Article: Pulling wool over our eyes ; Here, along endless avenues of well-swept floor boards, and past more stacks of cotton reels, balls of wool, shoe laces and cards of knicker elastic than even the most demanding of grown ups could have needed in a thousand lifetimes, stood wonderland. A glass and polished red enamel island of toys.

Here, along endless avenues of well-swept floor boards, and past more stacks of cotton reels, balls of wool, shoe laces and cards of knicker elastic than even the most demanding of grown ups could have needed in a thousand lifetimes, stood wonderland. A glass and polished red enamel island of toys.

A whole library of Ladybird Books - Beaky the Greedy Duck, Smoke and Fluff, Piggly Plays Truant, yes, I have them still - and stacks and stacks of cheaper stuff. Card games, that stuff you blew bubbles with and tacky plastic tops made in China.

And the favourites - small green painted crossbows with bolts with rubber suckers, and pop guns which broke in the middle just like the real thing and ...

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