The knack!!
mark....@totalise.co.uk
recalled where my passion for DIY came from!
When I was a kid, my dad subscribed to a DIY magazine called "the
knack".
I used to read every copy and he kept them all in a binder for years
afterwards - and I used read and re-read them often!
Anyone else here remember this magazine?
And build any of their projects? ( I seem to remember a 3 piece lounge
suite being a project!)
Mark.
Adam Aglionby
Got a full , 7 volume set of The Knack, sitting on my shelfs along
beside How It Works another great part work.
Whatever happened to part works?
Adam
Lobster
If you calculate how much they actually cost the punter ("in 75 weekly
parts" plus a few over-expensive glossy binders) - perhaps the punter
has finally cottoned on!
I suspect the advent of the internet as an information source may also
have something to do with it.
David
John
"Adam Aglionby" <ledl...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Got a full , 7 volume set of The Knack, sitting on my shelfs along
> beside How It Works another great part work.
>
> Whatever happened to part works?
I've got a full set, with binders, of Car Fix It. It cost me goodness knows
how much in the early 80's but saw it in a car boot sale and on E Bay for a
fiver!! I had told my wife that "we will be able to retire on these one
day!
Cheers
John
Adam Aglionby
> "Adam Aglionby" <ledli...@gmail.com> wrote in message
Used to be one of the Boxing Day rituals the start of adverts for part
works, build your own Golden Hind in 144 weekly parts, part 1 with
free model oar handle ;-)
Never mind in 50 years they`ll be worth scanning:
http://www.wow-engineering.co.uk/
Adam
chris French
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>Adam Aglionby wrote:
>> On Nov 21, 1:41 pm, mark.han...@totalise.co.uk wrote:
>>> Whilst working on renovating my house the other day, I suddenly
>>> recalled where my passion for DIY came from!
>>>
>>> When I was a kid, my dad subscribed to a DIY magazine called "the
>>> knack".
>>> I used to read every copy and he kept them all in a binder for years
>>> afterwards - and I used read and re-read them often!
>>>
>>> Anyone else here remember this magazine?
>>> And build any of their projects? ( I seem to remember a 3 piece lounge
>>> suite being a project!)
>>>
>>> Mark.
>> Got a full , 7 volume set of The Knack, sitting on my shelfs along
>> beside How It Works another great part work.
>> Whatever happened to part works?
>
>If you calculate how much they actually cost the punter ("in 75 weekly
>parts" plus a few over-expensive glossy binders) - perhaps the punter
>has finally cottoned on!
>
They are still around. Marshall Cavendish, Hatchette Partworks, De Prado
etc. still selling them. They don't have the market profile that they
used to have though
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Peter Johnson
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>
>They are still around. Marshall Cavendish, Hatchette Partworks, De Prado
>etc. still selling them. They don't have the market profile that they
>used to have though
I think they distribute the first few issues via newsagents and then
just sell to those who subscribe.
Birdee
I have 98 issues in the hard Cover binders. All in pristine condition.
Collected by my father in the early 80s.
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> replying to mark.hannah, Birdee wrote:
> I have 98 issues in the hard Cover binders. All in pristine condition.
> Collected by my father in the early 80s.
Homeowners Hub comes up trumps... I'd forgotten about my Dad's
collection of "The Knack". Sure Mum still has the endless blue-folder
bound copies at home somewhere.
8¬o
Brian Gaff
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charles
No - Ann Jellico wrote a play with that title. It means art or craft. In
that case the "Knack" was how get a young lady into bed.
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> Homeowners Hub comes up trumps... I'd forgotten about my Dad's
> collection of "The Knack". Sure Mum still has the endless blue-folder
> bound copies at home somewhere.
If someone really wants them then they can have them for the cost of the postage (which will be fairly substantial).
Owain
charles
> In article <o5o64o$aj1$1...@news.albasani.net>,
> Brian Gaff <bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > Is knack short for Knackered?
> > Brian
> No - Ann Jellico wrote a play with that title. It means art or craft. In
> that case the "Knack" was how get a young lady into bed.
bedstead.
Dave W
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Way Hey! Replying to a 10 year old post.
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Brian Gaff
unless you quote the message you are replying to, there is no way for anyone
on the main Usenet system to have any idea what you are talking about. Also
that site is well known to regurgitate posts from many years ago while
making them look like they are new. This means the rest of the world has
long since expired them. Thank you, and now back to your scheduled
programmes.
Brian
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Animal
> My dad did the same, I have a full set of them.