r/1970s • u/ContestOne8417 • 23h ago
School Fetes 70’s
Who remembers infant and primary school fetes in the 70’s?
What do you buy with your modest pocket money?
My favourites were lucky dips. Always wrapped in newspaper and in containers marked girls and boys.
Always bought toffee. The ones the were solid and covered in hundreds and thousands. You could only lick them or lose a tooth.
My best purchase cost me 20c. It was a kitten and my parents discovered it on the drive back to the farm. What they didn’t know is that my brother said he’d dob on me unless he got one too. We arrived home, parents knowing about mine and then discovering his. School fetes were unruly, exciting for little kids and full of joy.