COLLECTING TAXIS: IT STARTED WITH TOOTLES BY TERRANOVA47

Hello Woodsy

My return to collecting toys happened when I was in college and reading Tootles the Taxi to my god-daughter in the evenings. 

Since I drove an FX3 it was the poem I had to keep reading. 

Getting bored with the limited book and realising that the drawings were of Dinky Toys, not the real thing, I started looking for old Dinkys to expand the poems.

I found a number in junk shops and then realised that some toy shops still had old stock for the same price as 'antiques'. 

I drew the pictures, Lauren's mother wrote the poems and I had the originals laminated and spiral bound into a unique book. The boy and girl became Lauren and her friend Henry and the dog became Rufus, Lauren's old English sheep dog.

The only poem/story I remember was Rufus running amuck in a butchers. This was a big exaggeration as I have never known a better behaving dog than Rufus. That's why Lauren laughed her way through that story every time.

Attached are pictures of the Dinky taxi and the Tootles drawings. Compare the wheel hubs, position of fog lamp and headlights to the real thing [pictures to follow] and you can see the Dinky source.

Regards,

Terranova47

NYC

USA