Clothes of the Eighties, charm necklaces
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Sex: female
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When it was popular: 1984 - 1986
Description: Popular with younger kids, not sure about high schoolers. These were plastic link necklaces with plastic charms that would clip onto them. Girls used to trade charms with their friends. You could fit A LOT of charms on them because they clipped all along the plastic links. Most of the charms had little bells attached so you were sort of noisy walking around with them. Some of the charms had cool moving parts, like a plastic roller skate with moving wheels. They were really popular around 1985 or so. In sixth grade even my teacher had one!
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We had those in high school. We would go to the flea market on Saturday's and buy as many charms as we could...usually 5 charms for $2 or something like that.
Funny, I am 29 and I just bought some off of ebay a few months ago. You would not believe how expensive these things can be. Now I have to buy more because my kids want some... lol
They are also called "junk necklaces" or 1980's charm bracelets.
Good luck
OMG!I must have had like over a 100 charms on mine.They were so noisey they banned us from wearing them to school!Ah GOOD TIMES!!
oh! I still have mine! I'll post a picture!
I had so many of those..I still have one..it's a little note pad...these were so fun.
Totally brought back memories! I had like 50 charms!
WHOA! I had one when I was little and loved it! I haven't thought it that since. what a blast from the past, I want mine back!
OMG! I so loved these. I had one in grade school. I had tons of charms. I thought these were the coolest. Now I wish I would have kept them.
omg!!!! i still love them what a blast from the past i'm 30 and looking at the pics i've found of the charms i can still remeber which ones i had how funny.lol... the highlight of my week was knowing that on saturday my mom would take me to get new charms i had three necklaces full... now i have a question does anyone know where to find a gotcha bracelet
I can't believe how funny it is laughing with my husband! I'm 30 and love remembering old times!
Does anyone remember the shirts you could buy that had loops for the charms?
OMGosh I loved mine, i wish they still sold them cheap so my kids could enjoy them like we did, they totally need to bring these back
I'm 30 years old and still have mine! I loved trading charms with friends! Mine probably weighs about ten pounds, lol.
About a couple a months back I was talking to a friend about these. I couldn't remember the name, but knew what they had. With all the things they have today, I don't see why these can't make come back.
do you were to buy these? I had one as a kid and loved it. I wish they would bring them back so my daughter could own one.
Man...I wish I still had mine! I remember going to the grocery store w/ my dad on the weekends just to get my charms---they were in those little machines you stick a quarter in, twist the knob, and get the plastic egg w/ some cheap toy in it. I even had a plastic belt that you could put the charms on!
Me and my friend loved those. It's been over 20 years since I had one probably. I remember in third grade it was a big deal to get more and more charms.
Okay...Stupid question, but where did you get them as a kid? Like a store chain name? Etc. Thanks! :)
WOW! What a blast from the past with these charm necklaces. I LOVED mine for a brief period...like 2nd and 3rd grade I think (I am 32 now, so that would have been roughly 1985). I bought mine at a gift shop called "Teddy Bears Too" (local) and at Hallmark card shop. They were kind of expensive for plastic, I never found them in quarter machines. The charms were at least a dollar. Love the pic someone posted...exactly like I remember the charms!
I got mine at Woolworth's
Does anyone remember what they called these??? It is driving me CRAZY that I can't remember!
holy crap!! my whole family collected these around 1985 we had every one we bought them at a store in what used to be the Erie Central Mall I used to string the chains end to end along my bedroom wall must have had about 20 feet full of these charms oh the memmories
People from NJ called them Junk Necklaces/Charm Necklaces. I submitted one of my pictures for all to see. My favorite charms were the ABACUS, EGGS IN PAN, BMX HELMET, CONAIR PHONE & DIARY!!
I had one as a guy! Collected until first grade was over. The girls loved me for it. HAHAHA In fact I still have the charm necklace in a cup in my room. Wore it to an 80s fanjam party the other day and again the girls were FLIPPING OUT! Has an frying pan with egg, a toothbrush...a bicycle....random things on it!
I have a bunch of these- maybe fifty or more. I also have several chains. My favourite charm (it's hard to choose just one!) is the headphones.
I had a ton of these. They were so popular with the kids in my class. I was born in 79 and we would trade each other for the ones that we wanted. Oddly enough my son(who is 7) came home with about 20 of these yesterday from school. He said a teacher gave them to him. I was so shocked and it brought back the good ole days.
I was thinking about my old charm necklace a couple weeks ago. I wish I knew where in my mother's garage I would have to look in order to find it. I had a black necklace with a ton of charms. I can't remember what ANY of them were, which makes me want to find it even more! Eggs in a pan sounds familiar tho!
hi i am trying to buy the necklace for my kids they love that 80's charm necklace i told them stories about it if some one have it for say or know a store where i can buy it from please email me at lewisy58@yahoo.com thank you very very much
Hey Yolande: There's plenty of them on eBay. I actually have some and a few chains I've been thinking of listing. I warn you though, they can be pricey.
I have all of my original ones on a chinese jump rope...you guys remember those? I have right at 100 charms on there.
Gosh how fun to find this page. I still have one and am a fifth grade teacher. Does anyone now who holds the copyrignt and how we could find out?
EMail me at klayne58@comcast.net
Does anyone know about the 36" necklaces that you twisted together to make a necklace sorta like a choker only looser. I am wearing mine from 1985--it has about 12 separate 36" lengths of orange or black or gold beads twisted together and clasped with a hinged O. Each length is one color and you twist them together. Some women had lapis or other semi-precious stones but I just have beads. I get them out for Halloween and I love the look now that I have an old lady neck!
I soo remember the toilet with lifting lid...but I can't recall the name either. Does anyone know what they were called? There is a new version out now call Lucky BeeBee. Saw them in Toys R Us with my 7 yr old daughter who wants some!!! How funny.
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