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A 1953-55 Lesney-Matchbox Road Roller, one of the first toys to be produced under the Matchbox name. The Matchbox name originated in 1953 as a brand name of the British die-casting company Lesney Products, whose reputation was moulded by [2] John W. "Jack" Odell (1920–2007), [3] Leslie Charles Smith (1918–2005), [4] and Rodney Smith.
The company started manufacturing small toys to meet the demand with a million copies of a small coach sold during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. [3] The first 3 vehicles were a road roller, Muir Hill dumper and a cement mixer. All were introduced in 1953. [1] By 1966, more than 100 million Matchbox toys were sold each year.
RMS Queen Mary. 50 Years of Splendour by David E Hutchings, Kingfisher Productions (1986) Three Stacks and You're Out by Velma Krauch, VanLee Enterprise (1971), an account of the Last Great Voyage by a passenger; Watton, Ross (1989). The Cunard Liner Queen Mary. Anatomy of the Ship. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021 ...
Lesney was founded on 19 January 1947 as an industrial die-casting company by Leslie Smith (6 March 1918 - 26 May 2005) and Rodney Smith (26 August 1917 - 20 July 2013). ). The name "Lesney" was a portmanteau from both partners' (who were not related by blood) n
RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2) is a British ocean liner. She has served as the flagship of the Cunard Line since April 2004, [9] and as of 2025, is the only active, purpose-built ocean liner still in service. [10] [11] Queen Mary 2 sails regular transatlantic crossings between Southampton and New York City, in addition to short cruises and an annual ...
She was to be twelve feet longer and 4,000 tons greater displacement than the Queen Mary. [11] [9] Scale models of Queen Mary (foreground) and Queen Elizabeth (background) created by John Brown & Company, on display at the Glasgow Museum of Transport. Queen Elizabeth was built on slipway four at John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland ...
Several modern cruise lines existed when the show began, including Princess, founded in 1965 with a single ship cruising to Mexico. Royal Caribbean had launched in 1968, and Carnival Cruise Line ...
He served with Rodney Smith, and after the war had ended, in 1947, they founded Lesney Products. [2] The name 'Lesney' was formed by combining their first names. He married Nancy Jackson-Moore in 1948. [3]