The Topper was very up market as I remember with Oliver Twist on the back - terrific illustrations (when sykes and fagin came after Oliver in his sick bed it gave me nightmares!) - the beezer was more fun.

your dad was right about the seebackroscope - a small plastic cylinder with a mirror at the end and a hole in the side.

once bitten, my parents drew the line when I wanted the nose flute. I reckon I'd be the nasal version of james Galway or paddy thingy out of the chieftains - my parents didn't understand me.