Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Royal Mail is issuing a set of 12 stamps to celebrate the world of Hornby Model Railways. Frank Hornby, the inventor of Meccano, ...

YET AGAIN I am taken back to my childhood days and how many of us boys remember waking up on Christmas morning to find a Hornby train set or a Meccano set or both under the Christmas tree? Well I ...

Model railway company Hornby has returned to a profit for the first time in nearly a decade after an upsurge in interest for its products during lockdown. The group reported a 33 per cent increase in ...

Hornby, the maker of iconic British toys from Airfix to Scalextric, has seen pre-tax profits fall to £3.9m from £4.1m in 2011. Best known for its model trains, here is a look at the history of the ...

Royal Mail is issuing a set of 12 stamps to celebrate the world of Hornby Model Railways. Frank Hornby, the inventor of Meccano, produced his first clockwork Hornby Series trains in 1920, followed in ...

Company founder Frank Hornby applies for a patent to protect his invention “Improvements in Toy or Educational Devices for children and young people” Production continues during the First World War ...

One of the eight stamps, showing an InterCity 125 High Speed Train (Royal Mail/PA) Royal Mail is issuing a set of 12 stamps to celebrate the world of Hornby Model Railways. Frank Hornby, the inventor ...