When Toys Were Fun - Hardcover

Apps, Bryan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857040405 ISBN 13: 9780857040404

Publisher: Halsgrove, 2010

Synopsis

In this fascinating and highly illustrated book the
author appeals to the child in us all by recalling
the toys and games of our past. From dolls and
prams to model locomotives and tin plate toys,
the reader is taken back to a pre-electronic age
when the imagination was the main ingredient of
childhood play.
Most of what is included here comes directly
from the author's own collection, or from historic
sources provided by toy makers, many of whom
no longer exist. Once familiar names abound
alongside those we know today: Bing, Hornby,
Minic, Marklin,Tri-ang, Scalextric, Lesney, Meccano
and Corgi. Hundreds of toys are illustrated along
with pages from beautifully produced catalogues
of yesteryear including Harrods and Hamleys.
In a fascinating text the author recounts tales
from his own childhood and remarkable stories
associated with his collecting, buying and selling;
the wonderful finds and the bargains, along with
the ones that got away.
This book will appeal to everyone who enjoys
recalling their childhood days and will hold great
interest for collectors too.

About this title

About the Author

Bryan Apps has been an Anglican
priest in the Diocese ofWinchester
for nearly 50 years. His passion for
collecting toys and games has
remained with him since a boy,
although serious collecting only began
later in life. This he combined with a
number of world record attempts
using toys including the record for
longest continuous running of a model
locomotive. This present work follows
on from his book When Motoring
RacingWas Fun, published by
Halsgrove in 2009, in which his passion
for motor racing is revealed through
his paintings of racing cars and drivers
from the earliest days of the sport,
which in turn has led to lasting friendships
with many of the most famous
racing drivers from before and after
the SecondWorldWar. A new book
Silverstone Shadows is also to be
published in 2010.

Edition details

• Publisher: Halsgrove
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857040405
• ISBN 13: 9780857040404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144