The Story Of Matchbox Toys Part 1

The Story Of Matchbox Toys Part 1SearchBring yourself back to post war Britain to the years just following World War II. It was a very bleak time indeed and many parts of Britain were still just piles of rubble, a tragic consequence of bombing and V weapons.Into this bleak post war time period, thousands of British army men were being "demobbed" and were returning home after a hard and bloody war that cost many people their lives.It was against this back drop that two friends named Leslie Smith and Rodney Smith who had just been demobilised from the Royal Navy decided to start a company together. The two men - Leslie in sales and Rodney in die ca

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