The search engine Google is celebrating the 150th birthday of visionary toy maker Frank Hornby, whose model railways, Meccano sets and Dinky toys are still being played with by children today.

Meccano and Dinky toys is getting under way. Brighton Toy and Model Museum has been given a £34,000 lottery grant to celebrate the life of Frank Hornby. "The toy museum, I would say, has got the ...

Frank Hornby, who became MP for Everton in 1931 ... as well as founding the model railway company which bears his name and Dinky Toys. He began his illustrious career by making toys for his ...

This book isn't just about model trains–it includes all of the brands Hornby owns–which is substantial: Airfix, Corgi, Hornby, Scalextric, Dinky Toys, Bassett-Lowke, Electrotren, Humbrol, Lima ...

The artefacts, which include hundreds of Dinky toys, Meccano kits and Hornby trains, are expected to fetch more than £40,000 when they go to auction. Some of the rare items are prototype models and ...

He established Meccano Ltd in 1908, which went on to produce the die-cast miniature model cars and trucks that made up Dinky Toys in the ... elsewhere in England Frank Hornby Week was launched ...

Dinky toys are 1/43 scale die-cast models of boats, trains, trucks, cars and aeroplanes. They were launched in 1934 by Frank Hornby to put alongside his train sets. Since then, ownership of the ...

The Hornby company made some iconic toys - Hornby trainsets, Meccano and Dinky toys, and the company was founded by Frank Hornby, who was a visionary producer of toys as well as a businessman and ...

A British icon, Dinky Toys was the miniature car division of Frank Hornby’s Meccano empire. Introduced in 1934, the pre-WWII cars are now especially rare, due to most of them being made out of a ...

THE Inventor of Meccano, Hornby Models Railways, and Dinky Toys will be celebrated in a special two-day event this weekend. Maghull Town Hall will stage – The Frank Hornby Experience – this ...

Meccano and Dinky toys is getting under way. Brighton Toy and Model Museum has been given a £34,000 lottery grant to celebrate the life of Frank Hornby. "The toy museum, I would say, has got the ...