Meccano Ltd : advert in : Liverpool Official Industrial Handbook : Liverpool Corporation : E. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. : nd [c.1955]

            An advert issued by the world famous Meccano Ltd. in Liverpool's c.1955 Official Industrial Handbook. This lavish book has an immense amount of information as to the work of the Corporation, the city's amenities and services as well as discriptions of the port, shipping services and industrial activities. These included the three municipally developed suburban trading estates at Aintree, Kirkby and Speke.

This aerial view of the Binns Road works of Meccano Ltd., home of many a childhood toy including Meccano constructional outfits, Hornby-Dublo electric and Hornby clockwork train sets and Dinky Toys. Meccano was formed by Frank Hornby following his patent application for the bolted, metal kit of parts that could be assembled and disassembled in 1901. The clockwork trains came into production after WW1 and in 1938, two years after the founder's death, the electric Hornby-Dublo system of model trains was introduced. The range of Dinky toy vehicles was at this date produced at a satillite works in Speke and there was also a works in Bobigny in France.

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Liverpool City Engineer and Surveyor's Department

Liverpool

Liverpool Corporation

Lancashire

Liverpool official industrial handbook

1955

Meccano Ltd

Binns Road

Meccano construction kits

Hornby-Dublo electric model trains

Hornby clcokwork trains

Dinky Toys

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