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41 minutes ago, andytrains said:

See latest Model Railway Journal, there is a whole page advert from 1958 of "K's" suppliers.

I think out of the list there only Howes still going, unless somebody can correct me.

To be fair it's hardly surprising that after 65 years, only one would remain.  Model shops have always been a specialist retailer (even when most young boys watched trains and wanted model railways) so there haven't been too many chains of shops; the vast majority are sole traders/family businesses.  When the proprietor retires, the chances of someone in the same town being both interested (and ready to take over at that time) are slim, so the business closes.  You'd probably find the same statistic if you looked at haberdashery shops in the late 50s compared to now.

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