Avon Models

As much as the taste of a Werthers Original reminds me of being five years old, so does the memory of walking into the old fashioned toy shop around the corner from my house. The shelves were lined with simple tricks and toys to entertain even the most petulant or hard to please child. Zoom forward twenty years and a walk around the joyful Avon Models is always guaranteed to take me right back to my childhood.
Tucked away in a corner of the indoor section of St Nicholas’ Market, it would be all too easy to walk past this stall unnoticed, but I beg that you don’t. Not just for kids, this is a great place to find stocking fillers and gag gifts. Whenever I look through their build-​your-​own kits, sets of dominoes and paint-​by-​numbers I am positively swept over by a wave of nostalgia.
Not to sound too old before my time but if you have children, tear them away from their Wii’s and iPod’s and get them down to Avon Model’s for true old fashioned fun!