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That was the day you were left alone with your new treasures, my sisters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/janet.mcdonagh.7?__cft__[0]=AZb1pqzgPT5zLGMgh0kgaNZ-uIS2OhWcD6yrTMM78GolMOlFEF1xcnc366GuFgOqHgQ6khh_8I5NvlxTaRlhtPsmdhIfUFyZ60cFViiQqJJ33_WKJUvb8qDVQQsG6fWeHK8&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Janet<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ruth.page.127?__cft__[0]=AZb1pqzgPT5zLGMgh0kgaNZ-uIS2OhWcD6yrTMM78GolMOlFEF1xcnc366GuFgOqHgQ6khh_8I5NvlxTaRlhtPsmdhIfUFyZ60cFViiQqJJ33_WKJUvb8qDVQQsG6fWeHK8&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Ruth<\/a> in their room doing sisterly things with their treasures and me in my room imagining what it would be like to drive a Captian Scarlet car &#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a Captain Scarlet year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Joe 90 year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Thunderbirds year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An 007 Aston Martin DB year with working ejector seat year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common to them all were two constants: the Blue Peter Annual and the Doctor Who Annual. 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