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The impact and early significance of castles in Spain can be measured by the fact that the noun “castle” (from the Latin castella meaning “castles”) forms the origin of the name of Spain’s historicall …

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This is my sixth and final post on the history of Peter Nathan Toy Soldiers. To most of you this is not history, but a snapshot of where the Company is today.King and Country remains as the largest su …

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In 2009, we left the joint use with The Tin Soldier and moved, by ourselves, upmarket to the beautiful Queen Victoria Building, a late 19th. Century building, completely restored to its original cond …

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Today’s post will cover the period 2003-2007We are now firmly in the era of King and Country first, Britains a fair way behind and then a large gap to the rest of the manufacturers. WW2 was the main …

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Today’s post will cover the period 1999-2002 which was a major period in the history of Peter Nathan Toy Soldiers.In 1999, we moved into the Sydney CBD to join the Tin Soldier, in the Mid City ce …

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Today, after last week I covered the early period where toy soldiers were a part of a larger hobby and collectable shop, I started Peter Nathan Toy Soldiers as a dedicated toy soldier shop. The first …

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Because of my age, I am sitting here in splendid isolation and thought that, as it is the Company’s 25th.Anniversary of business, I would tell you something of the Company’s early history.Back in 1986 …

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