Frank Hornby was born in Liverpool in 1863. His name lives on today in Hornby Railways properly the most popular OO Model Railways in Britain. Its forerunner HornbyDublo was started by Frank Hornby. However he is also known for 2 other products Meccano the construction set made at Frank Hornby's factories at Duke Street and later and famously at Binns Road Liverpool now sadly gone. Meccano though is still produced today. The other product is Dinky Cars made from the late 1930's until the late 1970's at Binns Road. The name is now owned by rival Matchbox.

 

This site is apart of a four site group that looks at the history of these products and the later similar products that have been produced over the decades. It is interactive allowing users to have plenty of input as it contains a discussion forum, a photo . a search engine for this and related sites and an online auction where these products can be bought and sold. As well as downloadable products that can be used in conjunction with Model Railways, Diecast and Meccano.

To enter the site just click on any text or image on the page.