temperence7

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  1. It seemed we were all skint around that era, it's only when the seventies arrived that things started to change, plenty of work, affordable mortgages, and a totally laid back outlook to life, even Harold said at the time we had never had it so good.. and then...and then.. along comes that Thatcher monstrosity and her band of henchmen, and that my friends was the start of the rot which this country could never recover from and never will, but I digress, I should perhaps now raise the tone a little seeing as It's Christmas, so a Merry Yuletide to all, and if that fat man in that red suit makes
  2. Dinky toys? you must have been one of the mega rich fraternity to get some of those, all my brother and I ever got were the Lesney matchbox variety courtesy of the Woolworths megastore. but we didn't moan, we were used to such austerity in those days. infact it wasn't till we were given a clockwork trainset they we realised there was such technical innovation out there to be gleaned. this revelation however then saw us demanding such items as Tonka and Mobo till ultimately reaching the pinnacle of us both aquiring brand new Tri-ang scooters. but my real lust was to own a chemical set, which f
  3. remember? Chocolate smokers outfit/plastic pop-up moneybox/kaleidoscope/Roy Roger's cap gun/tin car with 'made in China' stamped on the underside/John Bull printing outfit/box of plastic soldiers/and one year Santa dropped off an extra special present in the form of a Meccano set, and boy was this welcome, it saw me all through Christmas and even way into the new year. give them such delights nowadays and you would be branded a miser, infact I did once buy my grandson a similar item as to the Meccano and I don't think he ever opened the box. no, what's needed nowadays are the X.boxes and Pl