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I REMEMBER WHEN ALL THIS WAS FIELDS...

Andrew is wallowing in nostalgia – a fantastic place to visit, but you can’t live there

Let’s start this nostalgiafest with treasured possessions other than the house, cars and pets. With me, it’s a few books that aren’t really worth a lot. There’s my dad’s old Escort Mexico and RS1600 Haynes manual from 1973 in a laminated cover, as well as others that have been here since they were printed – a 1971 first print of The Works Minis, a 1977 original How to Modify your Mini by David Vizard,

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