Airfix Spitfire - Aged about 7 or 8 I was building Airfix plastic Kits to a reasonable standard, two models I remember well were the Spitfire and the German Stuka, I purchased these from Woolworths on The Flat at a cost of 2/- (10p) each. I now had a friend in the posh houses opposite and I decided to give him a gift of a completed Spitfire. On the day it was finished I proudly crossed the road with it and knocked on his door, he answered and he beamed when I presented my gift to him.
He said this is just want I want and invited me in, he led the way upstairs and I followed - "Sure to be thinking of a place that the Spitfire would occupy for all to see." I thought.
Sure enough he walked to the end of their very long landing where he stood the model, on its stand, on a chest of drawers, he smiled broadly and said wont be a second as he disappeared into his bedroom, moments later he returned with his air-rifle, took aim at the plane and two or three shots later the plane was an unrecognisable heap of plastic on the floor.
I was speechless.
Ah Well! That's Life!
Peg.