DO YOU REMEMBER PRIMULA CHEESE?

Its odd what pops into your head from the distant past. Christmas stirs up all sorts of things long gone.

Coal gardens: I think we used to pour water or something on coal and watch crystals grow. I seem to recall it was like white fur when it'd bloomed.  This s a commercial toy I think too!

Matches in foil: these were cheapo fireworks. Matches wrapped in baking foil. I've no idea what they did anymore once lit!

Card strips on spokes: these were all the rage at one time. My mates and I, like everyone else with a bike. attached thick card to the back wheels so that it would click as the spokes went over. A hugely satisfying clatter erupted as you rode along! Did you do this?

Cushions on doors: in the eternal struggle to conquer my older brothers' wills I would regularly place a cushion on top of a door slightly ajar. The cushion fall on them as they went in. Great fun!

Celery with Primula: I adored salted sticks of celery blathered with Primula cream cheese from a tube. The cheese usually had cubes of ham in it. Delicious!

The Pools: my Dad used to listen to the Pools every Saturday on the telly. he would sit there religiously crossing his pink paper moaning and cheering at his various wins and losses. i can still here the voice reading out the footy results with team names like Charlton Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Bolton Wanderers and Partick Thistle! Did your Dad do the pools?

Harlem Globetrotters: I loved this Seventies cartoon. Curly and co dancing round their opponents. How come they got their own cartoon? I didn't know anyone in Preston who played basketball!

Do you remember any of these things? What flotsam has floated up for you?