The search engine Google is celebrating the 150th birthday of visionary toy maker Frank Hornby, whose model railways, Meccano sets and Dinky toys are still being played with by children today.

Hornby sets this mildly amusing story in the 1960s ... Move along, old man — be grateful you won't live long enough to see "Sex Box." Young Barbara from north England is determined to be ...

Watch the full restoration of a 1954 Hornby model train locomotive ... Diamond Batteries Explained 💎 NBA's West spots set, with the Nuggets, Clippers and Timberwolves in and the Warriors ...

The move is the latest attempt by Hornby to move beyond its traditional model railway sets and expand into the hobbyist market for nostalgia and replica model toys. In 2006 it saved Airfix when it ...

He never even owned a Hornby train set as a child. Or a Scalextric set, Hornby's other well-known brand. "No. I was deprived," he says, not sounding remotely bothered. "I had a small Triang train set.

Hornby was much better served by the movie versions of his first two novels, High Fidelity and About a Boy. Both were terrific and the latter became a major box-office hit that pushed Hugh Grant ...

A forthcoming Scalextric set will be based on the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, that is due out in November. It will feature Bond's Aston Martin and an Alfa Romeo as the chase car. Hornby ...

Hornby is enjoying growing sales of its smaller-scale model railway sets after offloading its toy car business. The model train maker, which is backed by Frasers Group and counts Mike Ashley as a ...

And in a first for toys and collectables group Hornby, many of the sets will be branded St Michael after it signed a deal with Marks & Spencer to sell a special edition of the blue-and-white and ...

Price points will range from below 5 for Corgi vehicles to more than 100 for limited edition Hornby train sets. The company added that Hornby and Scalextric products linked to the Toy Story 3 film ...

We are proud to donate top prizes including the in demand Hornby Scalextric Super GT set." Hornby have donated a selection of sought after prizes including the Short Sunderland MK III worth £159. ...