Unearthing an Early Tinplate Toy Discovery
In with a recent purchase of motley old toys was a very old tin plate car, or rather some of a very old tin plate car!The fragile flat pack mystery…
My Diecast Model Car Collecting Highlights – Part 1
Scarborough; a very warm day; July 1974. I was seven years old.We had family on the East Coast and we used to go and visit twice every year; religiously the…
My Diecast Model Car Collecting Highlights – Part 2
July 1990. I’d been studying at Polytechnic (those of a certain age will know what these are!) for 4 years undertaking a degree course in Business Studies.On my way to…
The Diecast Toy Collecting Bug!
What is it about miniature versions of things that capture people’s imaginations so?Let’s not think too hard about it as it will inevitably get 'Freudian'.Maybe it’s just that we haven't…