tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post1936724115009036877..comments2024-03-26T22:05:12.894+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: Christmas toys from 45 years agoStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-46814211103994660752008-12-09T20:02:00.000+00:002008-12-09T20:02:00.000+00:00What took me back in time was the Green Street, En...What took me back in time was the Green Street, Enfield address for J W Spear & Sons. This was very close to where I used to live. The Spear's "factory" was on the right, just before you got to the stop/terminus for the 135 bus route at Brimsdown and the level crossing and railway station. Spear's was where my now wife's grandmother had used to work, and near to where Chap O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404176810063857291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-87897277020774462332008-12-09T14:09:00.000+00:002008-12-09T14:09:00.000+00:00I find it interesting how much people cocentrate o...I find it interesting how much people cocentrate on adverts in old comics, are they really that interesting? There's one ebay seller who always has big stocks of DCT "Big Five" storypapers, but rather than informing buyers if Alf Tupper or Wolf Of Kabul feature in the stories it's always "Contains amazing adverts!" and then posts pictures of ads for Corgi cars! My mum and a couple of friends of Michael Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262567602680316293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-20773484379484335072008-12-09T07:20:00.000+00:002008-12-09T07:20:00.000+00:00Hi Steve,That takes me back. look at the prices - ...Hi Steve,<BR/><BR/>That takes me back. look at the prices - 42/5 for a gift. What's that in today's money? Also guineas. How many of today's youngsters would know what they were. No plastic models either. All practical hands-on stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com