I was 10 when I got my first scope, a Tasco 60mm 15-60X refractor. That was 32 years ago.
I still use the steel tripod of that old scope with a barn door tracker mounted on top. The tube assembly is used as a guide scope.
But I think what sparked my interest in astronomy more than the actual telescope was the book I got with it. An old 1973 edition of Atlas of the Universe. I still use it's star charts today.