Childhood Treasures

<span style="font-size: large;">Nearly 30 years ago in about 1985, I received a camera for Christmas from Santa.</span><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">It was a children's Fisher-Price camera made by Kodak and it took 110 film and it's flash involved attaching a strip of cube bulbs to it.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Out of all my childhood possessions it is the one that has still survived and I still have today.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">It was a chunky camera, solidly made to allow for dropping and rough handling by children with rubber ends in order to protect it.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijshgrKPohsetNSXjOL_pZamz-M692tB48E68cfKyxZi1DkNx5qggiuybLJkEPu1okQntkZrd-CVoT7CfcWW-4Ovtda_abrYfNErPnRog0FNPO6tw-OLZSTS421RIXbtECXVrwZefUpR54/s640/blogger-image--950222574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCmcohTaD1Okz8siRUaDsOejyJoiIK12aUM69Qrcbxzz8l9dnKbmY1mgDMmGv0fgOZk5KiTFNnRuQD-L0mZs2HsrX1-RBaW_zc24F-1-jYf0UK7iS8VyXHklo_HYrIm5JfLjbs5ehO3WJ/s640/blogger-image--1138607453.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">And when you took a photo there was a satisfying click as you pressed the button.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixO8JcLJuo1m89FsGoaYEAIwMdXS9_w_uOIIE-hVMXzcKJUmoFl12uGeDRJVU159iOPyBP3MSmNs55xSKwRwVn9r-W4ovK_sUZuaJYjW8Ifp32dxTNFqmGKOtZQu8pMUurmQLPFvjuEC1S/s640/blogger-image--1468173717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixO8JcLJuo1m89FsGoaYEAIwMdXS9_w_uOIIE-hVMXzcKJUmoFl12uGeDRJVU159iOPyBP3MSmNs55xSKwRwVn9r-W4ovK_sUZuaJYjW8Ifp32dxTNFqmGKOtZQu8pMUurmQLPFvjuEC1S/s640/blogger-image--1468173717.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Film was loaded in to the back of the camera.  There is still a roll of film in my camera but the pictures would be ruined as the film has been exposed to the light over the years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXz7-KvDkiODxpMJZN12bpiEkl3U3y938lCclzRQ4Qc1Oho_vQBBUN6Xol896Y076hkfKhKpxqUOpJ6e3KGtIv2d6CzdmlS1sgWyejWG0PMS2ghvcZzgu1k9MQZdMTYFwJvKff12l5IaE/s640/blogger-image--2053151896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OJgPCIVTpIIblXECczg7wJ4dTvwIVcEBgnGsLQwo27GR6xhrpGxFde8ia6ZfU1IPPPQRr-zWMnXcU7vs1fY3MLr7aDh_O94OGV7Xg19UnkA-CaE5F9meI6ekZNiDrY1mF6guxij7hetR/s640/blogger-image-744759088.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">A safety feature on the cord allowed for quick opening in case of emergencies.  This was in order to prevent strangulation accidents, I presume.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNykpOFrN8U8wO6EK-13kiVkZAyUZ_LtLzKvqqJEuBYFqzz4i1Q93TbPKUd-iqyjRteMB7g4g4ZUhE5_ga17dLl32c0L-94_xNhjoE9sJBgvqSgzh1Z7jJuNWE4n_bAB1JVApoGP9T4-w/s640/blogger-image--774623840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNykpOFrN8U8wO6EK-13kiVkZAyUZ_LtLzKvqqJEuBYFqzz4i1Q93TbPKUd-iqyjRteMB7g4g4ZUhE5_ga17dLl32c0L-94_xNhjoE9sJBgvqSgzh1Z7jJuNWE4n_bAB1JVApoGP9T4-w/s640/blogger-image--774623840.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here (black catch)  is where the strip flash was connected to </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzOKT4JC9DrH_L4BT9Uws8NOHZF-QmkXsfDDTEJcqlR7kyiEVmnEfoGkOjbkD7CFOgf5OhcO_XT_xWgs_0F35mAaEltutzMb9PqL1edqrWA7-jyeXKUNoNfOmvc4tA8qbHqXFSWOt0Enw/s640/blogger-image--1198457149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzOKT4JC9DrH_L4BT9Uws8NOHZF-QmkXsfDDTEJcqlR7kyiEVmnEfoGkOjbkD7CFOgf5OhcO_XT_xWgs_0F35mAaEltutzMb9PqL1edqrWA7-jyeXKUNoNfOmvc4tA8qbHqXFSWOt0Enw/s640/blogger-image--1198457149.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Having a camera was a novelty for children in the '80's in Ireland and on school trips, and the like, sometimes I was the only child in the class who took photos.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Taking photos on film was quite the adventure before digital as you all know.  It involved a serious process of buying the film from the chemist, taking 24 careful snaps over a few months.  You would then return the film to the chemist for development.  In 2 weeks, or so, you would collect the photos and nervously take them out of the wallet and hopefully there would be lots of nice pics.  More than likely there would a few blurry efforts that would be binned but if you got 20 good pics you would be happy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">As well as being time consuming, film development was quite costly so photos were generally taken at special occasions in my house and not wily nily!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed this post! Do you have memories of taking photos before digital? Do let me know in the comments below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'd also love to hear from anyone who had seen this camera before or knew of someone who owned one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for reading!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

Childhood Treasures

Nearly 30 years ago in about 1985, I received a camera for Christmas from Santa. It was a children's Fisher-Price camera made by Kodak a...

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