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	Hornby Railways Encyclopedia Article @ Tribbiani.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hornby Railways is the leading brand of model railway in the United Kingdom, and its company roots date back to 1901, when founder Frank Hornby received a patent for his Meccano construction toy.
		Hornby, then known as Meccano Ltd and based in Liverpool, released its first train, a clockwork O gauge model, in 1920.
		The former Hornby Dublo tooling was sold to G and R Wrenn which continued to make most of the loco range and 'superdetail' rolling stock.
	www.tribbiani.net /encyclopedia/Hornby_Railways (1194 words)

	Frank Hornby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frank Hornby (15 May 1863 – 21 September 1936) was an English inventor, businessman and politician.
		Hornby was born on 15 May 1863 in Liverpool, England and was the son of John Oswald Hornby, a provision merchant and his wife Martha Hornby (née Thomlinson).
		Hornby died of a chronic heart condition complicated by diabetes in Liverpool on 21 September 1936.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Hornby (1151 words)

	Meccano the Beginning
		Frank Hornby married the daughter of a customs officer on the 15th of January 1887 when they were both 24 years of age.
		Frank Hornby was also an amateur photographer and fortunately took photographs of some of his early models, some of which are reproduced in the book "The Meccano System".
		Frank Hornby died in September 1936 at the age of 72 0f a chronic heart condition complicated by diabetics.
	www.toyman.co.za /history/beginning.html (2345 words)

	WHAT STARTED FRANK HORNBY TO THINKING
		Frank Hornby; not a boy now but with two boys serving their country, one at the front in a regiment from which only three hundred returned out of eleven hundred at the end of the first six months of fighting; does not like to talk much about his school days.
		Frank was never inclined to athletics.Strange to say, though not liking school, he was a student and a great reader.
		Frank Hornby had deep down in his heart the desire to invent something which would be useful to boys in all countries; something with which they could build the things that they dreamed of building.
	www.eliwhitney.org /hornby/1.htm (1638 words)

	About Hornby - Hornby
		Hornby is a household name and is famous as the UK brand leader in the model railway hobby.
		Hornby Trains were powered by a high quality clockwork motor, made of metal pressings held together by Meccano nuts and bolts, and ‘0’ gauge in size.
		Hornby Dublo and Tri-ang Railways rivalled each other during the early 1950s and following the acquisition in 1964 of Meccano Ltd by Lines Brothers (the parent company of Tri-ang Railways), the companies were merged in 1965 to become Tri-ang Hornby.
	www.hornby.com /about-hornby (926 words)

	FRANK HORNBY'S FIRST FACTORY.
		Frank Hornby with the little money that he had gathered together, rented a small room in Liverpool, and hired one girl to help him.
		Frank Hornby saw that the parts were manufactured properly, and had them all sent to his little one room factory, where he and the girl who assisted him, put them into boxes, and then took those boxes around from one store to another to sell them in order to get the money to manufacture more.
		In taking this action, Frank Hornby shows his big heart, in going out to help other inventors who, like himself, are struggling to get ahead, just as he did through all the years when he was trying to make Meccano a success.
	www.eliwhitney.org /hornby/6.htm (1199 words)

	CNN.com - UK Hornby boosts profit - Jun. 13, 2001
		Hornby (HRN) shares soared 16 percent to 155 pence in London after the results were announced.
		Hornby said sales rose 15 percent to £24.6 million from £21.5 million last year as it concentrated on developing the quality and detailing of its models.
		The company, named after Frank Hornby who also invented Meccano construction toys at the start of the century, reported a 20 percent rise in diluted earnings per share to 11.74 pence compared with 9.68 pence the previous year.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/06/13/hornby (272 words)

	HORNBY 'O' Gauge tinplate
		The Hornby Princess Elizabeth cost 5 Guineas, (£5.25 pence in today's money), but in 1937 that was way beyond the reach of most boys or their families.
		Frank Hornby gave pleasure to tens of thousands of young boys, (and not so young), who loved 'trains'.
		At exhibition halls all over the country, the working Hornby tinplate layouts are always a crowd puller and the young and not so young alike watch in rapt admiration as an electric express hauling a train of Pullman coaches allows the memory of Frank Hornby to live on.
	www.der-berliner.com /hornby/hornby.htm (549 words)

	Liverpool Lives Frank Hornby Inventor of the world’s most famous toy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Frank Hornby was born in 1863 at 77 Copperas Hill, Liverpool.
		Hornby saw a future for this versatile toy and set to work producing it for the mass market.
		Frank Hornby was a visionary in toy development and production, producing three of the most popular lines of toys in the twentieth century.
	www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk /mol/life/displaylife.asp?id=1 (500 words)

	Frank Hornby
		It was from this house that Frank Hornby was taken to hospital where he died.
		In September 1936 Mrs Hornby was on a Mediteranian cruise for health reasons.
		Buried here are Patricia daughter of Frank and Clara Hornby who died at the early age of 14 on the 15th of June 1913, Frank Hornby who died on the 21st of September 1936 aged 72 and Clara Hornby wife of Frank who died on the 13th of October 1953 aged 92 years.
	www.toyman.co.za /history/hornby.html (322 words)

	house on the hill toy musuem \| hornby trains
		From here, Frank Hornby began to diversify his Company's range of toys and in 1915, the first railway trains appeared in complete model railway table games entitled "Raylo".
		This, of course, played into Hornby's hands and once again, the Company enjoyed huge sales, quickly adding goods sets, passenger sets and individual railway items such as wagons, carriages, signals, stations, crossings and even lead station figures to their range.
		It was a sad end to the legendary Hornby Company, whose models had encapsulated the development of steam, diesel and electric trains through their beautifully detailed toys.
	www.stanstedtoymuseum.com /h_hornbytrains.htm (536 words)

	Building Excitement: A Century of Construction Toys
		Gilbert's Erector sets and Frank Hornby's Meccano sets were designed to teach the principles of mechanics and physics at a time in American history when most adults had faith in a world of endless technological progress.
		Englishman Frank Hornby (1863-1936) was born in Liverpool in 1863.
		Hornby brand O gauge trains were also produced beginning in 1925 and became a leading brand in England.
	www.moah.org /exhibits/archives/buildex.html (4098 words)

	The History of Hornby model trains and railroads
		Hornby trains were the most famous of all British-made toy trains, in Britain and the European continent, in the early 1900s, despite the pre-eminence of Bassett-Lowke, with its German-made trains.
		Frank Hornby (1863-1936) born in Liverpool had, fabricated what he called, "Mechanics Made Easy and in 1901, obtained a British patent.
		Hornby trademark appeared up until 1940, this is when all construction of Hornby trains was halted with the onset of World War II.
	www.modeltrainsmuseum.ca /trains/history/hornby.cfm (378 words)

	CBBC - The China-Britain Business Review Archive - Company Profiles
		Hornby’s profits were oscillating up and down, a trend picked up by investors (Hornby having gone public in 1986) and so Frank Martin was brought in, “to try to chart a steadier course”, as he puts it.
		Frank Martin also highlights the importance of the good relationships that have been established, both with the Hong Kong partner and with the manufacturing operations.
		Hornby as a business dates back to the turn of the 20th century when Frank Hornby invented Meccano, the children’s construction toy that has kept millions of children occupied down the years.
	www.cbbc.org /the_review/review_archive/company_profiles/21.html (2121 words)

	Hornby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hornby is a household name and is now famous as the UK brand leader in the field of Model Railways.
		The name originates from Frank Hornby (1863-1936) who invented the Meccano construction toys, and in 1901 formed a company called Meccano Ltd. In 1920 this company developed the first Hornby train which was produced in metal and powered by clockwork.
		Hornby trains were an instant success due to their solid quality.
	freespace.virgin.net /fish.things/hornby.htm (262 words)

	Hornby Trains
		Pioneering efforts by German manufacturers to produce clockwork and electric train sets were quickly followed by British toy manufacturer, Merccano, which in 1920 released the first Hornby model train set (named after Frank Hornby, the inventor of the Meccano construction kit for children).
		Hornby introduced the first electric train sets to its range in 1925, beginning with a scale model of a London Metropolitan Railway electric locomotive.
		They are probably the most common surviving Hornby types and can generally be found at most large antiques centres and model railway enthusiast swap meets.
	www.abc.net.au /treasurehunt/s817802.htm (681 words)

	Hornby set to go shopping for another toy brand Independent, The (London) - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		HORNBY IS looking to expand into new toy and hobby areas in a move which could see the model railway company make its first acquisition in years.
		In an interview with The Independent, Frank Martin, Hornby's chief executive, said: "With the cash we've got and the confidence in design and production in China, we are actively looking at complementary product categories." He would not name targets, but possible areas of interest include construction kits, die-cast models and radio-controlled cars.
		Hornby shifted production to China several years ago in a move which has cut costs and improved product quality.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_200206/ai_n12627348 (339 words)

	Hornby
		HORNBY'S founder, Frank Hornby, made a fortune on his meccano sets (as did A.C. Gilbert with his Erector sets), and by the early 1900's, HORNBY TRAINS was on its way to becoming a house-hold word.
		Hornby pioneered OO guage with its Hornby-Dublo (for double O) two and three rail; models...
		HORNBY TRAINS has always been famous for featuring the power and majesty of the many steam and diesel locomotives that hauled everything from heavy freights to luxurious passenger trains the length and breadth of England, Scotland and Wales.
	www.modeltrainclassics.com /Hornby.html (567 words)

	Welcome!
		Meccano, the greatest and most long-lasting metal construction system toy in the history of the world, was the brainchild of Frank Hornby, a bookkeeper at a provision merchant's office in Liverpool, England.
		From that humble beginning, Frank Hornby developed a miniature engineering system which went on to become so famous that it became a household name in the four corners of the world, and indeed the very trade-name Meccano became part of the language.
		Frank Hornby's Meccano Guild may have become extinct but the brotherhood of Meccano continues to flourish.
	members.tripod.com /Ashok_Banerjee/Meccanoville/Welcome.htm (771 words)

	The Meccano Crystal Radio Receiving Set
		It seems likely, by the way, that A. Gilbert took his Erector idea from Frank Hornby, because Hornby patented Meccano over ten years before Erector was "invented".
		Hornby had just negotiated the purchase of an existing factory at Elizabeth, New Jersey, which was carrying the MECCANO emblems by the time he arrived, (see Fig.
		Hornby lost no time in spreading his enthusiasm for radio in the September 1922 M.M., by using no less than four of the 12 pages to put radio topics on the map as a permanent feature of Meccano Magazine.
	www.midnightscience.com /meccano.html (608 words)

	History of Meccano
		Hornby teamed up with David Elliott, who provided much of the required venture capital, and started producing sets.
		In 1908, Frank Hornby bought out his partner and changed the name of his building sets and company name to "Meccano".
		In 1936, Frank Hornby died, his company was taken over by his relatives.
	www.dalefield.com /mwes/history/index.html (1204 words)

	Guardian \| Fortysomethings bolster Hornby
		Nevertheless even 100 year-old Hornby has entered the modern world with new products such as a railway CD Rom and a PC-based interactive system for Scalextric that enables players to race each other on different sides of the world on their computer screens.
		The company was established in the early 1900s by Frank Hornby in Liverpool with his Meccano sets.
		In 1964 Hornby was taken over by rival Lines Brothers and became part of its Tri-ang toy empire.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4203836-103676,00.html (349 words)

	Sotheby's - Services & Information - Investor Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A UNIQUE collection of rare and fascinating examples of Hornby Gauge O trains which represents a living archive of the company's products from 1920 to the 1960s is to be sold at Sotheby's South, Billingshurst, West Sussex on Monday, June 14, 1999.
		The most recent Hornby train in the sale was made around 1960, in the smart regional British Rail liveries and is expected to fetch £100-150.
		Gauge O was one of the ranges of childhood toys that were manufactured by Frank Hornby and many model train enthusiasts believe that "the best toy trains in the world came from Frank Hornby's Liverpool Factory." Frank Hornby's factory, which was based at Binns Road, Liverpool, began to produce model trains in January 1920.
	www.shareholder.com /bid/news/19990602-8790.cfm (1215 words)

	Is there a memorial to Frank Hornby? in The AnswerBank: Society & Culture: People & Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bernard Huntington's book Along Hornby Lines (1976) shows a bronze statue in the frontispiece which he says was 'made during the latter years of his life...' without giving a source where it is or where it is from.
		Frank was born at 77 Copperas Hill, Liverpool, on 15 May, 1863, son of a provision merchant.
		Frank also went into the business and upon his father's death became a bookkeeper with a meat importing business in Liverpool.
	www.theanswerbank.co.uk /article1987.html (535 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Meccano magic goes under hammer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The artefacts, which include hundreds of Dinky toys, Meccano kits and Hornby trains, are expected to fetch more than £40,000 when they go to auction.
		Meccano inventor Frank Hornby kept prototype models and copies of catalogues, posters and sales literature in a library at his company's headquarters in Liverpool.
		Frank Hornby started making Meccano kits from his home in Liverpool in 1901.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/3528861.stm (363 words)

	Vectis.co.uk - Hornby Factory items sell for £70,000
		Hornby, Meccano and Dinky toys and items of ephemera rescued from the famous Meccano factory In Liverpool before its demise in the 1980's fetched over £70,000 in two sales run by Vectis Auctions during April.
		And in the most recent auction held in Rugby on Saturday April 17th a rare framed and signed photograph of Frank Hornby sold for £4,100 including commission.
		Hornby kept prototype models, those that were made under license for them around the world and copies of catalogues posters and sales literature in a library, but at the end of the life of the factory in the 1970's, these items were just lying around or being thrown out.
	www.vectis.co.uk /news.php?i=53 (368 words)

	Meccano Crystal Radio Receiver
		The subject of radio transmission and reception is in itself a vast and complex science, but the installation of a receiving apparatus of sufficient power to receive messages from broadcasting stations at reasonable distances, is something which any bright intelligent boy can accomplish for himself with little difficulty.
		Frank Hornby, the inventor of Meccano, and the Editor of the "Meccano Magazine " has just returned from a visit to the United States, where they have made a very close study of this subject.
		With the aid of a receiving set, constructed entirely of Meccano parts, and the addition of telephone ear-pieces, crystal, and one or two inexpensive fittings, they have listened to concerts, speeches, reports, etc., broadcasted from points five to twenty miles distant, with the greatest enjoyment.
	www.dalefield.com /nzfmm/magazine/Crystal_radio.html (2659 words)

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