A history of Tri-ang and Lines Brothers Ltd : the rise and fall of the world's largest toy making company / Kenneth D. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Kenneth D., 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toy industry.

Rovex (Firm).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, England : Pen & Sword Books Ltd, [2022]

Summary:

The toy industry and its close relationship with children's artifacts and equipment, made a huge contribution British ascendancy in light industry, after decline of heavy industry. Light industry was a pivotal theme in British economic history and toy-making and sales in internationals markets was a vital ingredient in Britain's reputation as the 'workshop of the world'. It flourished from the Great Exhibition of 1951 - in competition with German and French toy industries - through the 20th century and the great depression of 1929, to postwar commercial ascendancy in consumer goods. Decline began in face of US and Asian competition and with Britain's post-war economic problems; and, the nature of family business contributed, with the passing of generations and loss of drive and tenacity.It is a family business story of the Lines Brothers Ltd, the world's largest manufacturer of children's toys with the household name of Triang, with model railways, Minic and Spot-on toy cars, soft toys, 1918-29 Pedigree prams, dolls' houses, Cindy dolls. It is a serious economic, industrial and business, history, full of personality and rivalry from supreme Victorian entrepreneurship to modern international decline, but a social and cultural story intimately linked history of childhood.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter One Learners: Fathers and Sons, 1850-1918

Chapter Two Going Solo, 1918-1929

Chapter Three Rough Roads, 1929 -1945

Chapter Four The Highway, 1945-1961

Chapter Five The Wheels Come off, 1961-1971

Chapter Six In the Breaker's Yard

Notes

Bibliography

Plate section.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781526793188

1526793180