Posted By:	David Knight
Posted On:	Wednesday November 4, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Message: Chris, I remember back when I was alive and growing up in Massachusetts there was a department store in the mid '50's on North Street in Pittsfield called Lord's Department Store. On the 1st Floor they sold all kinds of toys for various ages and in the back section was a whole wall stacked with those yellow boxes of Dinky Toys. They sold for $.75 and then $.85 and I would keep checking as new models were introduced. Then upstairs, they sold Raliegh bicycles, that is, the real Raleigh bikes made in Nottingham that had fenders. I bought a Robin Hood for $49.95. In the early '80's, I restored it for about $400! Those were the days. Those stores you describe in the UK sound like great places to find models. Wish we still had them in the US.

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Local stores that sell model/toy cars ............... by Chris Sweetman #8425

Chris, I remember back when I was alive and growing up in Massachusetts by David Knight #8425.1

Hi David, I pass by the old Raleigh factory on my way to work .... by Chris Sweetman #8425.1.1

Maybe, Chris, it's those memories that make those models so special. by David Knight #8425.1.1.1

Well David, when the time comes to go to one of those places .... by Chris Sweetman #8425.1.1.1.1

Raleigh by Paul Normand #8425.1.1.2

+ (EOM) by Paul Normand #8425.1.1.3

Brody's Stork Nest was the great toy store in Asheville, North Carolina, by David Holcombe #8425.2

My wife bought a couple of Brooklins at Asheville Diecast by David Knight #8425.2.1

Asheville Diecast by David Crowe #8425.2.1.1

David, we sure can't do it in Atlanta any more. by Dick Browne #8425.2.1.1.1

I bought a few things from Asheville Diecast over the years, mostly cheaper by Harvey Goranson #8425.2.1.1.2

A man could go right off you Chris :) by Lee Tracey #8425.3

Lee, I know a few traders that go to Japan on a regular basis .... by Chris Sweetman #8425.3.1

My son was in Japan this summer and took a pic of the shelves in one of those stores by Harvey Goranson #8425.3.2

Model Shops by Maz Woolley #8425.4

Maz, I remember the 'Cars Only' shop in MK a wonderful place ..... by Chris Sweetman #8425.4.1

In the US there is the HobbyTown chain by Harvey Goranson #8425.5

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