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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: dannyboy on January 28, 2016, 10:18:02 PM

Title: 1960s model train advert'
Post by: dannyboy on January 28, 2016, 10:18:02 PM
I received a link earlier to a 1960s advert - http://blog.model-train-help.com/ (http://blog.model-train-help.com/) Apart from the content, it is interesting just looking at a black and white advert' from the time. David.
Title: Re: 1960s model train advert'
Post by: Railwaygun on January 28, 2016, 10:48:25 PM
Reminds me of the Triang Battlezone OO sets I used to play with( now silly money at train fairs) - unlike me...
Title: Re: 1960s model train advert'
Post by: Agrippa on January 29, 2016, 01:02:15 AM
Those were the days ...............
Title: Re: 1960s model train advert'
Post by: Bealman on January 29, 2016, 02:51:43 AM
Yeah, I used to have one of those windy-up Triang helicopter wagons as a young 'un.... and guess what I found lurking beneath the Beal & Castle Eden this morning?  :-[
[smg id=34889 type=preview align=center width=400]
Title: Re: 1960s model train advert'
Post by: railsquid on January 29, 2016, 02:53:26 AM
Looks like you couldn't wait to get it out of the box ;)