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··IG: #blubarb19A comment from another discussion thread prompted the idea for this thread.
What item or items have you held onto since childhood - I am assuming as collectors of watches that the bug goes back some way.
To kick it off.
In the late 50s and early 60s Donald Campbell was a living legend, a hero, and bigger in my eyes than any of the Beatles could ever be. I would devour any Boys Own Annuals or seek articles that had his magic name in print. In the early 1960s (possibly late 1963) I picked up this Proteus Bluebird toy from our local BP fuel station that had the Bluebird on display for a week while on an Australian cities tour. I can't be sure if it was before or after rain washed out Lake Eyre, South Australia in May 1963 (after being dry for twenty years). I probably paid about a shilling from my newspaper round money. I know that my old man had to top up the tank of his '57 Ford Zephyr as a condition of sale. I don't think he was too happy about that from memory. I didn't care as I had what I wanted - a plastic replica of the Bluebird and most importantly (and sneakily) I got to touch the real thing.
Will I ever sell it? Nope. Nix. Nada. Oxi. Nee. Tidak. Nej. Not ever.
Over to you...photos please 😀 🍿
What item or items have you held onto since childhood - I am assuming as collectors of watches that the bug goes back some way.
To kick it off.
In the late 50s and early 60s Donald Campbell was a living legend, a hero, and bigger in my eyes than any of the Beatles could ever be. I would devour any Boys Own Annuals or seek articles that had his magic name in print. In the early 1960s (possibly late 1963) I picked up this Proteus Bluebird toy from our local BP fuel station that had the Bluebird on display for a week while on an Australian cities tour. I can't be sure if it was before or after rain washed out Lake Eyre, South Australia in May 1963 (after being dry for twenty years). I probably paid about a shilling from my newspaper round money. I know that my old man had to top up the tank of his '57 Ford Zephyr as a condition of sale. I don't think he was too happy about that from memory. I didn't care as I had what I wanted - a plastic replica of the Bluebird and most importantly (and sneakily) I got to touch the real thing.
Will I ever sell it? Nope. Nix. Nada. Oxi. Nee. Tidak. Nej. Not ever.
Over to you...photos please 😀 🍿
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