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 ...

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.

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.