The adventures of an 18th century imagination, located in Northern Europe formerly ruled over by joint rulers Duke Karl Frederick and Duchess Liv.Not to mention the American colony of Ny Tradgardland the 17th century Colony of New Tradgardstadt and the newly restored territory of the Shetland Isles.
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Wednesday 15 April 2020
Britains trade catalogue 1963
I never knew where my father got this from for me.He certainly wasn’t in the trade. I poured over it as a boy and thought you might enjoy seeing part of it.
The stylish cover. Note interesting gun on the bottom right corner...
Superb, Alan, thanks for sharing. An excellent time machine ... I remember rummaging through these Heralds type trade boxes of Herald modern British Infantry in a local toy shop that was closing in the 80s. Mostly bazooka and lying down figures but still cheaper. Lots of Deetail knights too.
Interesting to see the free point of sale stands for retailers, these rarely ever survived and are very sought after now. The stats on the back page are fascinating too, when you consider how many toy soldiers they made every year, where are they all now?
Yep, I still have a set of those British soldiers (in plastic) at the bottom of the fifth page. My maternal grandparents gave them to me for Christmas 1975 along with a small set of Germans, a Solido Tiger tank and a Solido gun. I still have them all packed carefully away in a box. Played with 'em for several years until new interests, like girls and rock music, took over.
Excellent! Thanks for the memories. We had the naval gun as a hand-me-down from my uncle, and I got the mounted Life Guards as a Christmas present. My brother also had a Britain’s ‘Nelsonian’ ship’s gun, and ACW field gun both of which fired ball bearings with great power.
Superb, Alan, thanks for sharing. An excellent time machine ...
ReplyDeleteI remember rummaging through these Heralds type trade boxes of Herald modern British Infantry in a local toy shop that was closing in the 80s. Mostly bazooka and lying down figures but still cheaper. Lots of Deetail knights too.
Did you take advantage of the price and buy many?
DeleteInteresting to see the free point of sale stands for retailers, these rarely ever survived and are very sought after now. The stats on the back page are fascinating too, when you consider how many toy soldiers they made every year, where are they all now?
ReplyDeleteGlad you found it interesting.
DeleteFantastic, thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteDelighted!
DeleteI loved those 'Swoppet' Knights , but rather expensive back then for my modest pocket money .
ReplyDeleteAnd very expensive second hand now. They are quite splendid.
DeleteI still have the BAT gun, and the 25pdr, somewhere in the house... :o)
ReplyDeleteGet them out and game with them.
DeleteYep, I still have a set of those British soldiers (in plastic) at the bottom of the fifth page. My maternal grandparents gave them to me for Christmas 1975 along with a small set of Germans, a Solido Tiger tank and a Solido gun. I still have them all packed carefully away in a box. Played with 'em for several years until new interests, like girls and rock music, took over.
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
A game with the young master ? Ross’s rules would work very well and I think you would both enjoy the experience.
DeleteStill a proud owner of two 4.7 Naval Guns
ReplyDeleteSomething to be proud of, do they get wheeled out and fired?
DeleteExcellent! Thanks for the memories. We had the naval gun as a hand-me-down from my uncle, and I got the mounted Life Guards as a Christmas present. My brother also had a Britain’s ‘Nelsonian’ ship’s gun, and ACW field gun both of which fired ball bearings with great power.
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