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Date: 24 September 2013 16:05:28
Have you seen the partwork that is available at the moment, about building a model railway, set in the 1960s? My mother loves train sets, and went into transports of delight (unintentional pun - if you didn't get it, it wasn't worth getting anyway) when she saw it. My dad has now got it on subscription for her. In every issue, you get another building to stick together. I know having tried to do this, and having seen layouts at a great place called Pecorama in Dorset, about how creative this hobby can be, but like many creative hobbies, it can also become an obsession. For my mother, this is taking her back to her childhood, when, as soon as they had broken up from school for the summer hols, my mum's bed would get pushed right under the window in her room, and the train set would go down on the floor. It would stay down for the whole of the summer, and it was the only time her brother (my uncle and godfather) was allowed into her room! I love that story! My grandfather has always had a fiery temper, and has mellowed with age. Then, his temper was explosive! However, the trains was one thing that seemed to bring father and children (male and female) together in relative harmony. There's not many things in life these days that can span the generations like that, but in my experiences, anything that involves creativity does come pretty close!