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Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: loulou on August 30, 2005, 12:12:08 am

space hopper

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on August 30, 2005, 09:51:14 am

We had one exactly like that lou. It was 'handed down' to me from my aunt. It lasted really well until recently when one of my aunt's dogs got hold of it

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: loulou on August 30, 2005, 11:54:08 am

I wonder how much one would be worth now.

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: goldencup on August 30, 2005, 07:05:17 pm

I had one just like it.  At my primary school sports day we had a spacehopper race for a couple of years.  I didn't win it though.

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: loulou on August 30, 2005, 07:41:13 pm

We only ever had egg and spoon race but it was a potato not a egg, and a sack race. I came last everytime.

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: oldspice on August 30, 2005, 09:18:26 pm

i stopped entering for the sack race because the sack always won.

I didn't have a Space Hopper but always wanted one. I think I was about 10 when they came out so was probably a bit too old for one.

My treasured possession at that time was my Jacko Skates (ones that you had to fit your feet into with your plimsols on. They were metal and you could alter the length bu unscrewing the bottom). They were the last gift from my mum who died when i was 10.

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: loulou on August 30, 2005, 09:20:13 pm

I would be in that sack all of 5 seconds before I fell over. It would be good to see a pic of Jacko skates. I'm not too sure if I remember them.

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: goldencup on August 30, 2005, 09:54:54 pm

I certainly had those kind of skates but don't remember if they were called Jacko.  They didn't have brakes either!

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: oldspice on August 30, 2005, 11:13:10 pm

 To describe them, you slipped your feet into the leather "toes" which were like shoes but open toed with laces to do up. Then you secured the skates by drawing a buckle around your ankles. It was like wearing sandles but they were made of metal and leather. If you wanted to make them longer, for bigger feet, you unscrewed the nut and bolt underneath and "stetched" them by unsliding a bit more metal until they were the right size. It's kind of hard to explain. Jacko was the name of the brand and it was printed in a slant across the leather toe bits.

No brakes! And solid rubber tyres. I was in my element and must have had them skates until I was about 16 at least! 

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: smurfboy on August 31, 2005, 12:45:52 am

If anyone would like a space hopper I can get them at discount - adult size ones. I was a bit too big for it (I'm 6ft 4) but if you're of more average height they should be fine.

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: loulou on August 31, 2005, 12:51:51 am

i wouldn't be seen on a spacehopper now.lol

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on August 31, 2005, 11:44:11 am

Quote from: loulou

I would be in that sack all of 5 seconds before I fell over. It would be good to see a pic of Jacko skates. I'm not too sure if I remember them.

Lou they looked a bit like this. Mine had cherry red leather straps but I don't think mine were lace-ups.

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: oldspice on August 31, 2005, 12:14:23 pm

Those are just like Jacko Skates. The laces are on the toe bits

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: chocolate chick on August 31, 2005, 12:59:13 pm

I had skates like that, you could keep your shoes on and they were
yellow. You slipped your shoed foot into the toe bit and then the strap
went round your ankle. Very hard to stop in though.



I never had a space hopper. It never really appealed to me.

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: loulou on August 31, 2005, 07:00:20 pm

Thanks for that pic cherry ripe.

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: Hello Sweetie on September 01, 2005, 02:20:15 am

That piccie brings back great memories. Chocolate
chick  - you're right, very hard to keep on, my toes
always used to flip out of the front bit whilst the ankle
strap stayed on. I learned the hard way not to skate
barefoot in them.    

Title: did you have one of these ?
Post by: chocolate chick on September 01, 2005, 10:22:42 am

I can to the conclusion that skating was not for me. Definately not in barefoot, seemed like such a good idea at the time 



I was a big fan of lego. I loved building little houses.