Notes issued with the YET01-M 1995 special edition
This really is the most appalling drivel (probably aimed at an overseas market), but is included here for completeness.
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1920 Preston Tram Car |
Birmingham did not place any order for a tram made at the Preston factory after 1918. |
| During the '20s in Great Britian, tram systems expanded their routes into the countryside as the towns themselves began to expand. | True. |
| Cities like Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham all developed their own tramway systems. | Yes, but not in the 1920s. |
| Naturally, Birmingham, England's second largest city, had a pressing need for an extensive tram service, and one was developed over the years. | True, but mostly before 1920. |
| Preston, a borough of Lancashire, was the location of two great tram car companies: | |
| Atkinson & Co. Ltd., founded in 1916 | A company famous for lorries, it never built trams. |
| and Leyland Motors Ltd., begun in 1907. | A manufacturer of lorries, buses, and cars, but not trams. Has this information just been lifted from the notes for a vintage lorry in the Matchbox Collectibles range? |
| Steeped in this tradition of fine motor vehicles, | The tram is not normally considered a "motor vehicle": that's lorries, buses, and cars. |
| the Preston name on the cars scurrying through the busy streets of Birmingham | I've yet to see a photo of a tram made at the Preston works that has "Preston" written on the side. |
| was a symbol of superb engineering and legendary design - | The design of these cars was considered to be obsolete by 1920 and no forward-thinking municipality would order any. |
| two qualities that are now recaptured in a fully detailed die-cast replica from Matchbox. | If they say so. |
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Crafted by the Greatest Name in Die-Castsm |
It says here. |