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'''Bond's Ltd''' were founded in 1887, and had a shop in 254 Euston Road until 1973, when the area was redeveloped. They manufactured locomotives and carriages and well-regarded mechanisms and motors that sometimes appeared in other manufacturers products as premium options.
'''Bond's Ltd''' (alsoknown as '''Bond's of Euston Road''', and the oddly-abbreviated '''Bond's O' Euston Road''') were a model engineering and model supplies company founded in 1887 (just over ten years before [[Bassett-Lowke Ltd]].). The company had a shop at '''254 Euston Road''' until 1973, when the area was redeveloped.
 
As well as retailing other company's products, Bond's also manufactured locomotives and carriages and some well-regarded mechanisms and motors that sometimes appeared in other manufacturers products as premium options, with '''[[Fournereau|J. Fournerau]]''' acting as their agents in France.


Bond's-branded locomotives are comparatively rare.
Bond's-branded locomotives are comparatively rare.


{{BigPic|Bond's_advert,_The_Ideal_Christmas_Present_(MM_1938-11).jpg|A 1938 advert for Bond's O' Euston Road, showing a number of their product ranges}}
{{BigPic|Bond's_advert,_The_Ideal_Christmas_Present_(MM_1938-11).jpg|A 1938 advert for Bond's O' Euston Road, showing examples of a number of their product ranges}}


==Further information==
==Further information==
* Pat Hammond, '''Ramsay's British Model Trains Catalogue''' (6th Edition, 2008) pp.95-98 ISBN 9780955619489
* Pat Hammond, '''Ramsay's British Model Trains Catalogue''' (6th Edition, 2008) pp.95-98 ISBN 9780955619489
* [http://www.lathes.co.uk/bondsmaximus/ A "Bond's" lathe]
* [http://www.lathes.co.uk/bondsmaximus/ A "Bond's" lathe]

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Bond's, Model and Experimental Engineering Handbook 1946, front cover.jpg

Bond's of Euston Road

Rear cover of the 1946 Bond's Handbook

Rear cover of the 1946 Bond's Handbook [image info]

Bond's Ltd (alsoknown as Bond's of Euston Road, and the oddly-abbreviated Bond's O' Euston Road) were a model engineering and model supplies company founded in 1887 (just over ten years before Bassett-Lowke Ltd.). The company had a shop at 254 Euston Road until 1973, when the area was redeveloped.

As well as retailing other company's products, Bond's also manufactured locomotives and carriages and some well-regarded mechanisms and motors that sometimes appeared in other manufacturers products as premium options, with J. Fournerau acting as their agents in France.

Bond's-branded locomotives are comparatively rare.

A 1938 advert for Bond's O' Euston Road, showing examples of a number of their product ranges


Further information

  • Pat Hammond, Ramsay's British Model Trains Catalogue (6th Edition, 2008) pp.95-98 ISBN 9780955619489
  • A "Bond's" lathe

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