All right, lads.....Who

remembers these as a boy. They were spring loaded and fired matchsticks.

How long have you been suffering Hyperthymesia?

They look like mini canons

They were great fun at the time.

Yep - had me some of these with sowjers to match

Kids of today don't know what they are missing, had great fun with them many years ago.

Yup, X-Boxes cannot beat the real thing...!!!!!!!!

Me and my mate tried to stick up the three shops in Pem with one of those ,......but they laughed at us and we went of home.........

Yes, I can see it now....Good 'un, nordic.....

Who collected these?

Yup, I had lots of those...!!!

Yep those are the sowjers I mentioned above

Who had those " swapex" cowboys and indians were you could swap their hats/feathers bodies legs horses , even their gun belts . I had a shed full , I had enough to invade Orrell . Used to buy them from "Newbold's " up Pem opposite the nick.

I think you mean Newbles.

I used to love going to Newbles as a kid. They had everything, from newspapers to toys.

What a shame that shops like that have disappeared. The internet is fine but we lose the shop atmosphere...

I love taking the grandchildren into toy shops, watching there faces light up is priceless.