Once upon a time, many years ago. A young boy would eagerly wait for the new Hornby catalogue to be released. Memory tells me this was always in January, a couple of weeks into the new year. But that could just have been because it took so long to be delivered to toy shops on the Lincolnshire coast. Time plays tricks on the memory, and I’m sure others will know better.
Anyway, that boy was me, and though I am now retired (early retired, I hasten to add) memories of that child just came flooding back when I received my Hornby TT:120 club membership package. For in among the membership cards and badges was a catalogue.
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| Membership pack and catalogue |
Now I haven’t seen a Hornby catalogue in a long, long time. But the memories returned. Flicking though the pages, (thicker pages than those of the catalogues of my childhood I’m pretty sure). It took me right back. The Hornby logo is timeless, and the colours really do harken back to the days of Triang TT3. So it felt familiar, and with an atmospheric shot of a steam train on the front, dare I say it, it felt old. Now I don't mean that in a bad way at all. There's just the right level of nostalgia while looking forward with the new scale. Hornby are pushing all the right buttons for me with this.
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| A 1973 Hornby Catalogue |
All in all, it felt good to be a kid again.
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