Whoever came up with clackers, A) had something against parents. B) was extremely passive-aggressive. I remember even as a kid, I found the clacking sound annoying. Two acrylic balls on strings ...

What was it? Seventies upbringing week? I wish I’d been invited. I could have bought my clackers. The meatier offering was Danny And The Human Zoo, in which Henry, who wrote this ...

The clackers proved a bit more difficult. Amazon.com had a listing for them, but it said they were out of stock. Several websites featuring vintage toys (for example, timewarptoys.com) were a bit ...

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.