DO you remember, when you were a kid at school, all the various crazes we used to go through?

Assorted cards, weird collectibles (admittedly, they came after me), certain games, the hula hoop – and then the yo-yo.

I loved the yo-yo craze.

I wasn't a Coke drinker, but it was the Yanks who, as best I recall, brought the yo-yo sensation to country towns.

Everyone had a red yo-yo – although ...