1968 when I got my first pay packet , had a Diana model 16 given to me one Christmas around 1964 but then started buying out of my wage including my first shotgun ,
then I got married in 75 and everything went on hold until the kids grew up and started again along with several BSA,a in the seventies as gifts mainly purchased via mail order from Don Grey (think that was him ) early BSA Mercury £34.95 posted to me brand new and I still have most of them !