Flashback: Sold Out ; Barrie Mills On Stuff You Can't Buy Anymore

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YOUR parents go through a lot to keep you in board games and sports gear when you're a kid, so it's no surprise that they have a good memory for the things they buy over the years.

I'm pretty sure my dad would rather have spent his wages on loose cars and fast women (actually, most of his cars were a bit loose, so maybe it's the other way around), or at the very least some swingin' new 78s for his gramophone, than Action Men for two boys, or Pippa and her many accessories for our sister. But because he was a model parent (and because our mum would have killed him), he opted to buy us numerous toys and games. And now he's having to do it all again for his granddaughter, poor bloke.

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Flashback: Sold Out ; Barrie Mills On Stuff You Can't Buy Anymore

The other night he phoned to tell me that he'd seen the BBC p...

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