This particular topic by Long and Short Reviews was easy, as I had a fairly extensive collection as a child, sadly having long since been thrown away.
Keyrings.
All my friends collected them, and we would take our collections round to each other's houses and swap them. I can distinctly remember one friend who had a lucky rabbit's foot she had got from a trip to Disneyland, which unsurprisingly she was never willing to swap out no matter what I offered her.
My personal favourite was a small paperweight containing underwater items such as a shell and a starfish, plus a little egg timer. I can't remember who I got that from but I valued that one with my life. There was also a skeleton with green jewel eyes which I think everyone had some variant of, and for some reason a hotdog that I refused to let anyone have.
These days I collect autographs. I'm a member of two autograph collectors' forums where we share addresses and successes from writing to celebrities, and I have a fairly vast collection now including two prized personalised photos from Alan Rickman and Gene Wilder. I even got a two-page handwritten letter from Tatiana Maslany just before "Orphan Black" became successful - fairly rare from any celebrity.
So what did you collect as a child?
Okay.. autograph collecting is cool. Where do you display them? My post is here if you want to stop by: http://jhthomas.blogspot.com/2021/01/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge_20.html
ReplyDeleteI keep them in files so they won't fade. There are hundreds of them now.
DeleteHow interesting! I enjoyed reading about your collections. I hope you can stop by:
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That skeleton keyring sounds really cool.
ReplyDeleteThere were a lot of them about at the time. I think everyone had one.
DeleteI used to collect autographs ... it's fun and challenging! It's neat that you received that letter. You're right, that IS something rare. Hold on to that sucker! I'm here today: http://www.mariannearkins.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-something-i-collected-as-a-child/. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteBelieve me, I will! I've had a few personal responses but that one was the best.
DeleteWow! I used to have a rabbit foot keyring as a child. I considered it lucky and would never swap it out for anything else, either. Fun post!
ReplyDeleteI think it was more the memory of Disney that made her keep it, but I don't blame her. I wouldn't either.
DeleteI've got loads of keyrings. I don't consider them a collection, they just clutter up a junk drawer. Most are from car dealerships that came with the car when I bought it. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-good-goddess.html
ReplyDeleteThose are the only keyrings I have now too.
DeleteTrading collection pieces is a great part of the fun? And I love Alan Rickman. I am sure you treasure that autograph.
ReplyDeleteI do. He was a tough one to get.
DeleteThe hotdog keyring must have been funny!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why I was so fond of that one, but I was!
DeleteCollecting keyrings is awesome. I haven't heard of someone doing that before :)
ReplyDeleteWe all did it back then. I'm not sure why.
DeleteVery cool. I still have my keyring from Cedar Point (an amusement park) that's a rabbit foot.
ReplyDeleteThey must have all been doing them.
DeleteHuh. Now that you say that, I remember having a rabbit's foot in my childhood -- maybe from a roller-skating rink? It wasn't really part of a collection, though, and I have no idea what became of it.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't come up with anything, so I just did "get me through 2021" book suggestions...
I never managed to get one myself.
DeleteWOw, that's interesting. My mom got Liberace's autograph on a napkin when he was playing a venue she was at. I still have it somewhere. LOL Thanks for sharing. Here's mine.https://www.tenastetler.com/something-i-collected-as-a-child-lsr-blogging-challenge/
ReplyDeleteNow that would be worth keeping.
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