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Do you recognise any of these Harrogate kids on TV 47 years ago?

Published: 27 Dec 2022, 16:00 GMT

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What are the best children’s toys and games, and are they worth the money?

Those are questions parents ask themselves every Christmas – but an old TV clip recently released from the BBC Archives provides some answers from Harrogate primary school pupils. 

The video was first broadcast on December 10, 1975, when schoolchildren from Bilton Grange County Primary School (as it was then) took over from the regular presenters of BBC Nationwide’s Consumer Unit, Valerie Singleton and Richard Stilgoe, to offer their expert opinions on the best children's games to buy as Christmas presents. 

Archive footage from Bilton Grange Primary School, which was broadcast on BBC's Nationwide.

Archive footage from Bilton Grange Primary School, which was broadcast on BBC's Nationwide.



Among the toys ranked by the retro reviewers were Mouse Trap, Monopoly, Snakes and Ladders, Haunted House, Baby Alive, Super Striker, Scalextric, Action Man, Frustration and Campaign.  

The schoolchildren will be in their late 50s by now, and many may well still live in the area. Are you one of them? Do you know someone who is? Let us know – we'd love to hear from some of them, nearly half a century on. Let us know by emailing contact@thestrayferret.co.uk. 

You can watch the video on the BBC website here.



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