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Badges.

  • 03-03-2016 11:50am
    #1
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭


    Are metal badges popular among kids today or have they become a thing of the past.In the 80s they were hugely popular,badges of bands,singers etc.I remember these Dennis The Menace and Gnasher badges being very popular at one point,especially the Gnasher one with the moving eyes.Any other ones people can remember?

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  • #2
    Silvera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭Silvera


    Ah memories! I still have that Dennis the Menace badge...inside my Dennis The Menace Fan Club wallet/id card!:D ...I had the Gnasher badge too back then.

    Also still have my 'Warlord' badge and id wallet :)

    Only last week I located them in the attic ...plus a 'Stamp Out Nick O'Teen' badge :D


  • #3
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    These ones came with Heinz Invaders,which were spagetthi shaped like alien space craft(or that was the idea anyway).These badges were pretty big,the diameter of the top of a tin and as far as I remember thet came taped onto the top of them.


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  • #4
    Silvera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭Silvera


    Silvera wrote: »
    Ah memories! I still have that Dennis the Menace badge...inside my Dennis The Menace Fan Club wallet/id card!:D ...I had the Gnasher badge too back then.

    Also still have my 'Warlord' badge and id wallet :)

    Only last week I located them in the attic ...plus a 'Stamp Out Nick O'Teen' badge :D

    I had forgotten about the Gnasher badge before reading this thread...so I sorted it and bought a badge / wallet set on ebay yesterday :D
    (will post a pic when it arrives)


  • #5
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    Political/issues badges were pretty common,these are British ones but I'm sure there were Irish variations.You'd see that anti nuclear power one as a car sticker sometimes too.

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  • #6
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,530 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Covering your denim jacket with badges used be a 'thing'.


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  • #7
    Silvera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭Silvera


    I received my 'Dennis The Menace' wallet/badges in the post a couple of days ago.

    The 'new' wallet is slightly bigger than my original one (on the right) and feels as if it is made from a lighter material, so I'm guessing that it dates from the mid-to-late 80's (mine dates from '81).

    Also in the pic is my 'Warlord' wallet and badge, plus the 'Nick O'Teen' badge I mentioned in a previous post :D


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