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“Speedboats From Another World” and British Home Stores

On the Wakefield Historical Appreciation Site on Facebook, Bill recently posted a comment below a photograph titled "Wakefield Kirkgate 1965" ....


'That was a great shopping street. The original British Home Stores was a place my mother shopped at often. They sold all sorts of stuff, even a small range of model kits. I got my first model kit from there in the 50s, a little speedboat in pale green plastic. It set me off on a great hobby and I built so many kits back then'.


This immediately caused me to listen to Speedboats From Another World from Modern Moods For Mighty Atoms and The Marvelous Model Kit from Clocks & Dials.


Here's the post ....


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Vanishing Parade
Vanishing Parade
Sep 08, 2023

I wonder if Bill built the German Haunebu 2


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