pmccarthy Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Who collected the Nestles Sky Club cards? I used to get 3d per week allowance and spent it on a 3d chocolate because it came with an aeroplane card. Could never afford the album. My favourite cards were the Piper Apache, the Convair Hustler and the Starfighter. Were there other aeroplane cards? I also collected matchbox tops but don't remember aeroplanes on them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Solvol had a series about sea creatures. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 3 hours ago, pmccarthy said: Who collected the Nestles Sky Club cards? ME!!!!!. Don't know where my album went. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Who could afford lots of chocolate?. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 There wasn't a lot in a thruppeny chocolate. It was as thin as cardboard. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 (edited) I don't recall threepenny chocolates, and I never knew Nestle Sky Cards existed. I do recall threepenny icecream cones, but they went out of existence not long after I started school (1955). The basic icecream cone then cost sixpence, a right bloody fortune!! I only got two shillings a week pocket money, and I don't think I started getting pocket money until I was about 9 or 10. Edited July 22 by onetrack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 Redheads matches used to run series of collectable pictures on various topics on top of each box. You cut the empty box with scissors and kept the top. I don’t know how many were in a series, about 15, but it was just enough to fit in two stacks in an orange Erinmore Flake tobacco tin. That could be carried neatly in a boy's pocket. The availability of both tells you something about my dad. I tried to Google the subject but kept getting matchbox toys rather than box tops. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 I can only recall Stamina trousers collectable cards - Men of Stamina! - heroes in various fields, that we were supposed to worship! https://www.carters.com.au/index.cfm/index/5836-stamina-clothes-trading-cards/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Scanlens footy cards were given away with Scanlens chewing gum, and became collectors items. The highest price paid for a card was $7,200 for a card of Geelong's Polly Farmer, which had a printing fault, which made it rarer. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 7 hours ago, onetrack said: I can only recall Stamina trousers collectable cards - Men of Stamina! - heroes in various fields, that we were supposed to worship! https://www.carters.com.au/index.cfm/index/5836-stamina-clothes-trading-cards/ I had sets of Stamina cards too. One I remember was The Boongs, which explained about black islanders helping during the war. This was different from the fuzzy Wuzzy angels. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 Edit…I think it was actually about Aboriginal men in the army in WW2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Can't call them that these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 Lots & Lots of. Cigarette cards . All subjects, even had games of skimming the card to the wall. spacesailor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalleyDi Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 I did collect them! Reading this post actually brought back some memories, so I called my mom to check. Turns out, she saved them all these years. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, those cards were such a big part of my childhood. It's funny how something so small can bring back so many good memories! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Not very good resolution but I found this photo inline. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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