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BAYKO - Quick Introduction
BAYKO Basics		What BAYKO Can Do

BAYKO Collectors Club
About the BAYKO Collectors Club	Hot BAYKO News	Directions to Club Meetings

Accessories
Introduction to BAYKO Accessories
BAYKO Bases	BAYKO Base Links	BAYKO Floors
Glazing	BAYKO Rods	Hollow Rods
BAYKO Screwdrivers		BAYKO Tie Bars

Advertising
BAYKO Advertising History
First BAYKO Advert	Ads. in 'BOYS OWN'	Ads. in the 'Childrens Newspaper'
Ads. in the 'EAGLE'	Ads. in 'GIRL'	Ads. in 'MECCANO Magazine'
Ads. in 'British Toys'	Ads. in 'Games & Toys'	Ads. in 'Toy Trader'
Ads. in the 'Liverpool Echo'	Ads. in Local Papers	Ads. in Scotland
	Ads. in Wales
BAYKO and BAKELITE		BAYKO and STYRON

Advertising Puffs
BAYKO Advertising Puffs
First BAYKO Mention 'Toy Trader' October, 1934	First BAYKO Advert B.P.M.P.T. December, 1934	First BAYKO Article B.P.M.P.T. January, 1935
First article in 'Games and Toys' February, 1935	B.I.F. Report 'Games and Toys' April, 1935	Sole Supplier Announcement 'Games and Toys' June, 1939
'New Series' 'Games and Toys' September, 1939	'New Series' 'Toy Trader' September, 1939	BAYKO Export Pressures 'Toy Trader' July, 1949
BAYKO Introduction 'British Toys' November, 1954	Constructional Toys 'British Toys' September, 1956	BAYKO Short Feature 'Games and Toys' July, 1957
Final Plimpton Article 'Games and Toys' October, 1959	Takeover Announcement 'British Toys' December, 1959	Takeover Announcement 'Games and Toys' December, 1959
Takeover Announcement 'Toy Trader' January, 1960	First MECCANO Toy Fair 'Games and Toys' March, 1960	MECCANO 1960 Programme 'British Toys' May, 1960
New MECCANO Product 'Toy Trader' May, 1960	Sets 12 & 12C Launch 'Games and Toys' December, 1960	BAYKO Short Feature 'Toy Trader' January, 1961
BAYKO at Nuremberg 'British Toys' February, 1961	MECCANO era BAYKO 'British Toys' March, 1961	MECCANO Model Maker 'British Toys' February, 1962
Set #15 Announcement 'Toy Trader' March, 1962	Sun Life Assurance 'Toy Trader' April, 1962	Polish Market Announcement 'British Toys' May, 1962
	New Parts Announcement 'Toy Trader' September, 1962

Articles - 'Architect'
'Architect' Articles in 'MECCANO Magazine'
Small Church	Bungalow with Garden	Modern Community Hall
Milking Shed	Bus Station	Country Clubhouse
Bungalow	New Zealand Split-Level House	Country Villa
Shop and Office		Office

Articles - mine
Articles from the BAYKO Club Magazine
How I Got Started	Planning Large Models	Building Large Models
BAYKO's Holy Grail	BAYKO Rarities	More BAYKO Rarities
BAYKO in 'MECCANO Magazine'	Opportunities for New Parts	BAYKO Prices

Company - Headlines or Details

C.B. Plimpton, the Inventor	C.B. Plimpton's Obituary	J.C. Plimpton
	C.B. Plimpton Patent "Improvements in Clocks and Clock Movements"
BAYKO - Diary Dates	BAYKO - Start-Up Anomaly	BAYKO Headline Summary
BAYKO - the Company	BAYKO - Plimpton Era Summary	The MECCANO Takeover
BAYKO - MECCANO Era Summary	BAYKO Factories	BAYKO Logos
BAYKO's Post Mortem		MECCANO Company - M.D. Resigns

Exhibitions involving BAYKO
	BAYKO at Trade Exhibitions
BAYKO at the British Industries Fair [BIF]	BAYKO at the Britain Can Make It Exhibition	BAYKO Supermodels

Exports
BAYKO Export Summary		BAYKO Import Agents
Australia	Belgium	Canada
East Africa	Egypt	France
Germany	Holland	Ireland
Italy	Lebanon	Malaysia
New Zealand	Poland	Portugal
Spain		South Africa and South Central Africa
	Post-War Exports Article, 'Toy Trader', April, 1946

Girls and BAYKO

Girls and BAYKO

Links

Links to Other Sites

Literature
	Literature Navigator
BAYKO Fliers	BAYKO Parts Price List	BAYKO Trade Papers
BAYKO General Documents	BAYKO Manuals	BAYKO Information Slips
Miscellaneous BAYKO Documents		BAYKO Printers

Manuals
BAYKO Manuals
1934 Sets 1 to 5 Earliest Version	1934 Sets 1 to 5	1935 Sets 1 to 5 Plus Set 6
1935 to 1937 Sets 1 to 6	1937 to 1938 Sets 1 to 6	1938 to 1942 Sets 20 to 23
1939 to 1940 'New Series'	1940 to 1941 'New Series'	1941 to 1942 'New Series'
	1939 to 1942 'New Series' Model Cards
1946 Sets 0 to 2, Export?	1946 Instruction Leaflet	1946 to 1947 Sets 0 to 2
1948 Sets 0 to 2	1948 Set 3	1948 Instruction Leaflet
1948 Supplementary Leaflet	1949 Sets 0 to 3 - Earlier	1949 Sets 0 to 3 - Later
1954 Sets 0 to 3	1952 Set 3X	1959 Set 4
1960 Sets 11 to 14	1961 Sets 11 to 14	1962 Sets 11 to 14
1964 Sets 11 to 14		1962 Set 15 Leaflets

Marketing
	BAYKO Sales & Marketing
BAYKO Advertising History	BAYKO Advertising Puffs	BAYKO at Exhibitions
'Architect' Articles	'Toyman' Articles	Block of Flats & Country Club
Garage Doors Launch	'Confused Brochure'	'Confused Document'
BAYKO Retail Channels		MECCANO Era BAYKO Marketing
BAYKO and BAKELITE		BAYKO and STYRON

Nerd's Corner
Nerd's Corner BAYKO Trivia	Nerd's Corner Q and A section	Geek's Corner Site Technical Details

Packaging
	BAYKO Packaging Summary
BAYKO Wholesale Packaging	BAYKO Retail Packaging	Plimpton Era Retail Packs
MECCANO Era Retail Packs	MECCANO Era Packaging Anomalies	Launch of the Garage Doors

Patents
	BAYKO Patents
The First BAYKO Patent	The Second BAYKO Patent	BAYKO's French Patent
Registered Designs	Trademark and Copyright	BAYKO Trademark

Plastics
	Plastics Navigator
BAKELITE and L.H. Baekeland	BAYKO in BAKELITE Adverts	BAYKO in STYRON Adverts
BAYKO Plastics		War-time Adverts by British Industrial Plastics

Product
Product History	BAYKO Parts History	Mottled BAYKO Parts
BAYKO Manufacturing Summary		BAYKO Manufacturing Detail

Rarities
	Unusual BAYKO
BAYKO Rarities	Lesser Known BAYKO Variants	Surprising BAYKO Set Contents
	Surprising BAYKO Set Boxes

Retail Cabinets and Display Items
	BAYKO Display Navigator
BAYKO Retail Cabinet History	BAYKO Retail Cabinet Contents	BAYKO Sales Aids
Shop Display Models		BAYKO Retail Display Shelves

Retail Channels
	BAYKO Retail Channels
BAYKO in the Army & Navy Stores	BAYKO in Binns Stores	BAYKO in Gamages
BAYKO in Hamleys	BAYKO in J. G. Graves Catalogues	BAYKO in the Littlewoods Catalogues

Sets - History
Introduction to the range of BAYKO sets
Product Detail - 1934 - 1936 - Set Contents	Product Detail - Ornamental - Set Contents
Product Detail - 1937 - 1938 - Set Contents	Product Detail - Late 1938 - Set Contents
Product Detail - Special Sets - Set Contents	Product Detail - 'New Series' - Set Contents
Product Detail - 1946 - 1949 - Set Contents	Product Detail - 1949 - 1959 - Set Contents
Product Detail - 1960 - 1962 - Set Contents	Product Detail - 1962 - 1964 - Set Contents
Product Details - 'Flanged' Bricks - Set Contents
Post-War BAYKO Set Structure	BAYKO Brick Pack Patterns
Set Price Details - £/s/d	Set Price Details - Decimal

Personal Stuff!
About Me - Personal Page	Diana's Reply!	Articles I've Written
My Reconversion to BAYKO	My BAYKO Collection	My BAYKO Wanted List
BAYKO's Holy Grail		Contact me

Sale Items.
Reproduction BAYKO Rods	Cut-to-Order Reproduction Rods	Have I any BAYKO for sale?

'Which?' Product Reviews

'Which?' Constructional Toys Review, November, 1964

Other Interesting Items
General Interest Navigator
Plastics in War and Peace, 'Toy Trader', April, 1946	Post-War Exports, 'Toy Trader', April, 1946	BAYKO and Wartime Savings
Christmas, 1942 'Daily Telegraph' Retrospective	Salford, 2002 'Daily Telegraph' Property Section	BAYKO in 'The Times'
BAYKO Article 'Daily Mail' February, 27th, 2008		BAYKO in the Background
Purchase Tax	Armchair Antiques Magazine	BAYKO in the 'Best of British' Magazine
	Remember When by Robert Opie

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