Toy fire vehicle
Airfix Products Ltd
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
plastic
Measurements
90 mm (Height ladder stowed) x 100 mm (Width); 215 mm (Height Ladder raised); 175 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671935.1
Summary
An Airfix (rare) toy Red and White Fire Engine with four black wheels a ladder that swivels and a pair of white horns for sounding mounted on the bonnet. There is a lithograph on the wall at the back of the cab with the letters "WEEBLE FIRE BRIGADE" and picture of two axes and a box in yellow. Three indentations for seating the Weeble fire crew on the top of the chassis.
Provenance
A gift to the Museum of Childhood by Sandra Hallsworth in 2016.
Makers and roles
Airfix Products Ltd, manufacturer