Meccano Bridge !

[mikey4444]

Nice to see the favourite toy from my youth in the 50's and 60's is still going strong !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34294002

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12052854

Gladdens my heart to see this.

[HansUrbancka]

I was always very proud of the things I built with Meccano and Cranes were my 'speciallity'.

It has been suggested that Mecanno is introduced into schools to encourage girls to become interested in Engineering.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11842045/Girls-should-stop-playing-with-Barbies-and-be-given-Lego-or-Meccano.html

Hans.

[Zacs-Master]

Glad the Lecturer was wearing a hard hat! One of those 4" long pieces of tin can really hurt as it flutters down from on high. And a high-viz jacket so that he doesn't get hit by large prices of plant moving around the site. H&S gone mad again.

[1ozzy]

I grew up with Meccano as did my parents.
As my father said when I was young.

"Meccano is for future engineers, Lego is for future brick layers".

'Tis a shame that Meccano is no longer English, but long may it live.

[1ozzy]

Hence to say I never had a Lego set whilst growing up ;-(

[mikey4444]

I played and played and played with mine, as a boy. So much so, that the red paint started to wear off !

Wonderful toy...so much better than all these boring repetitive computer games that boys play with these. But maybe i am just an old fart !

[1ozzy]

Maybe you are Mikey..
..but you can't beat being creative with a few bits of metal and or plastic.
Who knows what can be built.

[1ozzy]

Err, I still play with Meccano, at my ripe old age.

But I try to ensure there are youngsters enjoying it with me ;-)

[1ozzy]

My youngest is 18 but we supply child minding and after school care.
A couple of weeks ago there was a 6 year old girl looking bored in our house.
I dragged out the Meccano set, showed her how to put things together and she then made a Meccano chicken that had flapping wings and moving legs.
I was impressed, a future engineer in the making.

[stuey]

As a kid, I had a Bayko building set and a Trix-Twin train set as well as a Meccano set. I don't think that Lego was around at that time.

[mikey4444]

Stuey...I also had a Bayco ! Again, a toy that kept on being inventive, although all those thin metal rods might give todays over-protective parents the willies !

[EcclesCake]

Mikey, why is your age and the decades you have licked through such a badge of honour for you?

I apologise for asking and will happily be ignored but you do seem to make quite a deal of it and I wondered why.

[EcclesCake]

Damned autocorrect ^^^ lived not licked!

[Mamyalynne]

Doubt that Meccano will ever lose it's appeal,Grandsons all still like it.

[Hypognosis]

We had Lego and Meccano but they got overtaken (in terms of use) by Airfix, Heller, Tamiya and so on. I don't think 10 years' exposure to Humbrol paint, turpentine thinners and polystyrene glue did me any harm. (manic grin)

(It won't be long before these will be handy memory-jogger items in the old people's homes).

[mikey4444]

Eccles...I was not aware I am "making a meal" out of anything. This was on the BBC news website this morning, and I thought it might be of interest to some other people, which has proven to be the case.

Not sure why you want to know my age, but I have given a enough clues in the past.

You can look forward to me "making a meal" out of other things in the future, as I think fit.

[mikey4444]

Mamy...glad its still popular with your grandkids !

I did try it with one of my nephews, along with Airfix, but it went down like a lead balloon ! His exact words when he opened his Airfix Spitfire kit, when he was about 10, was :::

"But you have to make it Uncle Mike ! "

[Mamyalynne]

Mine went through a phase of MagnaStix, fun but hateful as the ball bearings went everywhere - glad when that fad faded.

[EcclesCake]

Mikey, thank you for your response and not addressing and mis reading my question.

[mikey4444]

I am indebted to Stuey, for stirring my memory of Bayco Building Kits !

Here is a link that some may find interesting. Does anyone else remember playing with this toy as a child ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayko

[mikey4444]

Eccles...I wouldn't dream of remarking on typo....everybody can be guilty of a typo once in a while.........even perfect people like you and I !