Retailer Gamages, ”The World's Greatest Toy Shop” - their words not mine - was a large department store, located in Holborn, London which, like many of its type, also operated a mail order service. It began modestly in 1878 and died, in the early 1970s, after an ill thought out expansion plan, with a foray into Romford, in deepest Essex. |
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In the MECCANO era, BAYKO was a regular visitor to their catalogue. There may well be far more Plimpton era entries, but I've only identified five so far, spanning no less than twenty three years! |
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I'm sure you'll be intrigued to know that BAYKO was sold alongside a range of firearms in the Toys and Sporting Department!!! |
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If you've got any other BAYKO images from Gamages, or any other mail order catalogues, then I'd love to hear from you… |
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The catalogues shown here are in two forms : - |
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► | The Gamages Christmas versions of the main Departmental Store Catalogues were generally produced on paper similar to newsprint [the same as newspapers are made from] and are shown first. |
► | The Gamages Toy Department Catalogues, again mainly associated with Christmas, were printed on glossy magazine type paper and are shown lower down. |
The two sections below are both shown in strictly chronological order - or would be if Mr Gamage hadn't declared his newsprint examples, in particular, to be date-free zones, not even a decipherable printer's code! Who'd be an archivist‽ |
Gamages Christmas Toys and Games - 1936 |
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1936 The BAYKO insertion is shown just below centre. |
The first item [immediately below] is the more credible… |
…as it comes from a, presumably well researched, reprint. |
The other claimant [next one down] was researched by its eBay vendor and was his best estimate based on content. |
Gamages Xmas Bazaar - 1938 - probably! |
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1938? The BAYKO insertion is shown top left. |
Gamages Xmas Bazaar - 1938 - probably not! |
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1938? The BAYKO insertion is shown top left. |
Gamages Xmas Bazaar - 1957 |
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Gamages Christmas Bazaar 1957 catalogue Front Cover |
Gamages Christmas Bazaar - 1958 |
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Christmas Bazaar, 1958 The BAYKO insertion is shown in the bottom left corner. |
Gamages Christmas Catalogue - 1959 |
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The BAYKO insertion [above] is shown middle right. |
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163 x 237 mm =
6.4 x 9.3 inches |
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Gamages Christmas Catalogue - 1960 |
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The BAYKO insertion is shown bottom right. |
Gamages Christmas Catalogue - 1963 |
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Gamages Toy Catalogue - 1961 |
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215 mm x 133 mm = 8.45 x 5.2 inches |
Gamages Toy Catalogue - 1962 |
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215 mm x 133 mm = 8.45 x 5.2 inches |
Gamages Toy Catalogue - 1963 |
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215 mm x 133 mm = 8.45 x 5.2 inches |
Gamages Toy Catalogue - 1963/1964 |
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215 mm x 133 mm = 8.45 x 5.2 inches |
Gamages Toy Catalogue - 1964/1965 |
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215 mm x 133 mm = 8.45 x 5.2 inches |
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