Meccano

Just watched James May's Toy Stories on the BBC iPlayer, more specifically the one where he builds a bridge out of Meccano.

I'm not as old as May actually no where near, I'm 20 and in junior school I remember playing with and making loads of stuff with Meccano.

This show made me remember once when I borrowed Meccano from our schools toy library. I took it home and spend all evening making the thing. After what seemed like hours and a lot of sweat I finally made the Meccano. I ran downstairs to show it really proudly to my dad and he shrugged me off. I ran back upstairs and threw what I'd just made with tears running down my face. On the way up the stairs I heard my mum shouting and scolding my dad.

Later my mum came upstairs to come and praise me for what I'd made and she saw that I'd thrown it and broken my work of art and she hugged me and said my dad didn't really mean it.

All throughout the episode of James May's Toy Stories I kept on recollecting this memory which I had forgotten about. The worse part of it is that I still haven't earned my dads true acknowledgement after 13 plus years making many different things.

I would like to say that I don't really care about what he thinks but in all honesty I admire what my dad can do with his own hands and I want to be able to show him that I can do the same and earn his respect so I'll continue to try and one day he will acknowledge my hand working skills and ability.