Vintage-ENID-BLYTON-1952-diary unused

[walter raleigh]

I did put a couple of bids in, but it ended up going for far more than I was prepared to pay. Pity as it looks quite a nice item.

[Moonraker]

I was watching the sale at the end. It had been at around £26 all afternoon, then, with under 6 seconds to go, the price shot up rapidly to £57. It was like watching the wheels of a one-armed bandit spin around.

[pete9012S]

"It is no longer politically correct to call them 'one armed bandits',following intensive lobbying by a number of people who are actually bandits by profession and have lost one of their upper limbs in robbery related- incidents."

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[Moonraker]

Your Google search engine must be red-hot, Pete!