Lesney Toys

Lesney Products of Hackney, London E9 made the famous Matchbox toy models. They used a sizable fleet of double decker buses to bring staff to and from work from the local area, through most of the 1960s and 1970s. This included RTs, non-London bus types and four RLHs over the course of time, which were painted blue;

The RLHs' low height proved useful for passing under the same low bridge, on Carpenter's Road, for which RLHs were used on route 178.

Internet Links

• Matchbox Memories.com
• South East Echo- web site now gone, used to be at http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Lesneys.htm

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