Dinky toys began life in 1934 as a Meccano spin-off owned by Hornby. The first range ... by Lesney in 1952), Corgi (by Mettoy company in 1956) and Spot-On from Tri-ang whose vehicles kept accurately ...

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Hornby’s train sets were once a staple in every child’s bedroom, but a recent decline in sales points to hard times for the ...

Was there not a Darcy, a Knightley, or (more likely) an Edmund Bertram or Captain Wentworth lurking in her own past? Gill Hornby has taken these questions and turned them, delightfully and ingeniously ...

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