Thursday 18th July 2002

50 Years of Matchbox Cars

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[dans]

When I was about 5 matchbox effectively belonged to the Government because they had had so much subsidy to build new factories in Hackney. My mum was a civil servant and had to go there on a tour, being the kind mother she is she asked to take me too as I was obsessed by cars (no change there) If you can imagine a small child in heaven equivalent to Mr Wonkas chocolate factory, this was it. They took me to a room where they dumped the faulty product. It was a warehouse which seemed to be huge and was with a conveyor belt dropping faulty matchbox cars onto a pile rather like grain into a barn. the pile was 30 foot high and I could not speak. I was left to play there while they finshed the tour.....

[ZZR600]

WHHHAAAAAAAAAA NOT FAIR !!!!!

[anonymous-user]

slightly off topic but there is a room in the Coventry museum of road transport which has a huge layout of a town fulll of mnatchbox stuff. even at my age the temptation to crawl around on my hands and kenees making car noises was tempting!..........

[Farmer]

When I was about 6 I won a national competion with Kellogs to design a car . I won a Matchbox motorway a model Garage , and a Carrying case full of cars , was I chuffed ? you bet .

Ps never won a lot since

[JSG]

quote:
When I was about 6 I won a national competion with Kellogs to design a car . I won a Matchbox motorway a model Garage , and a Carrying case full of cars , was I chuffed ? you bet .

Ps never won a lot since

So you were responsible for the model T then

[Farmer]

quote:

quote:
When I was about 6 I won a national competion with Kellogs to design a car . I won a Matchbox motorway a model Garage , and a Carrying case full of cars , was I chuffed ? you bet .

Ps never won a lot since

So you were responsible for the model T then

not that old ya cheeky whipersnapper