Meccano Ltd was a British toy manufacturing company, established in 1908 by Frank Hornby in Liverpool, England, to manufacture and distribute Meccano and other model toys and kits created by the company. During the 1920s and 1930s it became the biggest toy manufacturer in the United Kingdom and produced three of the most popular lines of toys in the twentieth century: Meccano, Hornby Trains and Dinky Toys.
Frank Hornby, founder of the company
Hornby's freight wagon
Dinky 23e model of George Eyston's land record car, "Speed of the Wind". The toy was made from 1936 to 1940
Meccano model car at Paris Motor Show 2018
Meccano is a brand of model construction system created in 1898 by Frank Hornby in Liverpool, England. The system consists of reusable metal strips, plates, angle girders, wheels, axles and gears, and plastic parts that are connected using nuts and bolts. It enables the building of working models and mechanical devices.
An early Meccano set on display in the Edinburgh Museum of Childhood
Advertisement in Pears' Annual Christmas, 1920
Instruction book for the 1956 Meccano No. 7 and 8 Outfits, showing a model of a walking drag line excavator built with the red and green Meccano pieces of the time
1970s No. 2 Meccano set