were very fun and some were very pretty. One day I lost my entire collection at school for coming in from recess late. I really missed them
Yo Yos have had many revivals over the years. Marbles just came and went but I think it is too early to speculate about Rubik’s cube
But by the seventies dolls for boys were very popular. I had a few “action man” dolls. Right from early ones with the funny pointy finger through to ones with gripping hands and ‘eagle eyes’. Plus, what in hindsight was an alarmingly glorification of killing, a vast array of weapons for these dolls. And a sleeping bag. Go figure.
I had very few toys . I remember spending a lot of time outdoors and ‘making game’ like scraping out clay from a bank and making pots and keeping newts it the wood in an old bowl I found.
Cap bombs. You puled back the little plate and slid a cap under it, then you threw it in the air. When it hit the ground the cap went bang.
Parachutes made from a hanky with a piece of string tied to each corner and then tied to a weight such as a large metal nut.
All of these responses remind me of toys I had forgotten.
YoYos, never any good at “walking the dog” 
Spinning tops
Atari video game console - with basic tennis, do not remember any others.
Mr Potato Head.
Battleship Board game
Twister
I suppose living on the secluded West Coast of Tasmania I was not exposed to the whole
gamut of toys that were around.
Something else I had forgotten.
Brings back memories of Cracker Night - Guy Fawkes Night.
Bonfires, monster crackers, tom thumbs, rockets, sparklers,
Large bonfire stacked with anything that would burn. Car tyres included
I’d forgotten about yo- yos too. They were fun
Twister was fun with a group . Mr potato Head and Operation. I liked a barrel of monkeys too.
Frisbie? I’m not sure when that came out but that’s fun. The rocket caps I wasn’t a fan of since they scared me. The ankle ball was a fun . It was probably made mainly for girls
My mom made treacle toffee on Guy Fawkes night. That was fun. There’s a huge bon fire.
