https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/contact-us daily 0.75 2024-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/ddf8c190-3461-451d-b74c-a74994ac1033/Frank+Hornby+CT+Logo.png Contact Us - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/home daily 1.0 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/631d4789-8860-4c54-9ad2-f1103f7d6c8f/Frank+Hornby+CT+Logo.png Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/275e871e-47f3-427a-a4a1-06d4654a450d/657258376_4400054733603058_8151378781248029360_n.jpg Home - Make it stand out A refubished Dinky Toys (No.281) Pathe News Fiat 2300 Station Wagon recently acquired by and on display at our Maghull Heritage Centre Check out the historic Pathe News item about the Dinky model being made at Liverpool’s world famous Binns Rd Meccano factory - https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/88371/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/c2763434-fedb-4cf5-b535-eaacd2cf0858/658867099_4395930057348859_7653079548672777966_n.jpg Home - Make it stand out One of the plaques from the BR Class 86 Electric loco which carried ‘Frank Hornby’ nameplates. It’s on display in Maghull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/5ebcc5ad-8271-4d50-ba8d-aa6cce7a18e2/645703220_4371216006486931_6986455508437012131_n.jpg Home - Make it stand out A Meccano Motor Car Constructor Outfit No.2 dating from @1933 on display at Maghull's Frank Hornby Heritage Centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/5144aa0e-48f3-4c79-bdc3-40381e7ccddb/638244389_4361778207430711_3844170373463024328_n.jpg Home - Make it stand out French Dinky ‘Cougar’ Toys Are these Dinky Toys? Well, yes & no. They have’ Dinky Toys’ embossed into their plastic bases. The green one is a BMW 530, the gold one a Peugeot 504. They’re French Dinky Toys and were produced 1980/81. Maghull's Frank Hornby Heritage Centre acquired them (plus 2 others) recently and has been looking into how they came about. We know they're French Dinky Toys, but they're also known as Cougar Models. Many of the 'Airfix’ era Dinky Toys were produced in the early 1980's in France under the name of Cougar Model Toys. For example, the BMW 530 four-door saloon car. The Model number is 1404. It was issued in the early 1980's, the scale being about 1/43rd. This one is in metallic green and is of both die-cast and plastic construction. The interior is in grey plastic with a plastic cream base. 'Cougar' decals are applied to the side doors. The wheels being black coloured ‘Speedwheels’. The Cougar decal is also on the Peugeot 504. A liitle further digging on the internet and we discovered the involvement of French model-making company Solido. You could call them French Dinky ‘follow-ons’. They’re going on display at Maghull's Frank Hornby Heritage Centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/9f7fe8a8-64e2-4dfe-b66f-c9301baf025d/619553721_4332578273684038_6195729093105767336_n.jpg Home - Make it stand out 1939 Hornby Dublo D2 Set This is a cracking addition to the displays of Hornby items at Maghull's Frank Hornby Heritage Centre. It dates from 1939 and was recently passed on to us by Mike Howard. The excellent Brighton Toy and Model Museum has some interesting information about this wooden D2 set:- https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/.../Category:Hornby... We don't have the full set (which sold for 25/- in 1939) because the arched station canopy part is missing. We do, however, have the separately purchased wooded block signal box (see below), which sold for 11d. What a find, thank you so much Mike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/8f0c6784-c3bf-4131-a514-1858701f09ab/Screenshot+2025-02-07+084915.jpg Home - Make it stand out A National Museums Liverpool podcast all about Maghull's famous resident Frank Hornby Les French & Tony Robertson take part from the Frank Hornby Trust to help tell the story of the world-famous toy maker and his influences - https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/frank-hornby-national-museums-liverpool-podcast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/13fa6220-8077-4d30-8412-5dd891ad458b/Memory+Box+at+FHHC+07+09+22+%282%29.jpg Home - Make it stand out The Hornby/Meccano items in the box include a clockwork 0 Gauge train & track, 2 built Meccano models & some Dinky Toys. Explanatory cards box tell users all about Hornby/Meccano so that they can lead a talk in schools, care homes, or to community/local history organisations, etc. Looking for someone to give a Hornby talk? If you’d like one of our volunteer trustees to give a talk please email Les French at - caractorgraphics@yahoo.co.uk We do ask for a minimum donation of £30 for such talks to cover our costs and to bring some money into our small charitable trust. Our trustees will usually travel to venues within Merseyside and Lancashire but please feel free to contact us if you are further away to see if we can accommodate your request. ***** https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/a3a3936e-2776-439f-8cfa-a40767cef863/622815498_4335726456702553_4614754639730017824_n.jpg Home - Make it stand out Dinky’s Displayed at Maghull's Frank Hornby Heritage Centre A Coventry Climax forklift truck in good play-worn condition (Dinky No.401) and a beautifully restored Dinky Supertoys Bedford Pallet Jekta van (Dinky No.930). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/669b43b4-dc4f-401c-a924-f1d9b0d66cd4/O+Gauge+Clockwork+Train+Set+at+FHHC..jpg Home - Make it stand out Hornby 0 Gauge Clockwork train set on display at Maghull’s FHHC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/3fce6055-6678-4862-ba2b-49f1e3a37e7d/Dinky+Toys++-+1946+Fraser-Nash+BMW+No.+38a+%281%29.jpg Home - Make it stand out A Dinky Toy refurb' by our Heritage Centre Just a replacement windscreen for our Fraser/Nash BMW dating from @1946 - Dinky No.38a. Other than the reproduction windscreen this car is in original Meccano Factory condition, if a little play-worn. We try to do only what is necessary when refurbishing Dinky Toys and only go for repainting when the model is pretty much a wreck. https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/modern-day-companies daily 0.75 2021-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1615795556830-GDM877QFY6LY23G58HLX/Meccano_logo.png Modern Day Companies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1615796208048-8O99UD9CTD203FWN4KDF/Hornby_logo.svg-1-.png Modern Day Companies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1615795046673-UXXJCYLBCV83UU3ATI2R/Dinky_Toys%5B1%5D.jpg Modern Day Companies https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/further-media-sources daily 0.75 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1617292438838-UOC1PGTBK9175DWNS0K6/p05rrpqb%5B1%5D.jpg Further Media Sources - Great British Railway Journeys - Liverpool to Dolgarrog Great British Railway Journeys - Liverpool to Dolgarrog - Series 9 - BBC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1617291492620-UJFGTLLX4049R921HM34/p01h8clv%5B1%5D.jpg Further Media Sources - The Toys That Made Christmas The Toys That Made Christmas - BBC Spirograph, Fuzzy Felt, Barbie, Meccano - Robert Webb tells the story of our Christmases through the toys we played with and loved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/95175419-30f8-4768-9be2-50c1fe7da43f/1448212986291399398.jpg Further Media Sources - Make it stand out An excellent Vlog from Sept 2023 by children’s author Susan Brownrigg aimed at youngsters filmed in Maghull and at our Heritage Centre - Timetunnellers.blogspot.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1617293227570-4GDCSGEW9KPY7UMDPE7N/TELEMMGLPICT000143980772_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqHaZ8JMGQ_nOZ1URPL9FaE8iZ_6TH--rKxBA8mEVjkI4%5B1%5D.jpeg Further Media Sources - Worlds largest Liver Bird lifted into Position Great British Railway Journeys - Liverpool to Dolgarrog - Series 9 - BBC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1617293651108-QSKBXAA4AU2XWA9AC9RC/65MB_M%5B1%5D.jpg Further Media Sources - Google Doodle for Frank Hornby’s 150th Birthday The Toys That Made Christmas - BBC Spirograph, Fuzzy Felt, Barbie, Meccano - Robert Webb tells the story of our Christmases through the toys we played with and loved. https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/places-to-visit-1 daily 0.75 2025-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/7540d2aa-f72a-4893-bbcb-3abcec319af8/FHHC+Poster+04+22.png Places to Visit - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1e91f57f-82ba-4854-a461-f29720fef659/272414783_287361466630936_6251245092525509385_n.jpg Places to Visit - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/ca7a8d87-d585-4966-b159-725a55b87a1c/Screenshot+2023-02-28+080751.png Places to Visit - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/33021152-05c9-4a18-b2e6-ed8a248b79f9/Scanner_X_2025-11-29_085934_1.jpg Places to Visit - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/6fa8172c-c283-4ae8-a54d-c4a0d41912cf/Hawera+Meccano+Museum+-+New+Zealand.jpg Places to Visit - Make it stand out A private Museum in Taranaki, New Zealand mainly showing the products of Meccano Ltd, Liverpool, UK. Meccano started in 1901, then Hornby Trains in 1920 and Dinky Toys in 1934. Visitors are very welcome, open by appointment. Enjoy - Educate - Preserve! - Email - meccano@xtra.co.nz Facebook Page - Hawera Meccano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/e882df38-b11c-47f5-a347-dbc714159b93/Screenshot+2025-11-29+082439.jpg Places to Visit - Make it stand out https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/ - Email info@brightontoymuseum.co.uk https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/the-frank-hornby-charitable-trust daily 0.75 2024-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/e04cf5b4-3847-4c8e-bee7-724075455ce6/Frank+Hornby+CT+Logo.png The Frank Hornby Charitable Trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1617297638806-9S8ZVWALWXTVCWX4OIH8/Frank-Hornby-Experience-07-20-2r-300x228%5B1%5D.jpg The Frank Hornby Charitable Trust A photograph from inside of the Heritage Centre at the Meadows Leisure Centre in Maghull. https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/meccano daily 0.75 2026-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/abea6da5-0a34-4886-a97f-4552007ac884/09011901-Illustration-Railway-Crane-Patent.jpg Meccano Frank Hornby’s original patent to self assemble a Railway Crane out of infinitely interchangeable parts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/507a2a5c-f060-4d30-8106-5497106bb406/656912824_4392570091018189_3239236139113326048_n.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out A 1930's Meccano No.3 outfit as displayed at Maghull's Frank Hornby Heritage Centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/c2234378-eb2b-4391-bdf4-9f5e676d1210/Meccano+crane+as+seen+at+Rainhill+Model+Railway+Show+26+11+22.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out A Meccano-built traveling crane as seen in 2022 at Rainhill Model Railway Show on Merseyside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/349fff3a-8ffd-44c6-9b38-cebefcd5b87e/Meccano+Priness+Elizabeth.JPG Meccano - Make it stand out A stunning large-scale Princess Elizabeth locomotive built from Meccano. It was on display at an exhibition held at Christ Church, Waterloo, Liverpool in 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1db84cee-6390-4b2e-9032-75fd999ac6c0/Screenshot+2023-08-12+145312.png Meccano - Make it stand out A basic Plastic Meccano set https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/10622869-a7b1-4d60-9fb1-059e5796c038/Red+Arrows+-+FHHC+09+24.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out Modern post-Meccano factory Red Arrows ‘flying’ from the FHHC ceiling in Maghull. They were on sale as kits in the early 2000s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/4cdcfc8c-a0a7-4d7b-b2f9-00701774a6e3/581236356_4263577330584133_3040715617549165244_n.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out 2025 Update - On seeing a brand new Meccano set on sale at a major UK retailer in November ‘25 we checked who the producer currently is. It seems Meccano is currently made by a network of partners under the ownership of Canadian company Spin Master. The last Meccano producing factory, which was located in France, closed in 2024, with production continuing through Spin Master's global partners in Europe, Asia, & Latin America. We wonder what Liverpool-born and world famous Maghull resident Frank Hornby would think of today's Meccano offerings nearly 90 years since his death? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/d7b35a62-4e44-487b-8962-84137fbc129d/Scanner_X_2025-11-18_093527_1.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out An overall view of a Meccano biplane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1ceb1c44-fe43-40ec-8900-9163476d7c6b/IMG_7261.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out Peter’s model prototype view of a Meccano biplane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/99e95c8d-7779-469d-bcc9-287c6dcaa9e7/Meccano+Truck.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out A Meccano truck on display at Maghull’s FHHC, built by Meccano expert & our Trustee - Jim Gamble https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/808b7415-6208-4f91-8aa9-4dbb7025f11c/Meccano+Motorised+Set+No3+-+06+22.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out A more modern Meccano Motorised Set No.6 on display at the FHHC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/281cb7dd-b6e0-41d5-b5d5-2cfbd36e6ec5/IMG_0015.JPG Meccano - Make it stand out Two great examples of Meccano-built model steam locos displayed at Christ Church, Waterloo, Liverpool in 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/8b8a0bd5-77a4-49d3-a879-8a0f1a801f4f/Plastic+Meccano+crane+presented+by+NW+Meccano+Guild+to+FHHC+-+08+23.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out Plastic Meccano for younger children was produced from 1965. This simple crane model is on display at the Frank Hornby Heritage Centre having been donated by the North West Meccano Guild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/c26b499b-a8fe-44f4-b28e-0acc61d668d6/Giant+Meccano+Windmill+-+FHHC+09+24.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out A giant wooden Meccano windmill on display at the Frank Hornby Heritage Centre in Maghull. We think it was constructed for a toy fair for the Meccano company. We don’t have all of its parts though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/28adab30-2800-4764-adfc-f38d511cf915/Peter+Scofield%27s+Pre+2WW+Meccano+plane+at+Heywood+MRS+11+25.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out A Pre-Second World War Meccano plane displayed at Heywood Model Railway Society Show, Rochdale - November 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/79c72a58-c447-434b-88d8-e719501d2486/IMG_7877.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out ‘Flying’ over a model railway layout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/23d782db-fad6-4259-ad1e-372f623a765c/IMG_7763.JPG Meccano - Make it stand out Detailing still to be done but looking great - November 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/484477f1-eccc-44d1-83b8-843b4ca7c50d/611595071_4314537385488127_2563725749053654040_n.jpg Meccano - Make it stand out Mamod stationary steam engines were used to power Meccano models. This one is displayed at our Maghull Heritage Centre https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/dinky-toys daily 0.75 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/bf5167ee-2c3c-4860-9d1e-7987f1b1d411/Last+Dinky+Cat%27+from+1978+-+New+Avengers.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Page 13 of the last ever Dinky Toys Catalogue from 1978 In the very last days of Liverpool’s famous Meccano Factory Dinky Toys were working on two model cars from the New Avengers a popular TV programme of the time. In 1978 a Triumph TR7 was produced in an interesting ‘Purdey’ livery which was, of course, not how it appeared on TV where it was just a pain yellow TR7. Dinky had a habit of bringing to the market models that weren’t quite as they appeared in TV programmes but which they clearly thought would be more interesting to those buying them. Maghull’s Frank Hornby Heritage Centre has a ‘Purdey’ TR7 on display but it’s definitely seen a lot of play wear! There was to have been a ‘Steed’ Jaguar too, plus a boxed set of both cars but these did not see the light of day production-wise. Both cars made it into the final (1978) Dinky Catalogue though. Interestingly, Steed’s Jag was to have been produced by Lintoy in Hong Kong, due to Liverpool’s Binns Road factory being well on the way to closure (it closed November 1979) with management seeking to cut costs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/df829887-1550-4fac-b323-2b956ba8b637/In+donated+condition.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out June 2025 - A battered Dinky Toy (Land Rover 109 WB) donated to Maghull’s FHHC - See below after our refurbishment……. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/060c573f-f6f5-4213-b9b9-2c4dabc6a96c/Top+coated+in+Khaki+Green.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Sept 2025 - Following disassembly, caustic soda treatment of metal parts, primer coat & top coat of Khaki Green - Now all but back to Meccano Factory condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/538ce8ab-d5db-4336-9322-60040a1f5066/429916397_3715646358710569_5455683012284291767_n.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out A scale drawing of the cab/body of a lorry-mounted Coles crane Dinky Toy. It was drawn by Don Mann in 1953 at Liverpool’s Meccano Factory and donated to our Trust by his son Robert in February 2024. It is now on display next to the Dinky Toy it partly represents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/d4131953-5dbc-432d-b6fc-e69a806f95af/Captain+Scarlet+Spectrun+Patrol+Car+-+refurbished+-+02+25.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Spectrum Patrol Car from the Gerry Anderson TV series Captain Scarlet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/8f9d5ffd-e673-4be4-994f-689afb34c080/Dinky+RAF+Tornado+-+1974+-+1976+-+08+24.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out An RAF Tornado aircraft by Dinky Toys. Produced 1974 to 1976 there’s one on display at Maghull’s Frank Hornby Heritage Centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/27c8b810-a880-4dd2-b4c2-353d1c24a4b5/Revised+Dinky+display+case+10+24.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Our present main Dinky Toys display area at our Maghull Heritage Centre. Separately, we have a display of Dinky milatary vehicles and Dinky ships https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/7998ef84-0203-4022-bd7b-20f083dd86e2/8+Wheeled+Foden+Truck+-+donated+Nov+23+by+Bob+Knapman+%281%29.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out A beautifully refurbished 8 Wheeled Foden Truck - Donated November ‘23 by Bob Knapmam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/79321fd8-6b25-4dfe-a89a-b9b2551aa225/Dinky+military+vehicles+08+24.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Dinky Toys military vehicles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/fe655cfa-19b4-482e-b81b-ba0acfcc8957/Application+Form+for+free+Dinky+Toy+Licence+-+Donated+by+Keith+Jones+09+24.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out This simple application form was donated to our Tust in September 2024 by Keith Jones. It’s around 60 years old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/36f99ae2-f9cd-4ed1-9aea-d7c67e829ea4/Thunderbirds+2+and+4.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out We have the full range of Gerry/Sylvia Anderson TV programme Dinky Toys displayed at our Maghull Heritage Centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/95c23ebc-7673-4210-a381-39c81b4afea1/Dinky+%28164%29+Vauxhall+Cresta+-+1955.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out This and the following 2 photos show how the bases of Dinky Toys changed over the years from tinplate, to diecast to plastic. This Vauxhall Cresta car, with a tinplate base, is from 1955 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/a58e6286-eebe-4c5a-83fe-dd1ecaea3ae7/Dinky+%28281%29+Fiat+2300+Station+Wagon+-+Pathe+News+-+1962.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out A Fiat 2300 Station Wagon, with diecast base, from 1962. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/5f2ea7e1-44aa-4952-9cd6-3389936ae9df/Dinky+%28222%29+Hesketh+F1+-+1977.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out This Hesketh F1 car, with a plastic base, is from from 1977, only two years before the demise of the Meccano factory. Plastic was a cheaper material to use by a company in very difficult circumstances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/184e158e-2073-4e8e-ad52-d7b4bde29ae1/Dinky+Toys+catalogue+as+seen+at+Hull%27s+Street+Life+Museum+-+March+2025.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Dinky Toys catalogue as seen at Hull's Street Life Museum - March 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/2a2473b4-1688-48a8-851b-0223b3be5c7d/2+Dinky+Toys+-+Double+Decker+Bus+and+Road+Roller..jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out A Dinky Toys double-deck bus and road roller that are included in our Education/Memory Box which is available to borrow via Sefton Libraries - see details on our home page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/2ce67b4f-8134-40b8-bb65-bd84e1b91456/Dinky+Toys+poster.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out A heritage Dinky Toys poster photographed at the Frank Hornby Pub in Maghull. Yes, Maghull even has a pub named after the Town’s most famous resident. It’s on Eastway about three-quarters ofa mile from the FHHC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/d65e5695-5f54-4fef-bd32-d29f6ddf2d45/Dinky+Toys+donated+by+John+Shrigley+-+May+2023.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Donated Dinky Toys (from John Shrigley) in our Heritage Centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/cf76202a-6b11-42c0-8a06-d1fb3488ef56/Electric+Dairy+Van+-+Express+Dairy+-+1949-1954+-+Acq+01+24.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Dinky Toys Electric Dairy Van in our collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/fac614d0-d806-490c-8352-de6acc78af6f/Joe+90%27s+Car+-+1969+-+1976.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Joe 90's Car - 1969 - 1976 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/487fd05f-9af2-48ca-a81b-123556bc9873/c1951+Dinky+Toys+63b+Mercury+Seaplane+acquired+on+loan+01+24.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out 1951 Dinky Toys 63b Mercury Seaplane - On loan to FHHC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/d0f6a5a0-1506-44d8-aa97-c8eb5c48c0e8/Dinky+Toys+RAF+Search+%26+Rescue+Launch+04+24.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Dinky Toys RAF Search & Rescue Launch with a 2013 woven badge in the background produced as part of a Hornby festival held in that year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/175301d9-44ad-4bef-b14b-e0d08276e1d7/FAB+1.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out ‘Get the Rolls out Parker, we’re going for a drive’, Yes M’Lady Dinky models from Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Secret Service, Space 1999, UFO and Joe 90 are now a part of our collection. Many have been loaned to our Trust. Pictured here is FAB 1 Lady Penelope’s car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/d595da3d-92f4-4845-9238-801beda40d4b/Dinky+Harrier+MK1+-+1970s+-+Oct+24.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Dinky RAF Harrier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/69486606-ae56-4656-b05d-4a3024290822/image.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out A very play-worn ‘Purdey’ TR7 from the New Avengers TV programme on display at our Maghull Heritage Centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/55692c0e-a920-4fdd-bed4-97d6218d3d19/Dinky+Coles+Crane+after+restoration+09+25.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Dinky Coles Crane after some light restoration for display at Maghull’s FHHC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/34af5fde-01b3-4469-bf55-1ef1da020cf3/Scanner_X_2025-11-05_090449_3.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out The cover of the last ever Dinky Catalogue produced in 1978 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/cb3dd932-e444-47e9-98fb-5b7bcd5a2c23/Scanner_X_2026-03-02_190631_1.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out A French Dinky Catalogue from 1971 during the Triang era https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/2432414b-cbe2-455b-a3cd-866a72f06123/Scanner_X_2026-03-02_191157_1.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out A Dinky Postcard by Dalkeith Publishing showing TV/Film vehicles available in the range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/ecb637e1-1ccf-456f-a2fe-6b6d5395fdd2/Dinky+%28760%29+postbox+-+1950%27s+%26+Dinky+%28750%29+telephone+box+-+1954-62.jpg Dinky Toys - Make it stand out Dinky Toys postbox and telephone box https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/the-company daily 0.75 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/d5534ac0-c162-4e59-9c55-2385609c153a/Hornby+sign+from+NML+%283%29+10+22.jpg The Company - Make it stand out A view from early in the 1900s inside the famous Binns Road Meccano Factory in Liverpool. These large-scale photos were donated to the FHHC by National Museums Liverpool in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/533ca1f1-00e3-4468-aab7-5d0bd9f02d30/Screenshot+2023-04-15+181856.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1617357373718-LSZJFHYT9V1P8K9UJND7/51vUq7kkb8L._SX364_BO1%2C204%2C203%2C200_%5B1%5D.jpg The Company - Make it stand out Published in 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/eff8275a-c924-443e-9b41-6f12d5971046/Meccano+press+article+1974.jpeg The Company - Make it stand out A press cutting from 1974 (Liverpool Echo or Daily Post?) publicising an additional Meccano Factory in Aintree, to the north of Liverpool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/7e53c537-b4ed-4598-aaa8-7b587987dee8/Meccano+press+advert+1974.jpeg The Company - Make it stand out And a press advert in overtly sexist terms, as we see it these days, recruiting female workers for the new Aintree factory in 1974 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/03266929-be04-41cd-889a-a0ac5d218d54/Screenshot+2023-10-17+084727+-+1.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/2ad1281c-ae1e-46d7-9f06-10d067f7490d/Screenshot+2023-10-17+084835+-+2.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/753dbe62-be25-4128-b656-9285c7f1bf3c/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085031+-3.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/7f71f573-bcb5-4d53-af3f-0fa9b4d9f17d/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085152+-4.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/0b24ca2f-8697-4d75-884a-c0f77a543417/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085232+-5.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/6ef615fa-3ed1-485c-ae94-22d9f21b2803/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085316+-6.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1468d3cf-d2d5-4eb8-942c-d3fb5f06c561/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085358+-7.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/5afc983c-99e7-4263-b06a-47ae6a67dcb6/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085434+-8.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/01517711-d7eb-4fbe-bb5d-bfe2a42458bb/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085515+-9.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/7158751e-eca1-478f-a463-1dcd9e993ac5/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085552+-10.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/6f6a206b-0525-4233-b764-6a54d49b228b/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085625+-11.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/add7aa5b-d882-48f2-a9fb-de4ad12ac15a/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085658+-12.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/8f648a97-c0ed-445c-a04e-552513906f42/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085731+-13.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/b99ccfa1-6930-4881-88f8-7aebb75293c4/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085812+-14.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/8bc5a6b6-8c67-49c3-bc7e-9ab7bcc7715a/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085839+-15.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/3cb9a883-2571-45e4-9418-412e9625dfef/Screenshot+2023-10-17+085918+-16.png The Company - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/fcc74f41-c3b6-4d9e-972b-21ef652316e6/Grieg+Campbell%27s+booklet+front+cover+10+23.jpg The Company - Make it stand out Above is the cover of a booklet about the final days (in 1979) of Liverpool’s world-famous Binns Road Meccano Factory by social historian Grieg Campbell. Grieg gave an excellent talk at Maghull Library on 4th October 2023 as part of Sefton Libraries Hornby Inspire project. https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/other-ventures daily 0.75 2025-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1617358260973-8FP7DZXGPZ8F1AGBJ2NU/Meccano_Radio_Amateur_Radio.JPG Other Ventures Credit: worldradiohistory.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1617379577719-LKFI6H8PRUV45W5RRPC9/380px-Hornby_Speed_Boat%2C_new_%28MM_1932-07%29%5B1%5D.jpg Other Ventures Credit: Brighton Toy Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/b4412562-3a3d-4f9e-848d-0764a424e6b0/1557420724197.jpg Other Ventures - Make it stand out Hornby Speed Boats on display at the FHHC in Maghull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/5b507cb0-6c61-44ed-a72f-eba033d524f6/Horby+Meccano+Speedboats+-+Manufactured+1932+-+1940.JPG Other Ventures - Make it stand out Hornby Speed Boats manufactured at the Meccano Factory 1932- 1940 as seen at an exhibition at Christ Church, Waterloo, Liverpool in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/4ea88d4f-8caf-4aa0-9d7f-ef771643577c/395294297_733082825527379_6657902586189447552_n.jpg Other Ventures - Make it stand out We have some Bako building sets on display at our Maghull Heritage Centre which have been donated to our Trust by a number of people. Bayko was originally made by Plimpton Engineering of Liverpool which was acquired by Meccano in 1950. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/0766b96f-7028-4735-958e-f61e7254a59a/Jones-Meccano+childs+sewing+machnine+07+24+%281%29.jpg Other Ventures - Make it stand out Jones-Meccano child’s sewing machnine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/08bba139-88e5-40e8-8235-cdff49c8a82b/Meccano+Mogul+Dumper+Truck+-+mid+1970s.jpg Other Ventures - Make it stand out A Meccano Mogul dumper truck. Made from metal, they were intended as a rival to Tonka Toys in the declining years of the Meccano factory - 1970’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/6ffd4420-c9b6-40b1-8224-6a2efb0ab88d/Meccano+Sovereign+Figures+-+07+24+%281%29.jpg Other Ventures - Make it stand out Meccano Sovereign Figures - an odd diversification for Meccano? https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/related-reading daily 0.75 2024-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1617357373718-LSZJFHYT9V1P8K9UJND7/51vUq7kkb8L._SX364_BO1%2C204%2C203%2C200_%5B1%5D.jpg Related Reading Jim Gamble’s book “Frank Hornby - Notes and Pictures” is a definitive book on Frank Hornby and his world-famous Meccano Factory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1617356810347-6LXV5SI1594YERYY1CC3/41H9BF0MVDL._SX348_BO1%2C204%2C203%2C200_%5B1%5D.jpg Related Reading Anthony McReavy’s book “The Toy Story - The Life and Times of Inventor Frank Hornby” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1617357185648-XETRY2J8KXQ015U06YB4/51HmT4hrWmL._SX344_BO1%2C204%2C203%2C200_%5B1%5D.jpg Related Reading Kennith D.Brown’s book “Factory of Dreams - A history of Meccano Ltd” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/95e34ca0-f56b-4eec-88a5-8f19e06ae164/The+Meccano+Apprentice.jpg Related Reading - Make it stand out Jeffrey Roy Byrne’s book - “The Meccano Apprentice” - These 2 books are an insight into the life of an apprentice at the Meccano Factory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/30693867-0df0-49ee-848c-ca882a467492/IMG.jpg Related Reading - Make it stand out An in depth story about diecast toy vehicles and rivalry between the makers of Dinky Toys, Corgi and Matchbox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/c3e90039-eb68-4124-8c12-99213ea7a969/440795730_3752562311685640_5732183831274746535_n.jpg Related Reading - Make it stand out A detailed study of pretty much every Dinky Toy ever made https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/73cd242c-2d80-4100-9a2e-c4ddc11445fd/The+Meccano+Apprentice+2.jpg Related Reading - Make it stand out Jeffrey Roy Byrne’s book - “The Meccano Apprentice 2: Growing up in a hurry” - This 2nd book includes the factory’s Signet Cycling Club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1617356173866-HXYVJY86DELHGZZ4D90I/51szfLi1uGL%5B1%5D.jpg Related Reading - Make it stand out A book which influenced Frank Hornby we understand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/3fe5007b-9169-485a-aac3-bc1dab47aaa4/Screenshot+2024-06-01+093246.png Related Reading - Make it stand out Frank Hornby - The Boy Who Made $1,000,000 with a toy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/849d5e7a-c2dc-4384-a9d0-e0f3b2207ddc/440800376_3752562545018950_2799141039255915281_n.jpg Related Reading - Make it stand out A set of Hornby Companion books displayed in our Maghull Heritage Centre - The separately displayed Dinky Toys book (see photo above) being the latest edition acquired by our Heritage Centre https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/hornby-trains daily 0.75 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/275cee52-71e0-48e6-b3e0-8ca7b56b70af/1557420718246.jpg Hornby Trains - Make it stand out Hornby 0 Gauge steam engine and coach donated to the FHHC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/686e161c-d38b-48be-a7f1-fc26df6af35d/Princess+Elizabeth+-+Hornby+0+Gauge.jpg Hornby Trains - Make it stand out Hornby 0 Gauge Priness Elizabeth on display at the FHHC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/13bdf104-4563-486e-99cc-c01b8cdb0dfb/419066774_3680681242207081_8819689066185565484_n.jpg Hornby Trains - Make it stand out A Hornby Railways Silver Jubilee Freight Set of 1976 vintage on display at Maghull’s FHHC This set dates from the ROVEX era and has been loaned to our Trust by Andrew Blackburn of Maghull since January 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/addf5ad1-caf5-49c4-bb09-3e8b7a85e52f/Hornby+0+Gauge+side+dump+truck+-+Meccano+-+from+HRCA+55th+Ann+Show+at+Newark+07+04+24.jpg Hornby Trains - Make it stand out A Hornby O Gauge side-dump truck, purchased by our Trust and on display at Maghull’s Frank Hornby Heritage Centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/9020d2e7-14ad-4648-acc3-fc7eaaef6317/FHHC+Model+Railway+Cabinet+-+08+22+%282%29.jpg Hornby Trains - Make it stand out A working modern-day Hornby 00 Gauge layout at Maghull’s FHHC It was constructed in 2022 via a generous grant from the P H Holt Foundation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/a0223a0c-6771-48bb-814b-c754038df364/Hornby+48073.jpg Hornby Trains - Make it stand out An 8F Hornby Dublo steam locomotive on loan to the FHHC in Maghull and on display there https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/03092cf8-78fb-4593-a4a8-04ffa5be1b77/380653021_3647201252228210_2984568569660418218_n.jpg Hornby Trains - Make it stand out This certificate was produced in 1955 for a young Roy McBride who’d just joined the Hornby Railway Club. Roy lived in Maghull on Merseyside at the time but later emigrated to South Africa from where he sent our Trust this image of his treasured certificate in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/71488423-0e3e-4d3e-ba26-74aa56834c29/Class+56+56101+with+Frank+Hornby+nameplates+11+23.jpg Hornby Trains - Make it stand out Here’s an 00 gauge model of a British Rail Class 56 diesel locomotive on display at Maghull's Frank Hornby Heritage Centre - No. 56 101 The significance is that it's only the 2nd loco to have 'Frank Hornby' nameplates fitted to it, the other being the well-known Class 86 electric loco which had its nameplates unveiled by Ken Dodd at Liverpool Lime Street Station back in the 1980s. A set of those very nameplates is now on the wall in our Heritage Centre c/o The Hornby Railway Collectors' Assn. We are unsure how long 56 101 had the nameplates affixed but are delighted to have a Hornby Railways replica of it in our collection on a long-term loan. The model was produced by Hornby Railways but without 'Frank Hornby' nameplates. Our Trust has added them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/e7e3b95f-c25e-4a58-a288-a9fa56a10354/Hornby+O+gauge+Funiture+Container+07+24.jpg Hornby Trains - Make it stand out Maghull's Frank Hornby Heritage Centre now has this Hornby O gauge British Rail container on display. It came to us, in July 2024, in near mint condition in its original box. The container is actually a shaped block of wood with paper decals added https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/the-man daily 0.75 2025-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/5ceeb63e-dbca-4c37-86fd-8f1dc8dd433b/Screenshot+2023-06-04+182054.png The Man - Make it stand out Frank Hornby Charitable Trust Chairman Les French talks Hornby - See link below to watch the video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/f4d6e9e0-9a06-4c52-9ec3-344dbddfd883/Kirkby+Gallery+Logo.jpg The Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/7644afaa-09f3-438b-ba52-b75d5ee14f86/NML+Logo.jpg The Man - Make it stand out Here’s a link to a National Museums Liverpool YouTube video where curator Sharon Brown talks about Frank Hornby and the products of his Binns Road Liverpool Meccano factory -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bmwqnENVdA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/483880b7-aaf8-423d-b408-a01106864460/Google+Doodle+for+Frank+Hornby+150+15+05+2013.jpg The Man - Make it stand out A beautiful Google Doodle produced for the 150 celebrations and displayed on 15 May 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/741a5925-4b3c-4280-8de8-890c82d5bdcd/Frank+Hornby+150+T-Shirt+logo+-+Produced+by+Brighton+Toy+and+Model+Museum+we+think+-+Acq+04+25.jpg The Man - Make it stand out Image from a T-Shirt produced for Brighton Toy & Model Museum for the 150 celebrations - https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/0e3dfd4a-f31f-454b-bf33-920f282e1c29/Hornby+2013+Badge.jpg The Man - Make it stand out A woven badge created for the Maghull 150 celebrations - see BBC article above for more information https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/recently-spotted daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/880ef45d-21f3-4a91-b414-691cb3553a36/487192052_4030711527204049_2490257876637257029_n.jpg Recently Spotted - Make it stand out A Dinky Toys catalogue as seen at Hull Museum’s Street Life Museum in March 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/e4d2bcf4-8bfc-4527-a12f-b08c6b170601/BICC+Cables+wagons.jpg Recently Spotted - Make it stand out Remembering a Bootle, Liverpool cable company in railway model form. As seen at the HRCA’s 55th Anniversary Show - Newark-on-Trent - April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/83a5c4c9-386e-45ee-849e-82e3fe2ad181/Meccano+12th+Scale+Evening+Star+%282%29.jpg Recently Spotted - Make it stand out A stunning 1/12th scale Meccano model of British Rail’s last built steam locomotive ‘Evening Star’ as seen at the Hornby Railways Collectors’ Association 55th Anniversary Show - Newark-on-Trent - April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/24bcdbec-a277-4807-9c34-7aca4dffa5cd/Playing+with+trains+%28Sunday+16th+March%29+at+the+London+Festival+of+Model+Railways+at+Ally+Pally%21+Photo+Phil+Rimmer.jpg Recently Spotted - Make it stand out Playing with trains (Sunday 16th March 2025) at the London Festival of Model Railways at Ally Pally! Photo Phil Rimmer..... https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/suppliers-and-services daily 0.75 2023-11-18 https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/clubs-and-associations daily 0.75 2024-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1628664199546-DVAIHEOA3RMQ8ZRZL08S/HRCA_Logo.jpg Clubs and Associations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1620196883827-1W4LFBEWZYLCFGDVKF6N/21430525_1282385431870593_1111533238771428582_n%5B1%5D.png Clubs and Associations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1620197549436-HMKZ7GO4FEAJJO85BSN0/0000_dinky_toys_badge_5%5B1%5D.png Clubs and Associations https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/fhhc-gallery daily 0.75 2022-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/a6a00742-b95d-48b2-90a5-f8a9f7519c75/Hornby+sign+from+NML+%281%29+10+22.jpg The FHHC Gallery A modern interpretation of an old Meccano sign presented to our Trust by National Museums Liverpool 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/503f8138-ef7d-4ef2-a221-93854d57c0fa/Hornby+sign+from+NML+%282%29+10+22.jpg The FHHC Gallery Large scale photos of the former Meccano Factory presented to our Trust by National Museums Liverpool in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/20d1eb0e-59db-4898-af40-79a24dcf436e/Hornby+sign+from+NML+%283%29+10+22.jpg The FHHC Gallery Large scale photos of the former Meccano Factory presented to our Trust by National Museums Liverpool in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/94cc7cae-8866-477c-a74e-33a7b7042a05/Hornby+48073.jpg The FHHC Gallery Hornby Dublo 8F steam locomotive on loan from T Robertson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/c161014a-8dce-4f5d-8285-bc311345e42c/Meccano+helicopter+10+22.jpg The FHHC Gallery Meccano-made Sikorsky helicopter with clockwork mecanism to power main rota blades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/df6432f9-ac80-4e42-956d-d43f136b0e86/Meccano+Tractor+a+Potato+harvester+10+22.jpg The FHHC Gallery A working clockwork Meccano-made Tractor and potato reaper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/9020d2e7-14ad-4648-acc3-fc7eaaef6317/FHHC+Model+Railway+Cabinet+-+08+22+%282%29.jpg The FHHC Gallery Our own 00 gauge model railway. Just press a button to operate. It was created by our Trust with the help of a generous grant from the PH Holt Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/5c02aacb-d565-4791-82f4-82ad4cc69f97/2+Dinky+Toys+-+Double+Decker+Bus+and+Road+Roller..jpg The FHHC Gallery Two Dinky Toys in our 'Education/Memory Box'. The box is available to borrow via Sefton Library Service by schools, community groups, care homes etc. It was put together with the help of a generous grant from the PH Holt Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/02e8b7eb-1900-4187-806e-7d993a314112/Meccano+6-seat+vinage+touring+car+from+1960s.jpg The FHHC Gallery A Meccano touring car in our 'Education/Memory Box'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/9db1cd55-a6d8-4d30-9061-6eac1c57cc06/Meccano+Breakdown+Truck+06+22.jpg The FHHC Gallery A Meccano tow truck in our 'Education/Memory Box'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/c734ee4a-7ab5-4a5b-b8da-d30e6cdd9132/Memory+Box+at+FHHC+07+09+22+%282%29.jpg The FHHC Gallery The FHHC Education/Memory Box. A project generously supported by the PH Holt Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/c0c9b26a-6bec-4b20-9483-cfbad7e12fd0/Dinky+Toys+Sikorsky+helicopter+11+22.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys Sikorsky helicopter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/309c94ec-db59-4783-8ffb-9f075a79a4dd/Sefton+CVS+Community+within+Communities+heritage+project+banners+in+FHHC+7th+to+12th+Nov+2022.jpg The FHHC Gallery Sharing our space with 'Community within Communities' local history/Heritage project - November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/899de381-4ff1-47c6-b589-e42e736760b6/1950s+Dinky+Toys+Austin+A40+van+reproduced+in+the+1990s+by+Matchbox..jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys – An imposter, if a rather nice one 1950s Austin A40 Dinky Toys die-cast models were introduced by Meccano Ltd in the 1930s. Production at the Binns Road factory in Liverpool ceased in 1979. The acquisition of the Dinky trademark was announced by Matchbox Toys in 1987. Dinky Collection In 1988 Matchbox announced the first models of its new Dinky Collection range, which was intended to capture the spirit of the original Dinky Toys era. 35 models were issued in the period from 1988 to 1995. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/943d2e0b-e2bd-480e-85ac-e96640a8fe9b/Hornby+2013+Badge.jpg The FHHC Gallery A Maghull community-based group ran this one-off festival in 2013. What a cracking sew-on badge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/fcc1324d-baa7-4f58-b92c-96369a7f0478/Meccano.jpg The FHHC Gallery This classic Meccano truck, built by Jim Gamble, is often used in talks to schools, community groups etc. by our Chairman Les French. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/c74ac48b-5797-4bc9-ba7b-f1b72a28b2ea/325243216_578584150274117_8735518649995699471_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery Our small library which you can borrow from, take from (via making a donation to our funds) or add to by donating railway books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/8474691c-991f-4c46-800c-135b6a3be1eb/IMG.jpg The FHHC Gallery HORNBY-MINITRIX 1974 catalogue - Donated to our Trust from the estate of Berarnd McGurk. The German Minitrix company had been producing Models of British locomotives in Wrexham - using Minitrix chassis made in Germany. Thernglade was a company set up by Mintrix in order to continue this production. By 1973, they had moved their production to Germany and were looking for a company to market their British range of Models. Around the same time, Rovex were looking for a way into the N gauge market, and German Trix were keen to have them as a UK importer and distributor. So on 1st January 1973, Rovex were able to start selling the German N gauge models of British locomotives under the name of Hornby Mintrix. The first catalogue of January 1973 proudly announces the Hornby Mintrix range of 4 locomotives, 2 of which Hornby were able to announce as being brand new to the Mintrix range Information from - Classic UK Minitrix Models - Home Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1557a5ce-ca35-4825-89d4-dcd7eda030b4/331299588_607141167413341_3437245207135369773_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery Meccano biplane 'flying' at the FHHC in Maghull https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/741f0ecc-9e8b-4803-a623-823011f751b3/332754400_756795159213255_70838069655611194_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery A Meccano biplane was acquired by our Trust in March 2023 and is now 'flying' from the FHHC ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/d4f16dd3-9959-483a-875c-c5f757688fdb/The+Hollies+Blue+Plaque+unveiling+06+07+2000+r.jpg The FHHC Gallery Unveiling of the English Heritage Blue Plaque on 'The Hollies' Station Road, Maghull on 6th July 2000. Present (left to right) Mr & Mrs Hogg (then the owners of the property), Lloyd Grossman - English Heritage Commissioner, Cllr. Anne Harrison - Mayor of Maghull and her Consort Stephen Harrison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/b0cb8f96-8e8b-4746-ae37-86a3f134a7ba/20230405_155456%7E2.jpg The FHHC Gallery Hornby Signal Box, Dublo and 00 Gauge items donated to our Trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/fa817ffa-3162-47b2-a99b-6cbf0574ba00/20230405_155510%7E2.jpg The FHHC Gallery Hornby Dublo and 00 Gauge items on display at the FHHC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/04471339-cd93-404f-abdc-d7cb09193ebf/20230405_155550%7E2.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys on display at the FHHC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/cca48e1a-d933-40dd-9b71-8bce27ace09c/Meccano+Concorde+08+23.jpg The FHHC Gallery Meccano Concorde acquired 08 23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/d001fa2a-3513-49b7-a406-83b58fbe67fe/Plastic+Meccano+crane+presented+by+NW+Meccano+Guild+to+FHHC+-+08+23.jpg The FHHC Gallery A simple Plastic Meccano crane donated by the North West Meccano Guild 08 23. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/ef0f4fef-71f7-4884-adb5-711a9b09cbc3/Plastic+Meccano+Set+A+-.png The FHHC Gallery Plastic Meccano Set A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/5a50d090-14da-42a4-9823-2d725eebd897/New+%28to+us%29+display+cabinets+10+23.jpg The FHHC Gallery In September 2023 our Trust acquired these 2 additional display cabinets for the FHHC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/e6061b9e-dfa3-46e9-9fd4-07c423fa4ae3/New+%27Tate%27+display+hoods++installed+at+the+FHHC+-+Nov+23.jpg The FHHC Gallery 2 display hoods and a donations box donated to the FHHC by Tate Gallery Liverpool Sept '23. Used here to display a Meccano Traction Engine and a home-made Meccano parts box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/13cf744b-c11c-463e-9bdf-c612af8212cb/FHHC+Entrance+Canopy+04+24+%282%29.jpg The FHHC Gallery The entrance canopy to our Heritage Centre updated 04 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/ea1bf08d-4065-4074-be25-091541b95645/Hornby+0+Gauge+side+dump+truck+-+Meccano+-+from+HRCA+55th+Ann+Show+at+Newark+07+04+24.jpg The FHHC Gallery Hornby 0 Gauge side tip tinplate truck purchased at HRCA 55yr Anniversary Show - Newark-on-Trent April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/08a26f89-1ff4-4c52-84ce-dd359eff1e5e/Meccano+Bugattie-type+car.+Donated+by+Jim+Gamble+April+2024.jpg The FHHC Gallery Meccano Bugatti-Type car made from 1945-1958 vintage parts and donated by Jim Gamble April 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/0cf1bffc-1102-4815-b2e6-2addc75c9fec/434745956_3731498590458679_5408681347719254491_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys ships purchased March 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/827f1ac9-3744-435e-8b95-b6cc6b8aae47/467195678_3921858568089346_3262169885664955952_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys - Ed Straker's car from UFO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/4771007b-9df2-443e-91e8-76a412082659/Bayko+on+display+at+FHHC+03+24.jpg The FHHC Gallery BAYKO display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/82966d9f-4fce-4c35-8403-9bdfab8c3cc2/2+X+Viceroy+Coaches+-+03+24+%281%29.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys - Two Viceroy coaches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/06480149-756c-41c8-a1b0-f617747feeba/Giant+Meccano+Windmill+-+FHHC+09+24.jpg The FHHC Gallery Giant Meccano windmill (wooden) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/85920ece-4730-4826-822f-70241b95a783/Hornby+Dublo+early+1950s+set+donated+to+FHHC+%29ct+24+by+Dave+Spratt+%282%29.jpeg The FHHC Gallery Early 1950's Hornby Dublo set https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/53a357bb-89ae-4a65-b15e-f590d22f9115/Meccano+France+Station+0+Gauge+-1949+to+1958+-+Acquired+08+24.jpg The FHHC Gallery Hornby France wooden 0 Gauge railway station - Displayed within Maghull Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/6b1ac140-dcb7-4c50-ad74-5aebaab07a24/Dinky+Harrier+MK1+-+1970s+-+Oct+24.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys Harrier Aircraft at FHHC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1103009e-d015-40cd-a23c-ebfc26d7ab16/Dinky+Toys+UFO+Interseptor.jpg The FHHC Gallery And an actual Dinky Toy UFO Interseptor at FHHC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/8ed2546e-3e17-4bd7-812e-03bbaea6a56c/Hornby+O+Gauge+Flying+Scotsman+-+Bethnal+Green+Museum+1969+postcard+-+Acq+01+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery A 1969 postcard just acquired by Maghull's Frank Hornby Heritage Centre, published by the former Bethnel Green Museum (now Young V&A) of a late 1920’s Hornby O Gauge Flying Scotsman and Windsor Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/2246c191-de05-4f51-a47a-416b61d5ba18/Dinky+Toys+Space+1999+Eagle+Transporter+-FHHC.jpg The FHHC Gallery A Dinky Toys Eagle Transporter from Space 1999 a Gerry Anderson TV series which first aired in 1975. The Meccano factory marketed it from 1975 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/e54fe636-f600-4b76-8068-f5bc3a87d5c7/472448674_3957428254532377_2342961096647037351_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery Sam's car from 'Joe 90'. A Dinky Toys model based on the Gerry/Sylvia Anderson puppet TV series. It's on display alongside Joe's car at Maghull's Frank Hornby Heritage Centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/cf09d654-a261-4ed4-9627-54acbe02ea85/475966289_3984442668497602_4558659372643768456_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery A display of Meccano, Hornby & Dinky Toys postcards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/aec89ab0-96dd-4687-9e5c-5144bf00ac9b/Klingon+War+Bird+%26+USS+Enerprise+-+Dinky+01+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Klingon War Bird & Starship Enterprise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/6c7210dc-dcf3-4526-9c97-0419353d4f2a/Meccano+Mogul+Dumper+Truck+-+mid+1970s.jpg The FHHC Gallery MOGUL - The Meccano Factory's 1970's TONKA TOYS rival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/53601a36-dbad-4b62-b8a6-9866db18d624/Captain+Scarlet+Spectrun+Patrol+Car+-+refurbished+-+02+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery Captain Scarlet - Spectrun Patrol Car https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/59c9f017-dfbd-4286-b204-0dd792913834/Dinky+Toys+Euclid+truck+-+Acq+02+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Euclid truck - Acq 02 25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/ddd44fd9-45e5-4a46-81cb-151390a38ccc/Steve+Webb%27s+3+Hornby+O+Gauge+wagons+on+Display+at+FHHC+-+02+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery Our Heritage Centre liveried Hornby O Gauge wagons by Steve Webb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/7a144286-fdbe-4447-9f15-b35560a954c5/Dinky+Eagle+Freighter+-+Acq+05+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys Eagle Freighter from TV series Space 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/798665cf-b13f-4c5a-be34-b430cd68afe4/Dinky+Avro+York+-+1954-59+Acq+04+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys Avro York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/796448e8-c664-491b-a7ea-002eecdd7f6b/1931+Hornby+No2+Special+Pullman+Coach+Iolanthe+-+acquired+04+25+%282%29.jpg The FHHC Gallery 1931 Hornby No2 Special Pullman Coach 'Iolanthe' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/068105bd-af5c-4c61-9155-cdabb6286907/Meccano+Factory+1950+postcard+-+Aqu+06+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery Meccano Factory postcard - photo from 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/81c8fc7a-4b92-470f-8fbd-7fa9b8579910/Hornby+plaque+in+Lime+Street%27s+Mini+Museum+08+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery Frank Hornby plaque at Liverpool's Lime Street Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/7b2256b1-c634-4e8a-bb47-82b42f2f0873/Lime+Street%27s+Mini-Museum+08+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery Liverpool Lime Street Station's Mini-Museum which in Aug 2025 held the Hornby plaque https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/55295785-666a-4908-934e-1552e61ffad0/Copperas+Hil+Liverpool+08+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery The part of Copperas Hill at the side of L'Pool's Lime Street Station where Frank Hornby was born in 1863 at No. 77. The house was demolished when the station was exended many years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/c6ab2205-7090-4aa4-89fb-c45d58025e0d/Meccano+sign+FHHC+%281%29+-05+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery A view of the FHHC in Maghull https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/b0b8fb04-0ce7-466e-abc3-f6e5e3249185/Dinky+Toys+No.47+pre-WWII+road+sign+set.jpg The FHHC Gallery A pre-Second WW No.47 Dink Toys road sign set https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/747a58c2-a4d4-4cc5-9202-93fb33d7a14e/535390776_4174273479514519_3584028092046279704_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery Hornby Dublo Royal Daylight tankers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/ccc16618-d5ce-451a-b2ce-6a7946ebac32/Dinky+Bedford+Refuse+Wagon+%28Fellows+family+don+06+25%29+%281%29.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys Refuse Wagan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/ec871ea8-1802-42b8-b1bc-fed3a39a0c34/Hornby+0+Gauge+No.2+Double+Arm+signal+-+aqu+07+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery Hornby O Gauge signals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/3310a9c6-0052-42d7-b66f-76b5cef77332/Meccano+Shipping+Funnels.jpg The FHHC Gallery Meccano Shipping Funnels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/c6bdfd60-4b15-4735-9269-91be7afd94f0/512691174_4123278217947379_879002473089540197_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys fuel tanker and reproduction 'Atlas' petrol pumps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/7a144286-fdbe-4447-9f15-b35560a954c5/Dinky+Eagle+Freighter+-+Acq+05+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys Eagle Freighter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/23992686-af79-4865-a9cb-c60a0c3ee495/Liverpool+Cables+0+Gauge+wagon+-+acquired+02+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery Hornby O Gauge cable wagon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/6c7210dc-dcf3-4526-9c97-0419353d4f2a/Meccano+Mogul+Dumper+Truck+-+mid+1970s.jpg The FHHC Gallery Mogul dump truck - Mogul was a Meccano Factory rival to Tonka Toys in the 1970's https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/01ec9b65-6129-44de-8b4d-08e40898412e/Meccano+France+Station+0+Gauge+-1949+to+1958+-+Acquired+08+24.jpg The FHHC Gallery A Meccano France wooden railway station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/1929e5b2-67d1-4e2d-b7b9-0b4476e92993/Captain+Scarlet+MSVs+-+Correct+and+Dinky+liveries+10+24.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys Captail Scarlet MSV's - One in correct show livery (grey) and one in white as released by Dinky. There were no white MSV's in the TV series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/bcb2d185-3b77-434f-82cc-cc2262d05a77/Dinky+Coles+Crane+after+restoration+09+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery A Dinky lightly refurbished Coles Mobile Crane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/f05bc2b8-0d96-4985-a18f-4228950a9f1f/Dinky+Toys+Goods+Train+set+from+1970%27s.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Toys Goods Train Set from 1970 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/9d88b709-0cd9-4ea7-a21b-854d5580d5b0/Volvo+265+DL+Estate+cars+from+the+1970s.+The+blue+one+came+from+Liverpool%27s+famous+Meccano+Factory+but+the+police+liveried+one+was+made+in+Italy+after+the+demise+of+the+Liverpool+factory+in+November+1979..jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Volvo 265 estate cars. The blue one will have been one of the last produced at Liverpool's famous Meccano Factory. The police liveried one was made in Italy after the Liverpool factory closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/a465dbbe-0811-421a-9df6-e6b6815185ce/597549222_4290391627902703_5214698279229890073_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dink Toys Yellow Pages Bus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/3de2c5ff-a3d3-4b52-8a05-5d13ae95808f/593635215_4283460265262506_3338336942594735564_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery STRIPEY The Magic Mini - (Dinky 107) - Andreson Comic based not from a TV series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/4e71075c-1189-4a9f-ae24-1b4a7955d86a/MOGUL+Fire+Engine+1970%27s+Acquired+11+25.jpg The FHHC Gallery MOGUL Fire Engine - 1970's https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/6ed1db7a-1dd9-4c25-8cab-ddf7369c7a0d/623368171_4338925109716021_6517525456713241912_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery French Dinky Half-Track - This item has been refurbished from a wreck by our Hertiage Centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/a8a768d0-dee5-4041-8c5a-e129c16a10b8/616211435_4326750954266770_5383621246526377914_n.jpg The FHHC Gallery Hornby Dublo Breakdown Crane Set https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/df203946-c91a-417c-b4f1-a22735f217e9/O+Gauge+Clockwork+Train+Set+at+FHHC..jpg The FHHC Gallery Hornby O Gauge Clockwork set https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/5ef608a1-9015-438a-8581-f573abc6f4fd/IMG_20260305_131245%7E2.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Vauxhall Crest (refurbished - Not by FHHC) Acq 01 26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/9e18ac16-9f41-496d-bcc2-63485e4ead1c/Dinky+Toys+No.752+GOODS+YARD+CRANE+-+143.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky Goods Yard Crane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/2b1bac99-f8ed-400c-9368-766e91ee6dd7/Dinky+Toys++-+1946+Fraser-Nash+BMW+No.+38a+%281%29.jpg The FHHC Gallery Dinky 1946 Fraser-Nash BMW (new windscreen by FHHC) https://www.frankhornby.co.uk/fhhc-donating-to-the-trust daily 0.75 2023-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/2571b115-c6ef-4d43-8ceb-0562b44bd0b6/meadows_library_exterior.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60327afae5d0ef22a23182ea/c4f845ce-fbd7-4d68-a0b3-0d3e4ca5b4a0/Heritage%2BCentre%2Binternal%2B%2B26%2B09%2B23.jpg