Merged: Poland's past - holiday hits: skates, saturators, plastic trumpets
Who remembers a saturator with carbonated water or a stall with decorative replicas of a shepherd's axe, outside a railway station? And orange soda in a plastic bag? Or a group of kids from a summer camp in line for a big mac?
Gifts, toys and holiday fun. They reflect the trends of their times. Most of them disappear from kiosks, drawers, and our memory. They are being chased away by time, new inventions, subsequent fashions and tastes.
Photo gallery at http://www.polityka.pl/galerie/1517614,2,wrotki-saturator-wuwuzele---c zyli-wakacyjne-hity-minionych-lat.read
With Polish captions translated to English below:
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CIUPAGAS - Decorative replicas of a shepherd's axe - an eternal reminder of your holiday in Zakopane. Krakow's Cub Scouts waiting for a train to take them home. The end of 1938 holiday.
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HULA-HOOP entered Poland in late 50s of 20th century. A girl photographed in June 1981, Biała Podlaska.
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SHOOTING GALLERY (a little risky) with prizes: plastic flowers, lollipops, cigarettes, chewing gum, photographs of stars. You could get them, shooting with air rifles. "Targ Węglowy" (Coal Market) in Gdansk, June 1979
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PLAYING POSTCARDS. A post card, which was also a single record, to be played back on the gramophone "Bambino". The Anglo-Saxon pop stars would be very surprised, knowing the volumes of sales of their records in Poland.
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Syphon with carbonated water - A summer attraction of parties at home, but also in restaurants at railway stations. Required filling in at special filling stations, such as this one in the 60s of 20th century. Later, gas cartridges were introduced.
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SODA SATURATOR - a trolley on wheels, serving sparkling water in two ways: "clean" and "with juice." Although the glass was pinkish, but the trace amount of juice did not allow any identification of its taste. Spraying the glass with cold water meant washing it.
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Orangeade - an attraction for children, drunk straight from the bottle with a ceramic cap. The other type - a tin cap - could be used to play cyclists. Festival in Przodkowo, Kashubia, May 1975
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First orange sodas in plastic bag appeared in the 80s. Not to be confused with orange powder eaten "dry." Pictured are the bottles of orangeade "retro" during festival celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 election.
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SKATES - later dethroned by rollers and skateboards. Asphalt roadway or granite sidewalk were best for the ride. Gdańsk, 1974.
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Rubik's Cube attacked us in the early 80s. During 1982 and 83 vacations one had to master the "systems" of stacking. Otherwise, the gadget has remained enchanted and disarranged forever.
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Radio-cassette recorder - the holiday basis for listening and distribution of (not just independent) music from a weekly Saturday Hit List radio program ("Lista Przebojów Trójki"). Pictured - recording a concert in Jarocin (with improvised external power supply). July 1986.
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SKATEBOARDS appeared in Poland rather sheepishly in the 80s (carried by seamen), but over time they become part of the urban subculture. Stairs under the castle in Szczecin, 2003.
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INFLATABLE TOYS return to favor every summer. Ranging from automotive inner tubes, by the twentieth century rubber "lifebuoys" for children, to today's fancy and colorful animals.
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Motorboat pulled banana ride. The basic sounds and views, to which Polish beach sunbathers are exposed since mid-90s The beach in Gdansk, 2006.
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WATER SCOOTERS and QADS showed up only in the 90s. The machines, rented by the hour, beautifully manifest the presence of our fellow countrymen on holiday. Ah, those unfashionable walkers, cyclists and kayakers!
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A PLASTIC TRUMPET was a hit of the year 2004. We forgot about it quickly, until the World Cup in South Africa, where its big brother "wuwuzela" deafened spectators - visitors from outside Africa.
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PORTABLE CONSOLE - a PSP, a former Russian "Wolf and Hare", can convert a trip - or even every stop on the tour - into an electronic battle space.
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Drawing chalk and hopscotch is a surprisingly vital gadget. We should be pleased of it, because it is the most creative toy from the today's review of the holiday toys. And after the rain you can draw again:)
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