Kodak Box Brownie Model 1

for those of you interested in photography who aren't acquainted with the Kodak Box Brownie, you should be ashamed of yourself.
before the introduction of the Brownie, only professional photographers could afford to take photos on their massive large format cameras, and as such they could charge an arm and a leg. The Brownie was marketed as the camera anyone could afford, advertised using the slogan "You push the button, We do the rest"; this being the case, it was strictly a point and click camera. the camera itself cost $1 (modern day equivalent, roughly $30) and the (now extremely annoying and hard to get hold of) film costing 15 cents. therefore, this very camera is the one to blame for the annoying and often embarassing tradition of special occasion and every-day photo taking.
so that's a rough (and probably partly wrong) history of the overall Brownie revolution (obviously, causing photography to explode - i forgot to mention that in my ramblings), now i'll move onto the Model 1.
the Model 1 first rolled off the production line in 1957 and was ceased in 1959. it boasts an f14 aperture and the rotary shutter has a speed of roughly 1/30 - 1/50 of a second. the film it takes is 227 (or as it says inside the camera, "Kodak 620"), which is now an outdated medium. last time i checked ebay, it costs about £12 to get hold of (sorry for switching between dollars and BPS) and THE MOST annoying thing is, it's identical in every way to 120 (very easy to get hold of), except for the spool it's reeled on, which is marginally thinner and shorter than the 120 spool.
i read on a flickr group that if you cut the ends of the 120 spool down to roughly the same size of the film and shave a few mm off each side then you can use it in there no problem, so i tried it out. it fits, and runs smoothly when you wind the film, but the ISO was all wrong, complete waste of film and time.

i really can't remember where i was going with this so i'll sum up;

1. leading figure in the photographic revolution, leading everyone to be able to take photos
2. cheap and cheerful (i expect, if i ever get it to work) point and click camera
3. the only film it takes is discontinued and as such very hard to get hold of, and also quite pricey
4. instant classic, a true diamond.

pray tell, where did you acquire it? oxfam charity shop, romsey, hampshire, UK.
cost: £4.99