'We sat speechless in the echoing hall, each with our Princess Matic portable manual typewriter, a huge, orange plastic binder file and our bag of coloured key-caps. '

We sat speechless in the echoing hall, each with our Princess Matic portable manual typewriter, a huge, orange plastic binder file and our bag of coloured key-caps. As satisfying as Lego, these hid the letters from sight but each matched up to a finger.