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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: MV6Matt on 15 May 2013, 07:17:18

Title: Hornby
Post by: MV6Matt on 15 May 2013, 07:17:18

according to Google - he's 150 today.

Are the model trains still being made? I'd guess if they are they won't be in the UK. Do any of the steam enthusiasts know?

Matthew

Title: Re: Hornby
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 15 May 2013, 07:27:46

hornby is just up the road from where i live

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=The+Hornby+Visitor+Centre+and+Cafe,+Westwood,+Margate&hl=en&ll=51.36736,1.393558&spn=0.001082,0.001859&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=8.389558,15.227051&oq=hornby+m&hq=The+Hornby+Visitor+Centre+and+Cafe,&hnear=Westwood,+United+Kingdom&t=h&z=19

Title: Re: Hornby
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 15 May 2013, 07:32:50

back in the good old days mum used to have a work from home job of making up the track, well mum got the money we made the track up ;D ;D

ditto with Physer we would make up the medicine boxes, made bloody thousands of those  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Hornby
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 15 May 2013, 08:45:12

Still going strong and also now the owners of Lima and Airfix (plus their existing lines of Scalextric etc).

All made in China now, no surprise given the high volume nature of the product.

Title: Re: Hornby
Post by: biggriffin on 15 May 2013, 09:00:10

Airfix and hornby add corgi,matchbox and lego oh musnt forget meccano,theres my childhood. :)