Hornby move into profit during lock down.I had a Hornby train set when I was nobbut a nipper. Or maybe I thought I did, but it was really my dad's and he let me play with it.
The big rivalry at the time was with Triang. My best friend had a Triang set, and I was a bit jealous because Hornby had a third rail to power the engines, which I thought was a bit naff, whereas Triang was more authentic and didn't need a third rail. As it was bought for me for Christmas it would have been churlish to complain.
My dad made a base board for it so we were able to keep the track assembled and just put it behind the sofa when we weren't using it. The track layout was as shown below, and was about 7ft long and maybe 3ft wide and obviously way better than just the circular bit of track that came with the set. (I know this looks a bit crappy, but the best I could do sitting in my van and working on a tablet with no drawing app.)
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