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 ...

Clackers appeared around 1968 and soared in popularity by the early '70s. They were fun until shards flying like tiny plastic grenades, sending hundreds of kids straight to the ER.

An Article of Hazardous Substance Consisting of 50,000 Cardboard Boxes More or Less, Each Containing One Pair of Clacker Balls," which led to the ban of acrylic Clackers. It was fun while it lasted.

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.

"Meet Clackers the class bear, Gabriel’s got him for the weekend,” said my friend Amanda, as we trudged up the hill to the Iron Age fort with the kids early on Sunday morning. Ah, I thought ...

Kids who played with Jarts, clackers or Vac-U-Form back in the day risked hurting more than just their feelings. Mr. Potato Head? Not a problem — but these toys were - Chicago Sun-Times ...

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.

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 ...