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Morturn. They were at 25 - 31 Camden Street.
https://mikes-steam-engines.co.uk/images/Geoffrey_Malins_December_1955.jpg
https://mikes-steam-engines.co.uk/images/Mamod_Advert_December_1953.jpg
There are some lovely examples of engines on the site https://mikes-steam-engines.co.uk/mamod.htm
From the adverts on that link it looks like Malins who produced the models were in Camden Street until at least 1960.
Viv.
https://mikes-steam-engines.co.uk/images/Geoffrey_Malins_December_1955.jpg
https://mikes-steam-engines.co.uk/images/Mamod_Advert_December_1953.jpg
There are some lovely examples of engines on the site https://mikes-steam-engines.co.uk/mamod.htm
From the adverts on that link it looks like Malins who produced the models were in Camden Street until at least 1960.
Viv.
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Hi Viv
Many thanks for that, I had this vague recollection of going to Camden Street as a small boy; memory is a strange thing, and can and does change.
My elder brother was given a Mamod steam engine, I would say it was the No 2 minor for either a birthday or Christmas.
There was a problem with it, so we took it to the Mamod factory, and waited while they repaired for us, I can remember my mother asking people directions to Camden Street: I would be about 6 years old at the time.
Thanks also for the links, ill have a good look round this site. It is also nice to know that Mamod are still in business, and according to their website welcome visitors: must give that a go.
Many thanks for that, I had this vague recollection of going to Camden Street as a small boy; memory is a strange thing, and can and does change.
My elder brother was given a Mamod steam engine, I would say it was the No 2 minor for either a birthday or Christmas.
There was a problem with it, so we took it to the Mamod factory, and waited while they repaired for us, I can remember my mother asking people directions to Camden Street: I would be about 6 years old at the time.
Thanks also for the links, ill have a good look round this site. It is also nice to know that Mamod are still in business, and according to their website welcome visitors: must give that a go.
Hi Morturn. I've had a good look at that website and watched the videos. It's fascinating. Mamods were such wonderful pieces of engineering. Viv.
Mamod is still going strong after over 75 years, now based in Smethwick and rightly boasting that their products are 100% British. I had their smallest steam-engine back in the 1950's and it was fun. Their current range is much more extensive, much better quality, and much more expensive! If the aeromodelling bug hadn't bitten me, I'd have been into live steam.
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