Britains and Herald Plastic Farm
History

Significant Events

1955 - Herald release their first lot of plastic farm animals
1956 - The first Herald farm figures are released: a farmer and his daughter
1957 - Britains release their first lot of plastic farm based on the old lead moulds
1959 - The first Britains and Herald merged catalogue is released presenting the two ranges as one. The range is renumbered
1964 - The majority of Herald symbols are removed and replaced with "Britains Ltd England" or simply "England"
1965 - The range is trimmed, removing a lot of overlap between the former Herald and Britains ranges
1968 - The plastic for the majority of the models is switched to PVC
1969 - The process or replacing almost the entire range begins