Now, of course we weren’t covetous of these chunky, cheery toys – good God, we barely knew they existed! But who was it, do you think, that looked down on the cross-legged kids busy with the 23-piece toolkit, shape-sorter or play family garage and thought “Hmm… this lot are a bit lazy, all told – they could do with starting work a bit younger”? Whoever it was, we’ll bet our state pension they’re the same people now campaigning to raise the retirement age. Giving it to us at both ends? Tthanks.