13/12/2011 by admin.

Matchbox Toys, from an early age I had accompanied my Mum into Ross on a Saturday morning, George Masons was the main stop, then it was off to WH Smiths where I was allowed to choose a Matchbox toy, this was a demanding task, so many to choose from, I had a large collection. Occasionally I was allowed a Dinky car or a Corgi, Corgis were later generation and highly prized, lorries, tractors and vans, even an ice cream van were added to my collection. One Christmas I remember receiving a Chipperfields Circus lorry and trailer complete with Tiger and Lion, on another occasion it was a Massey Ferguson Combine Harvester which I still have though Ebay beckons.

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13/12/2011 by admin.

My first memory of cars is a a bit confused, my mum and dad never owned a car or learnt to drive and so I suppose I was always going to be a bit more interested than most.

I remember being given an Observers Book of Automobiles which I still have somewhere, this was probably a first edition and if I could find it I could confirm whether it was dated 54 or 55, at about the same time my brother in law (who gave me the Observers Book) brought me home a poster of a Brabham Repco F1 car, he worked for a motor factor in Hereford and the poster was a joint effort from Ferodo, Koni, AP and probably one or two other suppliers, this was in the days before cars carried sponsors logos and colours.

I know that this would be a 1967 car and that Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme had been the drivers, the car was green and gold and sported Brabham Repco engines, not long afterwards the all conquering Cosworth DFVs would arrive, at about the same time Dan Gurney arrived on the same with the beautiful Eagle Weslake F1 car, a truly beautiful car from a company called Anglo American Racing, an exciting and glamorous name for a 12 year old having a pretty miserable time at Ross Grammar School, cars gave me my escape.

I must have had some interest previously because I remember the excitement of John Surtees becoming Formula 1 World Champion in 1964 driving a Ferrari and my uncle Cyril taking us (Uncle Cyril, Aunty Vera, my Mum & my Dad) for a drink and stopping at the New Harp in Hoarwithy where somebody reversed into his virtually brand new, black Hillman Imp which was a B reg so that was 1964, I was sat in the car at the time, outside with a bottle of Vimto, no crisps though

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13/12/2011 by admin.

We have been supplying the best Wii hire service in the UK for some time now, we have all of the games, the gadgets and the experience to provide the best in Wii Tournament hire and now we have decided to go one step further and add Guitar Hero to the range, we don’t like to mess around so we have a pair of guitars, the drums and the microphone and of course, the pa, bring your ear muffs, this may be worse than Karaoke.

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13/12/2011 by admin.

A busy few days at Hereford raceourse for us with Fun Casino Entertainment on the Saturday night and then a day braving the cold wind and rain with the crowds with the Bucking Reindeer on Sunday, our Bucking Bronco range includes a pair of Rodeo Bulls, Rudolph the Bucking Reindeer, a Bucking Rugby Ball and of course - Shaun - our famous Bucking Sheep.

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