Ordinarily the pages
of this blog are devoted to items that I have in my collection
and usually accompanied by detailed, relevant information about said
item, well I thought I would try something different this time round!
This post is devoted to things that I use to have, that I would like
again... that I’ve tried to obtain for some time but to no avail so
I thought I would leave it open to the world wide web! This is an
advertisement from issue #20 of
The Real Ghostbusters comic dated
October 9th 1988. Woolworth in conjunction with Barratts
in the build -up to Halloween inform us of this, “
sweet way to spend
Halloween” in the form of Barretts Halloween Party Packs! Their
classic in store Pic ‘n Mix range offered everything from “
Vampire
Bats and Spooky Spiders to Toads and Silly Slugs” but they also
offered two Alma Sweetie Sticks featuring a Witch and skeleton and
three Alma Sweet Filled Hand Puppets of a Witch, Ghost and Slimer! I had the Slimer one
back in the day, along with a Skull Sweetie Stick and although the
glove puppet didn't last long (the ink would come off the plastic
during play) I wish I had hung on to them! So I leave this open to
you citizens of the internet, do you have anything relating to this
offer? Don’t bother with
eBay, I’ll save you a listing fee e-mail at
arfon@arfon.net or simply comment below!
©
Arfon Jones 2018. All images are copyrighted throughout the world.
Ah, Woolworths - still sadly missed. Home Bargains seems to be the current version of Woolies, so it's a shame they couldn't acquire the name. (Not that they ever tried.) As for the Real Ghostbusters, I used to letter for the comic - tale a wee keek inside, AJ, and see if my name's in that issue.
ReplyDeleteThe poor comment above is looking neglected on its own, AJ, so I've left this one to keep it company.
DeleteSorry Kid, nothing personal I've been trying to catch up with work! Lets see.... Phil Elliot, Bambos, Hel and Glib...
DeleteNah, not in that issue then. I was 'Glop'. Right, back to work with you.
DeleteGlop? Ok, Id like to do a retrospective some time- I might be getting back to you Glop!! :)
DeleteFeel entirely free. You know where I'll be.
DeleteNope, never seen those at all. But I shall keep my eye out.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mim, its a long shot but I thought I might as well put it out there :)
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