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Originally Posted by Eric
I remember that store, and E J Riley's (think that there was a real good book store just up the road from E J's  ) ... used to stand in front of the wndow and drool over the Hornby locos ... and I had my first chinese meal in that restaurant .... I think it was my 18th birthday .... threw up after .... not the food, but all the booze I'd packed away in the Australian  But, the days of that kind of toy store are gone ... replaced by the Toys R Us bs. The closest thing to a real toy store that we have in Kingston is "Leading Edge Hobbies" ... still lots of model train stuff and model kits. |
The book shop must have been Wardlesworths Eric