TOY VILLAGE AGED SIX
Bekonseot, the famous little model village at Beaeonslield, Bucks, is celebrating its sixth anniversary. It lias raised nearly £1,400 for charity in four years. “The village lias become so popular that, on Sundays, when the trains run and all the electrical gadgets function, nearly 900 people visit
! it,” says Mrs B. It. Callingham, wife of j the man who started the village as a | hobby. “Tlie electricity used and the ' wages of a mechanic cost £i> a day. ’J Jn the last year we have added a great floating dock, with liners, cargo boats and battleships; an airport, with , model airplanes of all nationalities; a , road-house, and swimming-pool.” ’ Bekonseot is essentially up to date, j Traffic lights flash in every street.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 21 May 1936, Page 12
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