Building model railways has been a popular pastime in Britain for more than a century now and millions of young modellers once looked forward to their monthly copy of Model Railway News. This MRN annu

This could be a big month for a little man, given that is now 60 years since Action Man first came on parade. Manufactured by Palitoy of Coalville, Leicestershire, the moulded plastic “action figure”

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WITH his floppy hat, duffle coat and suitcase full of marmalade sandwiches, Paddington is one of the most recognisable and beloved fictional characters of all time. In the stories, he was taken in by

It was just over 100 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1925, when we first met one of the most famous bears in literature. The London Evening News featured a story called The Wrong Sort of Bees, beginning w