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myLot reputation of 89/100. hockeygal4ever (5360) 5 years ago

I remember sitting with my aluminum tv tray in front of the tv as a kid, munching on whatever mommy made for dinner! LOL I cannot for the life of me remember what was on the tray, I recall different characters they had and such but can't recall the one I had.

If you were sick mom used the tray to give you "lunch in bed" as you stayed home from school.

When my kids were little they had these and I remember buying the magnet letter and number sets so they could play for hours in the car!

Did you have a "tv tray" as a kid? What was on it?


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1. myLot reputation of 94/100. organiclady35 (6026)   5 years ago

I dont remember having one of these trays with legs on it. I do remember my mum using some different trays which were a sort of plasticised material with a plastic edging. They were sturdy and my mum brought me food in bed when I was ill on these trays. She still has them at home to this day. If I did sit and watch tv while having my tea I would use a table with unusual legs which you could pull towards the chair and as it was quite flat at the bottom it would fit under the chair. As I cannot draw it it is a bit difficult to desribe and I dont have a picture of it. I dont know if the metal trays were just a thing in the US or not?


myLot reputation of 89/100. hockeygal4ever (5360)  5 years ago

Could be that we only had them here in the U.S. I know there are a lot of other versions, from wicker bed trays to plastic style and wooden tv trays on taller legs but these metal ones seemed to be pretty common perhaps from the late 60's through the 80's even. I know I bought one for my oldest daughter, born in '89, and she loved it.

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2. myLot reputation of 95/100. kebpete (6858)   5 years ago

Oh yes i do that was the back in my day,we had black and white tv.

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3. myLot reputation of 98/100. emeraldisle (8959)   5 years ago

I remember them and believe it or not they do still sell them. We got some for my neice when she was younger. They sell them at Wal-Mart. I can't remember what was on the ones we had as kids but for hers we had one with cats on it and I think one with puppies as well. They aren't that expensive so we thought it was nice to have on hand.


myLot reputation of 89/100. hockeygal4ever (5360)  5 years ago

You're kidding me!!? I am SO gonna go look! LOL I haven't seen them for years. You're right, they've always been little "cheapie" things but so fun to have around!


myLot reputation of 95/100. Gumball (464)  5 years ago

I think I saw them up next to the registers, down near the floor.


myLot reputation of 98/100. emeraldisle (8959)  5 years ago

Yep that's where I saw them. Up at the registers down near the floor. They do come in handy now and then. I think they were only a few dollars too for them.

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4. myLot reputation of 99/100. ElusiveButterfly (9602)   5 years ago

I remember the ones that had the stands that you could pull up in front of you. My grandmother had a set of them that sat beside one of the chairs in the den. We would often watch television with our trays in front of us. Sometimes we were treated to an actual tv dinner. That was a huge treat for us.

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5. myLot reputation of 95/100. Gumball (464)   5 years ago

I don't remember the TV trays as much but I do remember when TV dinners came in aluminum foil trays. :D

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6. myLot reputation of 99/100. suscan (1699)   5 years ago

I do remember those, my Grandmother had a pretty set which folded up,they had flowers on them. She had a business so when we went to visit she would make dinner and serve it to us on these tray tables.
Then I also remember those trays without the legs for breakfast in bed. They had various cartoon characters on them. I don't remember what was on those. but I can recall the pink ones with the flowers that my Grandmother had.Thank you this brings back another special memory of my Grandmother.

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7. myLot reputation of 100/100. Sherry12 (1972)   5 years ago

No, we never had tv trays. We always had to sit at the table for meals.

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8. myLot reputation of 99/100. sherrir101 (2918)   5 years ago

We had one with the "Dukes of Hazzard" on it. It was our 'sick tray'. Whoever got sick got to have their meals in bed on it. It was usually milk toast or tea and crackers. I know we had more, but that is the only one that I remember.

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9. dej2202 (30)   5 years ago

i used to have on at my nanas apart form it was wooden and i could only use it wheni went on holiday to hers it was great i was allways on it

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10. myLot reputation of 95/100. 4monsters4me (2009)   5 years ago

We had ones that had longer legs that could be used while sitting on the couch. I remember they had some funky 70s patterns on them. One was brown with colored dots and the other was yellow with some kind of colored design on it. I loved them and wish we still had them.

My kids have their own trays like the one you pictured. I got them for like $4 each at Wal-mart (in the check out counter). My son's has an underwater theme. My girls have an alphabet circus and bunnies.


myLot reputation of 89/100. hockeygal4ever (5360)  5 years ago

OMG.. I will definitely be checking out WalMart for them now! I've never seen them. I've never looked for them either but never happened upon them.

I read your comment about your son's and thought you said he had an UNDERWEAR theme.. LOL... I went "what?!" Sheesh... might be a sign it's time for bed! LOL

But I'm definitely going to look for some now!

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