MDFord Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 As well as the usual tractors and implements that I collect, I quite like the various other bits and pieces that britains made over the years. I thought I'd share some of them with you. First up is set of hurdles, animal shelters & water trough set followed by Farm Gate, Trade box of stone Walls & Farm Hedges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDFord Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 Next up is an unboxed Gate, Stile and Stone wall set with a Wattle Hurdle set Followed by a few pieces of old lead Flint Wall and from the garden range an old fellow sat on a bench with mower, roller and wheelbarrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDFord Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 Finally some Trees, 1 older & 1 newer type Oak, young Copper Beech, Birch & one that is still sealed in its packet, priced 17 1/2p the Apple tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmitemania Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I like the little bits and bobs that Britains do, I also pick these up when i see them, I have trees, boxed vehicle loads, boxed sheep dip, animal pens, 2 x boxed milking parlours, boxed pig arcs, and also boxed the rare farm house and farm yard that you can turn around to make a hay barn and a boxed Riding school. These items complete the collecting experience for me, but I only collect Britains so there is a limited amount to collect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDFord Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 Sounds like a nice collection - I'd like to see some pics if you ever get a chance Marmitemania I think it's the nostalgia of buying these bits and bobs as a kid when the pocket money didn't stretch to a machinery model, that makes me like collecting them nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmitemania Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I will post some pictures up, but I need the wife to do it as im computer ilterate, now you have said about buying the stuff as a kid I can remeber going too the local toyshop to buy animals and people for my farm, it was great because they were sold loose so you would look through and pick out exactly what you wanted and the shopkeeper would put them in a brown paper bag, I think the cows were about 75p each, but this was the 80's. Happy times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Agree about the 'accessories'. I have to find a copper beech and a weeping willow and that would complete the set as I have the rest, in early box and later hanging card and polly bag. Have not really got into the 'garden' stuff quite yet but gradually picking up bits and bobs as and when I come across it at the right price. A lot of this smaller stuff came in nice small packaging and boxes which are easy to replicate, not original I know but at least you can sort out the bits and store in 'sets' keeping it safe and identifiable. You can never have too many accessories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmitemania Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I would not dare start collecting the garden stuff, it would just be another drain on the bank, but it does look very nice and would make a farm layout look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Britains ought to bring back the garden stuff, especially now that allotments and 'grow your own' is getting more popular, they would probably make a killing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmitemania Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I dont think it would appeal to todays brainwashed americanised kids, if it doesn't have big guns on it or make lots of noise they are not that interested, collecters on the other hand would probably lap it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Next up is an unboxed Gate, Stile and Stone wall set with a Wattle Hurdle set Followed by a few pieces of old lead Flint Wall and from the garden range an old fellow sat on a bench with mower, roller and wheelbarrow. I have a few of these, have you any idea what catalogue number the are? I know you can also get interlocking wicker fences that are similar but taller and slot together instead of the hook and loop method of the wattle ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I like the little bits and bobs that Britains do, I also pick these up when i see them, I have trees, boxed vehicle loads, boxed sheep dip, animal pens, 2 x boxed milking parlours, boxed pig arcs, and also boxed the rare farm house and farm yard that you can turn around to make a hay barn and a boxed Riding school. These items complete the collecting experience for me, but I only collect Britains so there is a limited amount to collect. I have this one too, though it's not a particularly good model by Britains. (I prefer the old hay barn, pine lodge stables and bungalow from the 60s/70s) Does yours have the same earth-colour roof as shown on the box cover, or is it a cherry red one like mine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I don't have any of those Mark but that is a very nice collection of assorted accessories ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughmaster Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Next up is an unboxed Gate' date=' Stile and Stone wall set with a Wattle Hurdle set I have a few of these, have you any idea what catalogue number the are? Wattle Hurdles came in a green and white box of 6 cat no 1720 from 1957 to 1966. The accessories make quite a good collection on their own, once you start you find there are more than you thought, and a lot of colour/shade variations and a few changes to some of the moulds. I started collecting the Floral Garden (unboxed) 20 years ago, but it has become so popular now, and the prices that some people seem willing to pay for small quantities (even of common pieces), means I haven't added to it for some years now. Strange really, because it was not a great seller when current in the 60's, and Britains dropped it after only 10 years. Most of the trees (the first were introduced the same year as the Floral Garden) didn't survive much longer either. They did try re-introducing a very limited range of it in 1976 as 'Lucy's Little Garden', but it was a dismal failure and was withdrawn from the catalogue at the end of 1978. I doubt if it would perform any better now than it did then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmitemania Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 CMB mine also has the cherry red roof, yes its not that good model, but I remember when my mum and dad brought me it new in 1988, it was quite a lot of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 The wooden shed with perspex roof-lights and Ford 5610 set was a good one, I picked up a boxed set of this one in a toy fair for a tenner a couple of years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDFord Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 Some of the old items live on (or at least until recently) in the chinese made era. Heres the old and new versions of post & rail fence, and the Farm Playset dutch barn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDFord Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 I thought the old gate and its new counterpart were the same until I put them together for this picture. Heres the Hurdles that CMB mentioned earlier Plastic and Lead versions (I must have broken all the loops off the plastic ones when i was little ) Also some FG Taylor lead fencing that I have included in the picture, as I think its very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 These are the slotting wicker fences I meant: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRITAINS-VINTAGE-GARDEN-FENCE-PANEL-X9-FLORAL-ARDEN_W0QQitemZ370297754641QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_Games_ToySoldiers_EH?hash=item5637775411 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 got a good few of these items, unboxed but all complete, only missing the gates really, keep meaning to get the later ones for the layout, as they look half decent but mark did a lot better for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 have you got evedale farm , carboard push out farm buildings .. i have 3 sets of these from the 70s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I thought the old gate and its new counterpart were the same until I put them together for this picture. Heres the Hurdles that CMB mentioned earlier Plastic and Lead versions (I must have broken all the loops off the plastic ones when i was little ) Also some FG Taylor lead fencing that I have included in the picture, as I think its very nice. Gates also come on a green base with wheel marks etc in. The posts had slots to take the post and rail fencing. Available in white and brown and also a sort of stained brown over a grey base moulding this last one being a very early release I believe. Diagonal braces being either one or two. Post and rail fencing available in the same colours. Plastic loops on the hurdles are easily broken off as they have to be twisted through 90 degrees to insert the next post through due to the moulding process..........two piece mould I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 what a smashing collecton mark and a blooming interesting topic.. many thanks for sharing... I'm just as interested in this stuff as I am in the farm models I think. I bought a little lawnmower from mandy a while ago.. I really should buy some more and (attempt to) make a small diorama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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