Hornby Collection

Advertisement for Meccano, Barley & Son, Bath
Advertisement for Meccano and Hornby Trains, sold at Barley & Son, Centre of Corridor, Bath. Date: 1926

Ad for Hornby Trains
An advertisement for Hornby model train sets

Bystander cover, Lady Veronica Blackwood by Madame Yevonde
Lady Veronica Brenda Woolfe (nÚÑáBlackwood) (1910-1971), Former wife of Sir Antony Hornby and of Ernest Maddick and of Thomas Hussey

Otter Hunt at Hornby Castle
Scenes of an otter hunt at Hornby Castle, Bedale, Yorkshire, conducted by the Kendal and District Otterhounds. Date: 1932

Schoolboy bowled out two adult cricketers
The schoolboy (C L Townsend) bowled out H B Steel and E C Hornby before a run was scored

Society ladies at the Jewels of Empire Ball
Three of the ladies at the Jewels of Empire Ball, held in June 1935 at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Over 3 million pounds worth of jewels were worn in the shape of bracelets, tiaras, necklaces

Twiggy
Lesley Hornby, otherwise known as Twiggy pictured in the Chelsea Antique Market in a raccoon coat she bought in Portobello Road. Date: 1966

Lesley " Twiggy" Hornby (1949- ), english actress, model and singer, here in the Chelsea Antique Market, wearing a raccoon coat. 1966

Boy With Hornby Gauge 0 Clockwork Train Set, England. Date: 1920s

Sir Geoffrey Hornby
SIR GEOFFREY THOMAS PHIPPS HORNBY British naval commander Date: 1825 - 1895

Richard Hornby
RICHARD HORNBY Heroic seaman of Stokesley, captain of the merchantman Isabella which successfully withstood a French attack on 1st June 1744. Date: CIRCA 1744

James John Hornby
JAMES JOHN HORNBY Head Master of Eton College Date: 1826 - 1909

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
Lady Dufferin (nearest to camera) married as her second husband, Mr H. C. S. A. Somerset. Lady Veronica is her only daughter, and married Mr Anthony Hornby in 1931

Frank Hornby (1863 - 1936), British inventor and MP. Invented and developed the toy Meccano, Dinky Toys and the Hornby Dublo model railway system (though this was introduced after his death)

Hornby Castle / 1879
Hornby Castle, Yorkshire Date: 1879

Set of Hornby toy trains & rolling stock

Hornby Library, Liverpool
Interior view of the Hornby Library, Liverpool

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