Broad Acres Toy Collection

Broad Acres Toy Collection The Museum in Llangeler, has closed and the collection has moved to a new home in Newton-in-the-Isle. Watch this page for details of opening.

We are off line for a day or so. Meanwhile, please enjoy this brick, liberated by Paul from the Binns Road demolition si...
18/06/2026

We are off line for a day or so. Meanwhile, please enjoy this brick, liberated by Paul from the Binns Road demolition site.
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Steven Smith mentioned his complete set of Doctor Who related Radio Times. Sadly, our “first showing” copy is not in gre...
18/06/2026

Steven Smith mentioned his complete set of Doctor Who related Radio Times. Sadly, our “first showing” copy is not in great order. We love to hear from folks about their collections. Sharing is good!

We thought it cool to share with friends of the collection, some of our Doctor Who annuals and other related books/publi...
17/06/2026

We thought it cool to share with friends of the collection, some of our Doctor Who annuals and other related books/publications.
All have been in the collection for decades and some, particularly the BBC Radio Times, are very hard to find. Enjoy this “Trip through Time”.
Any questions or observations, are most welcome.

Always something different from Broad Acres Toy Collection.

Continuing our look at Dinky Toys character models, in this post we show Thunderbird 2 along with Thunderbird 4.Ours is ...
16/06/2026

Continuing our look at Dinky Toys character models, in this post we show Thunderbird 2 along with Thunderbird 4.
Ours is one of several variations, the main being a green finish.
This model was in the range from 1977 to 1979 and carries the stock number 106.

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We have been having a mooch in the Dinky Toys cupboard and thought it would be nice to take a look at some of the charac...
15/06/2026

We have been having a mooch in the Dinky Toys cupboard and thought it would be nice to take a look at some of the character models that they released.

In this post, we show our Shado 2 mobile from the T.V. Sci Fi show, U.F.O.

This model was in the range from 1971 to 1979.
There are various “variations” the last one being finished in blue.

Stock number is 353. It runs on caterpillar tracks and has a spring loaded flip-over missile launcher.

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Who remembers Lockdown? I guess we all do. Those were dark days.The museum was closed. Nothing much moving.So Paul decid...
14/06/2026

Who remembers Lockdown? I guess we all do. Those were dark days.
The museum was closed. Nothing much moving.
So Paul decided to break the monotony by having a project.
He searched the internet for diecast models of British Police Panda cars.
They needed to be 1/43rd or 1/36th ….or around those scales.

As with all collecting, One can never be able to say “I have them all” because out there in the wild, there may be unrecorded examples, some colour trials, some special short runs.

However, in this case apart from a Morris 1100 which has yet to be acquired, this is a pretty good selection of blue/white door Panda cars.

All are Code One ☝️ factory produced.

Oh yes, there is a Panda coloured Police Transit, included!

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We have pulled some random items from our Second World War collection.A home made V1 or Doodlebug German flying bomb, A ...
13/06/2026

We have pulled some random items from our Second World War collection.
A home made V1 or Doodlebug German flying bomb, A third Reich Police shako helmet plate, A comic “Wot No” bottle opener, horse brasses, toy searchlights, Winston Churchill spill holder and an early black Lucite plastic Churchill bust, a Made in England toy Anderson shelter, An A.R.P. Bike lamp, three trenchart aircraft and a tank, Air Defence Cadet Corps hat badge.

The Air Defence Cadet Corps, became The Air Training Corps.

Trenchart is a general term applied originally to hand made novelties, made by servicemen from scraps, but can encompass any hand rendered (period) piece.

This presentation is a small part of our “Britain at War” themed collection.

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We take a look at some of the Doctor Who toys from defunct toy maker, Denys Fisher.There are three that we don’t have, ...
12/06/2026

We take a look at some of the Doctor Who toys from defunct toy maker, Denys Fisher.
There are three that we don’t have, a Dalek, the Cyberman and K-9.
We do have Tom Baker as the Doctor, The Tardis, Giant Robot and we have just added Tom’s Tardis companion, Leela.

It’s remarkable that these toys are now fifty years old.

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We have a new addition to our Teddy Bear family.She only arrived this afternoon, so we have yet to choose a name for her...
11/06/2026

We have a new addition to our Teddy Bear family.
She only arrived this afternoon, so we have yet to choose a name for her.
Made in England by Merrythought of Iron Bridge, Shropshire this bear was produced to commemorate fifty years of Queen Elizabeth the second, ascending the throne, 1953-2003.

The edition is titled Regal Splendour and this bear is number 204 of only 450 issued. There is a product code of : SHS 14COG
She is made of mohair, has plastic safety eyes, stands thirteen inches and has a growl when tipped over.

She really is an adorable Polar Bear…but then, all Teddies are adorable ❤️

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From our museum collection :A Knights Head precision made toy Mangle.This is a heavy “bit of kit” made by True to Type P...
10/06/2026

From our museum collection :

A Knights Head precision made toy Mangle.
This is a heavy “bit of kit” made by True to Type Products Limited of Hereford.

As well as a sturdy toy, these models were designed to be taken apart and re-built, making them educational as well as having play value.

We don’t know much about the age, but think it’s late 1940s into the 1950s.

What we do know is, the brand Knights Head and the range of product, was taken over by Chad Valley of Harborne, Birmingham.

Take a look at the products, shown on the leaflet.

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Broad Acres. High Road. Newton-in-the-Isle
Wisbech
PE135ET

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