No.19 Hats off to Hattons
(This Blog was first written in early 2011). Time to reminisce? Well done to Hattons celebrating their 65th Anniversary. Most of us will at some time have bought from Hattons. Two of my earliest purchases which still live on are a Hornby Dublo 8F and an Airfix Castle: The 2 rail Hornby Dublo 8F was advertised by Hattons in the early 1960s in the Railway Modeller. There was to be a family visit to Chester from the north of England and my father was prevailed upon to drive back through the Mersey Tunnel so that I could visit Smithdown Road and make a purchase, I am guessing for probably £4/19/11. At the end of my school days the model was boxed up and carted round the country until the 1980s when I had the time and resources to rediscover railway modelling. I was amazed at the fine detail on the new; plastic models from Palitoy (Mainline) and Airfix. However the performance of the newer models was lacking and the Hornby 8F lived on. ...