I too was taken to Bekonscot as a small child in the early fifties. I was totally thrilled and remember it clearly. But it was a lot smaller then, certainly not one-and-a-half acres! By the way, I don't suppose anyone who lived in Middlesex in the early fifties remembers the Peter Pan Railway at Heathrow Airport? (Called London Airport in those days) Just in front of the newly-built Queen's Building, it was a miniature railway for children to ride on. Each carriage was named after a character in the Peter Pan story. (Tinkerbell, Wendy and so on)