by Nick Jones
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Toy and Model Museum, New Romney Station, New Romney, Kent TN28 8PL. Telephone: 01797 362353. www.rhdr.org.uk
West Wales Museum of Childhood, Pen-Ffynnon, Llangeler, Carmarthenshire SA44 5EY. Telephone: 01559 370428. www.toymuseumwales.co.uk
COLLECTORS’ CLUBS
Coventry Diecast Model Club. Contact: Hugh Evans. Telephone: 023 7641 9124.
East Anglian Model Club. PO Box 60, Norwich NR4 7WB. Email: [email protected]
Maidenhead Static Model Club. Contact: Michael Forbes. Telephone: 01933 665569.
Wessex Toy and Model Club. Contact: Doug Male. Telephone: 01225 755043.
COVER IMAGE
Cover design and photography by Peter Ashley, featuring a Moko Lesney Matchbox Series toy of a Bedford Evening News van. Back cover: Matchbox Collector badge, Peter Ashley collection.
TITLE PAGE IMAGE
The Esso Sales and Service Station MG-1c dates from 1961. It is shown with the Esso Petrol Pumps and Sign A1a, Lomas Ambulance 14c, Routemaster Bus 5d, Ford Anglia 7b, Ford Zodiac 33a towing the Bluebird Dauphine caravan 23c, and the Major Pack Bedford Tractor and York Trailer M-2. Inside the showroom are the Vauxhall Victor Estate 38b and Ford Thames Estate Car 70a.
CONTENTS PAGE IMAGE
The BP Motorway Service Station and Forecourt MG-1f dates from 1969. It is shown here with the Mercedes ‘Binz’ Ambulance 3c, Mercedes 300se 46c, Lamborghini Marzal 20d, BMC Pininfarina 56c, MG 1000 64b and Dodge StakeTruck 4d. Inside the showroom are the Volkswagen 1600TL 67b, Field Car 18e and Alfa (Romeo) Carabo 75c.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author would like to thank all the collectors, enthusiasts and friends who have provided him with information and checked details, especially Hugh Stiles, Joe P. Allen, Mick Bruce, George Marshal, Antonin Schenk, Mick Flack, Alex Lavery, the members of the Vintage British Diecast Forum, and the very helpful staff at Shire Publications. He is also grateful to Steve Barfield for the loan of photographs from his collection at www.regularwheel.com; to Gary Galvin and Numeshree Pillay for making their collections available to photograph; to George Marshal, who supplied photographs; and to www.vectis.co.uk for the loan of photographs.
A NOTE ON MODEL NUMBERING
Models produced in the 1-75 series never exceeded the number 75, but would begin the sequence again at 1 with a suffix of the next letter of the alphabet. Hence, the first 75 models were 1a to 75a; the second 75 models were 1b to 75b, and soforth.
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