In my last blog I am appealed for any pictures of the the dioramas which used to in be shop windows and the displays cabinets in inside the shop. Some canny customers bought the displays when the shop finally and some have survived.
I want to take those who have got in touch and will hopefully provoke a memory, particularly John Cunningham and Roy Boss.
Most if not all the dioramas were painted are Stuart Asquith who worked in the shop at the weekends!
If you have any more pictures you can send than via Mark Lodge at jacklexminiatures.com
I have to apologise my cancer has come back with avengeance and had an my ICU with bleeds on the brain so spelling and some English isn't what it should it. I have some great pictures of the work wargamers have been doing with Jack's figures and I will posted them soon. Managed to get over to see Jack before falling prey to the brain seizures and he was very pleased and humbled to see the all the work people had done. Thank you from two old wargamers!
Sorry to hear your not to well , I never made it to the Harrow shop although I did get mail order from them I think . I did once manage to get to the Minifigs shop and I cannot remember if I bought anything or not ! ? . Mark is doing sterling work with his new Jacklex site
ReplyDeleteThank you for your well wishes. I worked just around the corner from the Minifig's shop and remember going into to buy some figures and there was a chap in the in a pin stripped suit and a tie ordering 2 Orcs. Funny how things stick in the memory after 50 years!
DeleteMark has brought a whole new lease of life to the Jacklex range. Managed to get over to see Jack yesterday. What with his hearing and my strange speech now it was a little odd but good fun. Brought back a second pile of old moulds to clean and pair up to see what gems there may be. He is 91 in August and building a plank and plank gun ship! Wouldn't have tried it in my 30s!!
Brilliant to look at these, I never managed to get to the shop but ordered quite a lot of stuff at the time. Thankyou for posting.
ReplyDeleteI hope everything goes ok for you
Glad you like the pictures. It is always surprise that this models survive.
DeleteFirstly, wishing you all the best in your recovery and hope all goes well.
ReplyDeleteLovely to see the dioramas from way back, like most youngsters back in the 60/70's had to make do with Airfix and had no idea that this stuff was out there. We saw adverts in the magazines but you had to obtain the old postal order from the post office which was too much of a hassle back then.
Keep up the good work.
Kevin (Tex)
Postal Orders now that takes you back!
DeleteI remember seeing these for the first time in the early eighties. It was a magical place, even to a spotty 16 year old.
ReplyDeleteGlad it conjured up some memories
ReplyDeletei got these many years back after Richard Black of Vintage 20mil blog, went to harrow Model Model just before it closed down and rescued the display stands as well as the remaining stock of Jacklex figures and he passed them onto me, Alan look after yourself cheers John C
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