20 of the biggest Scottish school playground crazes

The Tamagotchi - Japanese for 'cute little egg' - was hugely popular in the Nineties. PIcture: TSPL

Pogs, slap bracelets and of course, Tamagotchis. We’ve looked out 20 of the most popular playground fads from the last 50-60 years.

Crime, thriller and mystery novels have taken over from romance in the top ten most borrowed books here in Scotland in the last three decades. The Girl on the Train was the most borrowed book in 2017 in Scotland.

Scotland’s readers now devour thrillers rather than romance novels