NEWS - Hornby opens archive to visitors in Margate

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Hornby opens archive to visitors in Margate Hornby opens archive to visitors Visitors to Kent are set to be taken on a journey through modern history at the home of one of the world's most prestigious transport model makers.

The model was donated by the Lines family that once owned Tri-ang, which became part of the Hornby empire.

Now is not that the wrong way round. After all they changed there name to Hornby after buying it

will try and persude family that we should have an old fashioned beach holiday down in ramsgate where my parents took us. Can then just happen to find out about this exhibition....

Cheers, Simon

Exactly so. I think there's been some revisionist history here.

I like the way your mind works, Simon.

As a kiddie, I used to love going to Scarborough so I could see Harold Elliott's huge O Gauge layout with the mischievous Sammy the Shunter, who was chased with a rolled-up newspaper when he tried to escape onto the main line.

I was Naughty there as I said I had not seen it before as I drove the train into the station with the Ocean mails coashe not on the platform :¬0