The Weekly Question

What was your favorite childhood toy?

“I loved my She-Ra dolls. I had three older sisters, and we had a ton of them. We used to pose them.”

Meredith Gilbert, Bangor

“I had a doll that was one of the first with rubber bodies, with hair and a porcelain face.”

Lanta Hachey, Old Town

“A teddy bear that my grandmother from Australia sent me. I wore him out, I just loved him to death.”

Stephanie Pressey, Bangor

“Probably a baseball bat.”

John Winkin, Bangor

“My parents told me that no matter what toy they bought me, pots and pans were my favorite, because I’d always bang them together.”

Jenna Pitula, Winterport

“Silly Putty. I used to smush it on comic strips.”

Carmen Patrick, Bangor

“A Soap Box Derby cart that my brother made. He’d push me around in it.”

Bill Harrigan, Portland

“I just loved my bicycle. That’s what I saved up money to buy.”

Bob Marggraf, Orono