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giftware gem.
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 12:05 am
by nickjones
I found this in a friends antique shop, luckily the 'G' badge caught my eye, hmmmm, I recall seeing that many years ago on the MCCH,
The 'G' stands for Gates of Woodford, the Ford main dealer, Gates are still in business and I found this Gateshistory page on tinternet
http://www.gates.co.uk/about-us/
also a pair of Lesney bus pics and a factory pic that I had not seen before
Re: giftware gem.
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 10:15 am
by YYS4BOB
A well known item, and I have an example in the collection. Like the customer card with it, I don't have one with mine.
Re: giftware gem.
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 12:53 pm
by Moyboy
I also have exact same box and model Nick
Re: giftware gem.
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 1:11 pm
by matchboxmarcel
A good find Nick !
Did you find paper copies of the photos you post ?
The back and white picture with a man walkign along a row of busses is unknow staffbus photo.
Can you tell me how you found that one ?
marcel
Re: giftware gem.
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 1:23 pm
by YYS4BOB
Just put "Lesney bus" in Google and select "Images". There's a lot on there but you need a bit of patience to trawl all the links.
Re: giftware gem.
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 2:53 pm
by johnboy
Or try "Matchbox Staff Bus" - again you need some patience but it brings up a few more photos.
Re: giftware gem.
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:30 am
by nickjones
matchboxmarcel wrote:A good find Nick !
Did you find paper copies of the photos you post ?
The back and white picture with a man walkign along a row of busses is unknow staffbus photo.
Can you tell me how you found that one ?
marcel
I found the bus photos in google while searching for pictures of Hackney council refuse lorries to use on Hugh's yellow 38a refuse truck prepro thread.