I used to collect ephemera.
TV and film related paperwork of any kind: wrappers, leaflets, labels, bags, posters, small boxes and small cereal premiums and cereal boxes.
I found a bundle of modern ephemera I'd stashed away for posterity. There's Spider-Man, Godzilla, Pocahontas, Caspar, Sooty and more. All neatly flattened.
I used to have folders of this type of stuff on my old toy fair stall, which folks could leaf through and choose what they wanted. Some of the stuff was really old like Aurora model instructions and board game instructions.
To satisfy my appetite for TV and film ephemera in the 90's I used to look for crisp packets on a small tip area under trees near our last house with our old dog Gem. Stuck in the ground I found a Jaws, a werewolf, Space Raiders and more old crisp packets. Cleaned up they looked great. I still have some of them somewhere. I think I framed the Jaws packet because I was so chuffed!
This is what a complete mint packet would look like [seen on an old 80's forum]
Do you like ephemera like this?
No, but I wish I had in the 1960s when growing up. It is an instant trip back into childhood!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for a cost effective collection, Woodsy. Sadly I missed the boat on that one though :)
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