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    This month 75 years ago...

    Dammit... the war ended 6 months ago!
    When am I gonna get me new air rifle...?



    Taken from the Meccano magazine, issue dated October 1945

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    Quote Originally Posted by harvey_s View Post
    Dammit... the war ended 6 months ago!
    When am I gonna get me new air rifle...?
    When Webley have set up a new production line to build the German gun they've just acquired plans for.

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    Those were the days. When a demobbed Tommy could look forward to treating himself to the new Mark 3 or maybe a Model 100 shotgun to fill the family pot with only a scrap of paper bought at the Post Office needed to authorise it.

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