A Return Visit to a Great Meccano Resource

Saturday, February 22, 2025

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A Return Visit to a

Great Meccano Resource

I haven't written a post for Mr. Tim Edwards in a long while. His website

titled MeccanoIndex is one of the most informative and resourceful websites

for anyone wanting to research or just visit. The site is about Meccano, 

a famous British company that began in Liverpool, England in 1898. 

The owner of the company was Mr. Frank Hornby. Meccano created

metal construction sets that could be assembled with small wrenches.

It came with nuts and bolts, assorted assembly parts, 

and sometimes even small motors.

Please click on this sentence to redirect to Mr.Tim Edward's exceptional website

Tim Edward's website is literally an Internet library for anyone who wants to learn about Meccano. When I was young (pre-teen years), I had a set of Meccano, and it was great to be able to construct small items such as a house. There was a wide range of different sets with which one could erect something. The larger the 

size of the set of parts, the larger or more elaborate the toy that could be created.

Some sets, if I remember correctly, even had small motors with which to 

have a finished item move. An example could be a car or a Ferris Wheel.

Today's post is a sampling of Meccano magazines from 1925,  a century from 100 years ago! The reason for selecting these magazines is that the artwork is appropriate to Meccano's erector sets. I always liked to draw, but my skills 

were not that great. Looking at the artwork on these magazine covers makes me appreciate the talent that the artists had to draw these wonderful covers.

When you visit Timothy's website and find these magazines, you will be able to

read these magazines from 100 years ago.  The amount of work that

Timothy has put into his website is truly a work of art and an exceptional effort 

to have people learn all about these wonderful erector sets.

I hope you visit this site, because it's fantastic. You'lllearn a lot about The Meccano company, and you'll enjoy seeing so much information and photos that illustrate

what Meccano was all about back then.

So that's it for today. 

Thanks for dropping by to visit, and have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be,.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman, and I can always be reached at

toysearcher@gmail.com

An Encyclopaedic Website for Meccano Enthusiasts

Friday, February 23, 2024

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An Encyclopaedic Website for

Meccano Enthusiasts

For those who don't know, my first post was about the great construction toy company -Meccano. 

I don't want to spoil the story, so please go to the first post, and you'll see

how I started to blog about toys.

Getting back to today's post, I always wanted to write a Meccano post. I'd been searching and searching for a good Meccano website from which I'd be sourced with lots of information. Eventually, about 2 weeks ago, I found one.

The website is by Mr. Timothy Edwards for Meccano.

It is one of the best websites that I have found, that  exclusively contains

a tremendous amount of information about one company. A good portion of the website goes back in time right to the very beginning 

when the Meccano company was created.

Please click here to visit this exceptional website dedicated to Meccano

The screen-captures below provide you with just 1 "tiny" bit of information.

It focuses on the instructions that came with a series of toy models that could be constructed using different Meccano sets.

Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be writing more blog posts about 

Mr. Timothy Edwards fantastic website. I can't even begin to think just how much time and effort Timothy has put into this great resource.

For those who ever had a Meccano set (myself included), Timothy's website brings me back more than 65 years ago (I'm 75 now), when my parents got me a Meccano set.

The set that I had was a great set to spend time on, and to try and change 

the designs and items that came with the kit. Of course, at that time, I only had one "basic" kit, so I was limited with only so much to build. Nevertheless, I was happy to have this kit. Moreover, there was the chemistry set, hockey equipment (for winter), puzzles, a small set of Lionel train cars and engine, and  the carpentry kit. 

 

And of course, there was a lot of time spent with friends. 

Those times bring back good memories, and I'm sure many of you have

had the same feelings return due to the toys that your parents, aunts and uncles brought for you.

Those were the days.....

As always, thanks for dropping by,

and have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman.

and I can always be reached at:

toysearcher@gmail.com