Spirit of 45 is wonderful - we gave it to our daughter and her (slightly) right leaning husband in the hope it'd get him to think on, count his blessings and remember just how lucky he is to have been born into a country with decent education and health service for all. Yes, I know it isn't perfect, but my parent's generation couldn't call out the doctor as they didn't have the half crown.
Would you think it was odd if a younger person wanted to befriend you?
