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Offline Nemesis

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Re: Toys of yesteryear
« Reply #45 on: October 11, 2010, 10:09:00 am »
So Scotty is a girl,  Nemesis is a girl ....   and Barbiroli, (as in Sir John Barbiroli) is a girl ......what a strange cyber world we live in. :paranoid:





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« Reply #46 on: October 11, 2010, 09:49:36 pm »
And Yorkie is a bar of chocolate!!!    _))*

Which Scott, Nemesis and Barbiroli are not allowed to eat.  L0L


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« Reply #47 on: October 12, 2010, 10:19:04 pm »
Go on just one bite each :weeping: :weeping:

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« Reply #48 on: October 13, 2010, 02:26:08 pm »
Ah well we'd better go back to the Mars Bars then-- at least they have now lowered the fat content ! :-*
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« Reply #49 on: October 13, 2010, 02:36:12 pm »
BOT, for one Christmas I was given a Trix Twin railway

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« Reply #50 on: October 13, 2010, 02:38:53 pm »
Over the years, we bought the kids their own sets, and all were Hornby Dublo.  Recently, I decided to unpack the sets and found some of the original Trix track still there.  My set had been second hand when I got it, because the system was quite an old one, its main characteristic being the ability to run two trains on a single track.
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« Reply #51 on: October 13, 2010, 02:45:50 pm »
Of course, the earliest set I can remember is the clockwork set

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« Reply #52 on: October 13, 2010, 02:52:07 pm »
Later on, it was
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« Reply #53 on: October 13, 2010, 02:59:06 pm »
One year got a Mr Potato Head for a birthday


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« Reply #54 on: October 14, 2010, 10:49:32 am »
My cousin had a train set and I was always green with envy.
Mr Potato was good unless you forgot and put him in the toy box for a while complete with potato!
OMG what a pong !
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« Reply #55 on: October 14, 2010, 09:21:06 pm »
Reading all the posts about model trains of years ago, and, bearing in mind that I presume most forum members are locals-----does anyone remember GEM model railway system manufacturers? If you do remember the firm, did you know that GEM stood for George E. Mellor and he operated from Rhos on Sea?  And GEM model trains were known nationwide.

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« Reply #56 on: October 14, 2010, 10:53:53 pm »
I went to visit GEM many years ago for a model, but for the life of me I can't remember the address now, must be around 30 years ago!
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« Reply #57 on: October 15, 2010, 10:21:25 pm »
This is completly from memory. Bear in mind thats 60 years. I havent got time to find a Rhos street map but the name Marsden Drive or road comes to my mind. Somewhere around the Parish Church area, I think

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« Reply #58 on: October 15, 2010, 11:01:39 pm »
just found an old advert from 1951 for GEM, 31A Rhos Road, wonder what that is now? (and yes the magazine is older than me!  L0L )

somewhere around here, on Google Streetview

31 rhos road rhos on sea - Google Maps
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« Reply #59 on: October 15, 2010, 11:36:17 pm »
That's a real gem you've found there Merddyn.  :-X