Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

cav551:

Spardo:
Is that a Princess, Franky, very smartly turned out, as is the Daimler that Robert put up? That was one of my favourite Dinky toys, I had lots of them but the other 2 favourites for whatever reason were a purple Austin Devon and a Yellow American estate car, probably a Ford. One which sticks in my memory but not as a favourite was the yellow dumper I got to take with me into Urmston(?) hospital for something or other. I was playing with it on the floor when somebody opened the door and trapped my fingers underneath. :astonished: I can feel the pain still, 74 years later. :unamused:

I remember having one of these:
qualitydiecasttoys.co.uk/pr … POT-ON-207

I wish I’d kept it!

I’ll bet your mum, or whoever was kind enough to buy it for you, didn’t pay nine hundred and fifty quid for it!