You might have seen this elsewhere. It came about mainly because my Dad wanted to clear as much of my stuff out of his loft as possible. I was 39 at the time, have my own home, he had a point.
I came across the globe walking down Oxford St one day. It was used in a Selfridges display. I made contact and a few weeks later it was mine. (nb department stores don't generally have the room to store out of the ordinary things they use in displays so if you want something, ask, they can only say no. There was loads of stuff being picked up out the back on the night of the display changeover).
It was a bit delicate and had been damaged in taking down and transit so Dad and me fixed it up with some fibre glass and alloy ribs we riveted in.
My cousin (the one with the posh watch) had the honour of sticking on the first car, a MINI Cooper, classic of course. I believe I bought it on holiday in Spain with the pocket money I saved all year. I had a particular fondness for Majorettes, it was the suspension I think.
All my collection went on. Even the Corgi Corniche Superking my Dad brought back from a union course in Barry.
I then spent a few months buying joblots off the bay. Not the most cost effective off there as the seller always want to sting you on post (Can't blame them, waiting in a queue at the PO in Brixton/Streatham/Clapham was never my favourite waste of time.)
So it was early Saturday & Sunday mornings to car bootys around South London and Surrey and few down near Dad in Southampton.
By this time the globes had been taken back to my mate's garage in Clapham. Completely covered, we hoisted it up into the roof space of the garage. It looked quite good.
Then I moved to Australia and it's now residing under cover down the end of Dad's garden (My old CE sadly had to go).
He wanted rid of my box full, now he's got a globe full. Sorry Dad.
Sound familiar?
I came across the globe walking down Oxford St one day. It was used in a Selfridges display. I made contact and a few weeks later it was mine. (nb department stores don't generally have the room to store out of the ordinary things they use in displays so if you want something, ask, they can only say no. There was loads of stuff being picked up out the back on the night of the display changeover).
It was a bit delicate and had been damaged in taking down and transit so Dad and me fixed it up with some fibre glass and alloy ribs we riveted in.
My cousin (the one with the posh watch) had the honour of sticking on the first car, a MINI Cooper, classic of course. I believe I bought it on holiday in Spain with the pocket money I saved all year. I had a particular fondness for Majorettes, it was the suspension I think.
All my collection went on. Even the Corgi Corniche Superking my Dad brought back from a union course in Barry.
I then spent a few months buying joblots off the bay. Not the most cost effective off there as the seller always want to sting you on post (Can't blame them, waiting in a queue at the PO in Brixton/Streatham/Clapham was never my favourite waste of time.)
So it was early Saturday & Sunday mornings to car bootys around South London and Surrey and few down near Dad in Southampton.
By this time the globes had been taken back to my mate's garage in Clapham. Completely covered, we hoisted it up into the roof space of the garage. It looked quite good.
Then I moved to Australia and it's now residing under cover down the end of Dad's garden (My old CE sadly had to go).
He wanted rid of my box full, now he's got a globe full. Sorry Dad.
Sound familiar?
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