old muffin advert
old muffin advert
Just spent the evening going through a suitcase of old train books etc,and there was a few meccano magazines without covers so practically worthless ,but checked out the ads and noticed these,one is november 1950 and the other feb 1951
so fairly early
dave r
so fairly early
dave r
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I got my one around 1952 when I was 5 Dave. It lasted about 6 weeks after I put dents in my mum's nicely polished dining table.
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There's some more ads in the link below, including that old scamp Muffin:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4920&hilit=moko+adverts
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4920&hilit=moko+adverts
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Re: old muffin advert
MOKOSEX wrote:Just spent the evening going through a suitcase of old train books etc,and there was a few meccano magazines without covers so practically worthless ,but checked out the ads and noticed these,one is november 1950 and the other feb 1951
so fairly early
dave r
Thanks for posting these and the details in which magazines these were found.
I just bought the 2 magazines on eBay UK.
marcel
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When i was about 5 someone bought me a gun with those suckers on the end,i accidentally shot my mum in the eye while she my serving jelly at my birthday party, ,after the party my gun had disappearedMoyboy wrote:I got my one around 1952 when I was 5 Dave. It lasted about 6 weeks after I put dents in my mum's nicely polished dining table.
i would guess the modern day equivalent would be buying a kid a set of felts pens or play doe,i know i dreaded my kids getting them lol.
dave
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i love old ads ,and they are great ads!,toy trader magazines are hard to find,one moko ad i saw in a tin toys book caught my interest,and i have a couple of space outlaw adverts,one in a bcm pamphlet and the other in a christmas club bookjohnboy wrote:There's some more ads in the link below, including that old scamp Muffin:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4920&hilit=moko+adverts
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Old railway model magazines are a good place to find old matchbox adverts,last thursday at a local auction i missed this box full,they sold for £5matchboxmarcel wrote:MOKOSEX wrote:Just spent the evening going through a suitcase of old train books etc,and there was a few meccano magazines without covers so practically worthless ,but checked out the ads and noticed these,one is november 1950 and the other feb 1951
so fairly early
dave r
Thanks for posting these and the details in which magazines these were found.
I just bought the 2 magazines on eBay UK.
marcel
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Re: old muffin advert
I have most of the Railway Modeller magazines with Matchbox adds.
marcel
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i have a few about,early 1960,s seem the best yearsmatchboxmarcel wrote:I have most of the Railway Modeller magazines with Matchbox adds.
marcel
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Re: old muffin advert
video of Anette Mills playing the piano with Muffin the Mule.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... pQY2FbCUtM
See passed away in 1955.
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Mills
marcel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... pQY2FbCUtM
See passed away in 1955.
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Mills
marcel
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