The only thing of mine that I have is a copy of What Katy Did. My parents bought it for me when I was 6 years old, and I could read it.
I regularly show it to my grandchildren to show them how lucky they are.
However, I also have a copy of Rasselas (sp? doesn't look right but I cannot be bothered to go and find it) and Thomas More's Utopia, annotated by my grandmother, who was a headmistress in a village school. It's good to see her handwriting.
My grandson, who is autistic, loves Lego. He likes to watch someone else make the models up for him, then play with the finished product. Not going to be an engineer like his dad, but still wants to be a train driver.
My husband used to get upset at the fact that his younger brother cleared out his parents loft and got rid of all the toys that he and his brothers had as kids. Bit of sibling rivalry in that, I think.
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