A girl in a garden steering her bright red Tri-ang ‘Ariel’ pedal-car in the UK c. 1960. Her passenger’ is a black doll or ‘gollywog’ wearing a straw Tri-ang Toys can be traced back to around 1850 when the Lines family set up a toy making business at Bagnidge Wells, a village north of London, England, UK. Pre-WWII cars were made under the Lines Bros name. Lines Bros Ltd, at its peak in 1947, claimed to be the largest toy maker in the world – a vintage 1950s/60s photograph.
A girl in a garden steering her bright red Tri-ang ‘Ariel’ pedal-car in the UK c. 1960. Her passenger’ is a black doll or ‘gollywog’ wearing a straw Tri-ang Toys can be traced back to around 1850 when the Lines family set up a toy making business at Bagnidge Wells, a village north of London, England, UK. Pre-WWII cars were made under the Lines Bros name. Lines Bros Ltd, at its peak in 1947, claimed to be the largest toy maker in the world. Triang became an international pedal-car company with their purchase of Cyclops in Australia and Thistle in Canada. In 1960 Tri-ang took over the French brand GUI. This image is from an old British amateur colour transparency. It will look slightly soft if used at too large a size – a vintage 1950s/60s photograph.
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Location: UK
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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