René North Uniform Cards (based in Blackheath, London).

Morgan-Grampion Books (of The Strand, London) advertising CHARGE! OR HOW TO PLAY WARGAMES by Brigadier P Young and Lt Colonel J P Lawford.

Bellona (based in Bracknell, Berkshire).

Edward Suren/’Willie’ Figures (of Ovington Street, London).

Jack Scruby Miniatures (direct from the manufacturer in Visalia, California).

Minitanks (from Model Hobby Products, Halifax, Yorkshire).

Hinton Hunt Figures (both direct from the manufacturer in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, and from the Model Soldier Boutique, Camden Passage, London).Historex (from Historex Agents of Dover, Kent).

The advertisers in the first issue included: John Davis: Napoleonic Fighting Formations.Malcolm Woolgar: Cavalry Training: Horsed.Ed Smith: Fact or Fiction in Early History.The names of the writers of the first articles published also make for interesting reading, as do the subjects they wrote about. It is interesting to note that in the first editorial he wrote in February 1968 that expected to initially reach a world-wide audience of about five thousand. The magazine was published and edited by John Tunstill, who lived less than two miles from my present address, and who later owned a toy soldier shop near the a Imperial War Museum.

Jack scruby rules