DOES ANYONE remember clackers? One of the most basic – not to say genitally suggestive – toys of the 1970s comprised two plastic spheres, each suspended from a string attached to the same plastic tab.

Ah, the early 1970s. A time when cars may or may not have had seat belts, and there were certainly no car seats for the little ones to ride safely. A time when one of the hottest toys were the ...

Grim findings surface after a clackers safety test conducted by British publication, "Which? Magazine," in 1971 evaluated the toy's components based on American safety standards. In recent months, ...

Modern kids: you can keep your Pokémon, your wi-fi devices and your 'video' games. Back in the day all they had were Clackers. Good, old-fashioned, potentially deadly Clackers. This clip is from ...

The Man may have confiscated your clackers (it's health and safety gone mad!) but fret not, Blue Peter has the solution. Originally broadcast 14 October 1971. 1971: Alternatives to dangerous Clackers.