A real bargain
Or a really good laugh
Dropped into a certain shop on Capel Street this afternoon
Saw an Irish Class 33 & 3 Mk 1 coaches, 00 gauge, in a glass case
Being of a certain ilk I asked the proprietor perchance did he have a box to go with these items?
I am then brought to a shelf where I am presented with half a box with dubious content
All reference numbers are removed
Box lid indicates the items are HO
How much, says I
€400. says he, without a flinch
In my best English I try to explain to the retailer what the problems are with the set
Loco & Coaches are OO. Box says HO,
Irish set never came with a coach cleaning apparatus etc
He then went on to tell me that it was a Christmas issue in the mid eighties etc
I would say they could hear the door slamming in Heuston when I departed his euphonium