Oxford Diecast RT018

Westons - 1:76 Scale

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Prototype Eras
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early Crest
Era 5 (1957 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest

Manufacturer description

Garry Weston died on February 15, 2002, aged 74.Born in Canada on April 28, 1927, his father was Garfield Howard Weston, and he moved to England at the age of four. Garfield Weston had introduced white sliced bread to the British housewife. After graduation Garry became managing director of Ryvita, and at the age of 22 he invented the well-known Wagon Wheels biscuit. On leaving Ryvita in 1952, he became his own boss, when with a fitter from Ryvita he founded the Weston Biscuit Company in Australia. In 1967, his father requested he return to England to run the family business then known as Associated British Foods.The company also owned the Queen's grocers, Fortnum & Mason, and two of his daughters worked there.In 1991 he acquired British Sugar for 800 million pounds.

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