This favourite shop of many a small boy and girl was located in the Argyll Arcade until it closed in the early 70s.
It was the best place in the city to buy Hornby train sets and model aircraft, and many a pocket money hoard was spent by Glasgow's children in awe of the range of toys and models on display.“Seeing old pictures of the Clyde Model Dockyard reminds me of the short-lived Garscube Model Aircraft Club that I founded and disbanded when I was 13,” says regular Times Past contributor Dan.
He adds, smiling: “So I had a brilliant idea. Start a model aircraft club and charge a membership fee.”“The six members of my new club were schoolboys,” he explains. “The deal was, I would buy the first kit, show them how to assemble the aeroplane, then launch the ‘plane out of our tenement room and kitchen top floor window.
“I rejected this suggestion. It was only a single-winged aircraft. I wanted to show off my skills with a double-winged aircraft. So I purchased a Tiger Moth. I used to love watching them taking off and landing at the small airport across from where I lived in Canada.The great day of the club’s first meeting arrived.
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