General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Looking back, I think the best toys were those we made for ourselves.

Cardboard guns which went bang due to a brown paper flap.
'Tanks', ie crawlers made from cotton reel, elastic band and slice of candle.
Elastic guns (the elastic usually were slices from inner tubes
Trolleys (aka soap box carts)

I mentioned on another thread Mr Banks scratch-built flying model aircraft.

Sometimes they were exceedingly simple:

Two machine screws (which we commonly, if incorrectly called bolts) and a nut. You inserted one bolt to half the depth of the threads inside the nut, then placed in one or more percussion caps, then inserted hand tight the second bolt. You threw it into the air, and you didn't half get a bang when it landed!

There was always something new to move on to.

EDIT: The above should read 'TOY GUN CAPS', not percussion caps! Sorry for that error, what was I thinking!