Thought I'd let folks here know about my recent acquirement!
A good few years back my grandparents started the annual request that I put up their Xmas decorations. They were too old to climb ladders up to the loft etc and I was happy to do it. One year I noticed an interesting box up there that was used for their many decorations. I made a mental note and every year checked that it remained in one piece and was out of harms way. My grandparents passed away a couple of years ago and the house went through a long running sale of the estate. When asked if I wanted anything from the house, I made sure I said the box used for the decorations - 'You want their decorations?' 'No just the box' said I.
I finally picked it up today from my parents. Its hardly the sort of thing that is display quality and is basically a cardboard box but I think its pretty cool and they're can't be that many around.
Incidentally my brother did get a Scout Walker one Xmas probably from my grandparents. They always shopped in Tesco and back in the day you packed groceries in the cardboard boxes so kind of makes sense. Before anyone asks the box definitely had no Star Wars in it when I first found it!
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A good few years back my grandparents started the annual request that I put up their Xmas decorations. They were too old to climb ladders up to the loft etc and I was happy to do it. One year I noticed an interesting box up there that was used for their many decorations. I made a mental note and every year checked that it remained in one piece and was out of harms way. My grandparents passed away a couple of years ago and the house went through a long running sale of the estate. When asked if I wanted anything from the house, I made sure I said the box used for the decorations - 'You want their decorations?' 'No just the box' said I.
I finally picked it up today from my parents. Its hardly the sort of thing that is display quality and is basically a cardboard box but I think its pretty cool and they're can't be that many around.
Incidentally my brother did get a Scout Walker one Xmas probably from my grandparents. They always shopped in Tesco and back in the day you packed groceries in the cardboard boxes so kind of makes sense. Before anyone asks the box definitely had no Star Wars in it when I first found it!
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some of the pali boys would love this
I remember things like the Palitoy Action Man Space Capsule and Evil Knevil bikes. The only thing my mum managed to salvage was a Hornby Stevenson's Rocket which I now have in my living room 
