Hattons Model Railways is a British retailer and manufacturer of model railway paraphernalia founded in Liverpool, England in 1946 by Norman Hatton (1918-2005). After significant growth due to a move into online mail order the company relocated to Widnes, Cheshire in January 2016 and is still part owned by Norman Hatton's daughter Christine Hatton. After leaving the army in 1946, Norman Hatton opened a shop at 142 Smithdown Road in Liverpool. His idea was to sell things that people found hard to get after the war. He sold bric 'n' brac, fireworks, household items such as firewood and almost anything he could find, including gas masks. He discovered that model locomotives and toys were his best selling items and he began to focus his attention on purchasing as much stock of these as he could, mainly driving around Liverpool looking for second hand stock to sell on and by the 1950s Hattons was on its way to becoming a fully fledged model shop. More information...
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