I recently had the pleasure of talking with the lovely Alix Booth who is a regular customer here at The Hungerford Arcade. She was purchasing the road menders toy set that you can see in the photograph below.
Alix has been collecting these British lead figures since she was 3 years old, truly a life long passion. We were thrilled when she sent these photos showing us 2 of her life like sets.
This set was supplied by Adrian and Jane Little (unit 119). They are also known as “Mercator Trading”. They are one of the world’s top dealers in vintage toy figures, specialising in figures made pre WW2 and non-UK made figures; mainly lead figures but also composition, flats, plastic, paper. You name it, if it was made as a toy figure, they deal in it.
They have over 25 years of experience dealing in toys and figurines, attending toy fairs around the UK and Europe. They can also be found on eBay using there “Mercator Trading” name.
