These days manufacturers tend to use the word 'customer' to refer to the retailers who they supply directly, and use the word 'consumer' to refer to the person who ultimately buys the product. Here I've decided to substitute the word 'collector' for the person who finally bought/received the BAYKO, which seems altogether more appropriate. |
This section shows examples of letters sent by Plimpton [or MECCANO if I come across any] direct to BAYKO collectors in response to their enquiries. |
I feel personally frustrated that, when I wrote about the restricted range of BAYKO Roofs, not long before the MECCANO takeover in 1959, I never received a reply - anyone would think they were busy! |
This is still quite small section, though there are now six of them, all dating from the Gibraltar Row factory years, but I will try and build up the numbers as opportunities arise… |
August 9th, 1948 Letter to a Collector with Pre-War BAYKO |
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1949 Letter to a Would-Be Customer |
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I'm pleased to say that this document is mine. |
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206 x 255 mm = 8.1 x 10 inches |
1950 Letter to a Would-Be Customer - Set #3X Reference | ||||||||
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I'm pleased to say that this document is mine. |
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206 x 255 mm = 8.1 x 10 inches |
Undated Letter About Storage Boxes |
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Thanks to Stan Curran for this image. |
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206 x 255 mm = 8.1 x 10 inches |
1952 Letter to Belgium About the Block of Flats and Country Club Parts List |
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206 x 255 mm = 8.1 x 10 inches |
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Thanks to Johan Debeuf for finding this one for me. |
March 8th, 1954 Letter to Stoke-on-Trent About the Block of Flats and Country Club Parts List |
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These items are shown courtesy of Peter Hilton and Andrew Lance of the HORNBY Railway Collectors Association. |
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206 x 255 mm = 8.1 x 10 inches |
1954 Letter to Rotherham About the Block of Flats and Country Club Parts List |
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I'm pleased to say this letter is also mine. |
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206 x 255 mm = 8.1 x 10 inches |
That's not quite it. I also have another letter, this time it's one sent direct to Bepin Behari Das and Grandson, an Indian wholesaler in Kalkota [Calcutta]… |
Finally, we are all familiar with the 'with compliments slip', which used in their communications with varying degrees of enthusiasm, by businesses over the years - well Plimpton, at least, were no exception… |
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