A fine vintage

Alfie loves his cars. He even enjoys pushing non-vehicular toys and other objects around the carpet.

When he’s a little older, he’s going to really enjoy playing with my collection of Matchbox cars – dutifully kept by my parents for many years. It was a bit of a lurch to realise that he’s going to consider all of those cars to be somewhat vintage. The likes of the Escort Mk II and the Datsun are going to look hilariously old-fashioned to his eyes.

To Alfie, they will look like 1940s cars would have done to me at the same age.