Wife and I were reminiscing over breakfast , how it was in the 1950's Christmas, as a middle child of three and a family that struggled after the war, it was not that exciting, but one year Santa bought me a number 1 Mecano set... not much to make, perhaps a crane, but I saved my 6p pocket money and periodically visited the local toy shop, Twiggs they had a big wooden cabinet full of Mecano individual parts, I spent an age looking but could only afford one or two small bits, a angle strip , or axle rod, a packet of fish-plates ( You might want to google that one ) Would have liked some brass gears, but that came later after helping big brother with his paper round . Perhaps this started me off with an 'engineering ' brain. I suppose an Arduino would be an equivalent in today's hi-tech world.
Mecano is still made but its not the same ...
Mecano is still made but its not the same ...