About 1954 when I would be 6 years old, Father Christmas left among other things, a set of 5 childrens encyclopiedias and an old telescope. Never looked back. Still have them all too.
Before that I suppose was Rocket Man and Flash Gordon at the Saturday morning cinema matinee for kids.
I recall about the same age discussing the name we should give our 'gang', with John Herbert and Alan Gosling and them not being keen on calling it the 'Stargazers"!!

Anybody know who wrote "Infinity Zero"? It was a short story that made a big impression but I've never been able to find it again. Strange, I never gave my SF books away.
Al