Once-popular engineering toy, in decline since the 1950s, will still be manufactured by partner companies It is the children’s toy, invented in Britain, that inspired a passion for engineering, ...

If we were to talk to engineers about the childhood toys which most inspired them, it’s likely that the older among them would mention either Meccano or Erector Set. These similar construction toys ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fascinating footage captured the final days inside a famous Liverpool factory 45 years ago. For decades, Meccano was one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The only factory in Europe dedicated to producing iconic British construction toy brand Meccano is set to close. The plant, in ...

A Liverpool nan has shared the special moment inside one lost factory that changed her life forever. When you think of Liverpool's biggest brands and factories through time, Meccano is bound to spring ...

For decades, one Liverpool factory employed generations and made toys that are now "worth a fortune." The ECHO recently took a look back at unseen photos of the Meccano factory on Binns Road which ...

The last factory for the British model construction system Meccano, situated in France, is to close. Photo by MATTHIEU ALEXANDRE / AFP The owners of the world's last dedicated Meccano toy factory have ...

The French Meccano factory is to close by early next year - Copyright AFP Manjunath KIRAN The French Meccano factory is to close by early next year - Copyright AFP ...