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76TK008 Watneys Bedford TK Barrel Truck
1:76 Scale
The history of this famous English brewer goes back to the 19th Century
- to1837 - when James Watney became a partner in the Stag Brewery of
Pimlico. As with many companies, it evolved over the years, taking on
Combe Delafield and Co, and Reid and Co. in 1898. The respective sons
took over from fathers down the years with the final merger in 1958 when
Watney, Combe, Reid & Co Ltd joined with Mann, Crossman & Paulin Ltd. –
Hence the name we are all so familiar with – Watney Mann. This business
merged with Grand Metropolitan Hotels in 1972 and closed in 1979.
We can also date our 1:76 scale Bedford TK quite accurately and it's
safe to say it was transporting barrels of Watney's beer from the end of
the 1950s. The TK replaced the S type Bedford truck in 1959 and was used
extensively as the ideal light truck of the era, right into the 1970s.
It was very versatile and came in a variety of formats, including the
highly detailed open backed version we have modelled for you here, which
we present complete with kegs of Watney's. Could it be that popular ale
of the 1960s and 1970s - Red Barrel, do you think?
