21 APRIL 2001, Page 63

Q. Can you suggest a novel present for a seven-year-old godson who has everything? I am short of money.

D.M.C.C., Notfolk A. No, I can suggest a traditional one. All you need is a length of wood, a length of rope and a drill to knock up your own swing. If your godchild's parents have an oakbeamed dwelling, so much the better. The swing can be erected inside the house, suspended from an old-fashioned meat-hook.