The Argos Catalogue Christmas Wishlist
Pages 812 to 890, circled in biro.
The Christmas edition landed in autumn and the toy section was destroyed by December.
You were allowed to circle three things. You circled eleven and negotiated downwards. The catalogue was communal property and everyone had their own system of dog-ears.
It was the closest thing British childhood had to a wish-fulfilment document, and it came free.
Cost back then
Free
Goes for now
1980s catalogues sell for £20–£80
