BILLY BEAN wrote:anglophone1 wrote:My mum gave my hornby dub 3 rail Sir Nigel Gresley set to a jumble sale.......aargh!
My Hornby ( not a euphemism) 3 rail with The Mallard went the same way.
My Mum gave away my O gauge Hornby clockwork train set, but luckily, my Dublo set survived. Dad bought the first lot in the auction rooms in Delgany Co Wicklow when I was 5 or 6........... It survived until the new-fangled 2-rail came along in the early sixties, and then all of my pocket-money went on new track, plastic wheels, and having some of the engines converted.
Now that I have more space in the man-shed, it has come out again to entertain the current crop of little people (and Grandpa!) Unfortunately there are too many jobs that need to be done to the big toys at the moment, but it's a start.
Three A4's including my original Sir Nigel Gresley body shell, repainted by a 12 year old JW, and the CoBo diesel that was a present for passing the 11-plus ............
A couple of years ago I got on the footplate of a REAL A4 - I was 12 years old again. Well for 15 mins at any rate!
Cheers
JW
PS - sorry to wander further off topic..............

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