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My Slotcar CV.
1959-1963: UK DinkyToy®™ die-cast toy car carpet circuit racetracker.
1963: Rich kid friend gets birthday present Scalextric ... my first experience of enduring envy.
1964: Trik-Trak Xmas present anticlimax.
1966: Paper-round pays for first £10 Scalextric set layout in family home loft.
1967: Become member of local slot-car club.
1968: Commence obligatory diversion of years of S&D&R&R.
1979: Bachelor income, spare room in flat filled with Scalextric track.
1985-1997: G/f moves in, Scalextric moves out, marriage, kids … for reasons of Health & Safety, relocate from South London to Ireland.
2000: New single parent's home needs new Scalextric filled front room, so, make it so.
2008: Moved abroad, Scalextric donated to keen kids.
2020: Returned to Ireland, indulge second (or third, or fourth) childhood with new 32m Scalextric track crammed into 2m x 5.2m loft space.
2021: Astounded by the amount of Slottery info and imagery to be found during perusing the interweb.
2022: Seduced by the Digital Dark Side into self-indulgent purchasing of much pre-Christmas sale Carrera track and 1/32nd scale stuff …
2023: Work in progress loft space insulated and extended to a useable 2m x 6.5m floorspace. Track planner suggesting I’ll be able to somehow fit a 43m long twin-lane circuit innit !
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1959-1963: UK DinkyToy®™ die-cast toy car carpet circuit racetracker.
1963: Rich kid friend gets birthday present Scalextric ... my first experience of enduring envy.
1964: Trik-Trak Xmas present anticlimax.
1966: Paper-round pays for first £10 Scalextric set layout in family home loft.
1967: Become member of local slot-car club.
1968: Commence obligatory diversion of years of S&D&R&R.
1979: Bachelor income, spare room in flat filled with Scalextric track.
1985-1997: G/f moves in, Scalextric moves out, marriage, kids … for reasons of Health & Safety, relocate from South London to Ireland.
2000: New single parent's home needs new Scalextric filled front room, so, make it so.
2008: Moved abroad, Scalextric donated to keen kids.
2020: Returned to Ireland, indulge second (or third, or fourth) childhood with new 32m Scalextric track crammed into 2m x 5.2m loft space.
2021: Astounded by the amount of Slottery info and imagery to be found during perusing the interweb.
2022: Seduced by the Digital Dark Side into self-indulgent purchasing of much pre-Christmas sale Carrera track and 1/32nd scale stuff …
2023: Work in progress loft space insulated and extended to a useable 2m x 6.5m floorspace. Track planner suggesting I’ll be able to somehow fit a 43m long twin-lane circuit innit !
Flat-oval.jpg
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