Janand Terry First of all Terry - thank you so much for your kind words about our collection of catalogues.I have always found these to be fascinating which was the reason for me endeavouring to locateand acquire an example of every one issued.I still have a few to find though according to Ramsay ' s Diecast Catalogue listing ! I quite agree with you that the 1950s was a glorious part of my life - Dinky Toys,Hornby trains,Meccano sets -and EAGLE comic weekly with Dan Dare,PC49,Luck of the Legion,Jeff Arnoldand Riders of the Range,and not forgetting Chickoand Harris Tweed ! Ah,the memories.....! Jan - tucked away at the bottom of the box of catalogues,and not included in my last Post was my copy of the last Meccano Toys of Quality catalogue for 1958,with the same print code as yours,13 / 758 / 450,mine havinghad the printed toy store of Allan Brett Cannon Ltd on the front cover,who had their premises at 32 Railway Approach,London Bridge Station.I have walked around the area of London Bridge Station many times but never thought of checking out who is the current tenant at 32 Railway Approach.I must check it out should I return to the UK one day ! [img] images / sites / default / files / u203 / IMG_0001 % 20 - % 20Copy % 20 % 281024x763 % 29.jpg [/img] 1024 763 The mention of EAGLE reminds me that I have often wondered why Meccano did not make better use of that weekly to announce new Dinky Toys,although from1960 on the company did make a major effort with purchasing advertising space as the image below attests,part of the full page advertisement published in the 5 November 1960 issue.[img] images / sites / default / files / u203 / 1960.05Nov % 20 % 281024x764 % 29.jpg [/img] 1024 764 With the publication date of 5 November 1960,readers of EAGLE would have probably known about the two new models shown,the 782 SHELLand 783 BP petrol pump stations before seeing the advertisement on the back cover of the November 1960 issue of MECCANO MAGAZINE.The ' new ' Jaguar of course came out in August,so it was not really ' new '.Kind regards Bruce H.(150) 20172306 / 1125 / 1243
