Forgotten moments unseen for years inside one lost Liverpool factory ... inventing the popular Meccano and Dinky Toys, as well as founding the model railway company which still bears his name.

The next step is to fit out the room and continue to develop a collection of Meccano, Hornby Trains and Dinky Toys – the major products of the Hornby factory in Binns Road. Article continues ...

Andrew Reed, Vectis specialist, said: "We believe this Palethorpes delivery van was made between 1934 and 1936 so it is one of the earliest Dinky toys from the Liverpool factory, boosting its ...

"Then about 30 years ago, completely by accident I stumbled across a toy fair at a hotel in Liverpool and there were Dinky toys I never had as a child and the passion returned. "I started ...

Trading in Dinky die-cast toys (made from 1935 to 1979 by the same company that gave us Meccano and Hornby trains) operates pretty much like any other stockmarket, except on a smaller scale.