Just about any train set out of the era would do! Plus those lovely old building with brick sets, and meccano!
Hornby O clockwork, date unknown. O gauge, by that time, was largely super-deformed in Hornby's catalogue, as Dublo was starting to prove more practical; so they decided to drop anything more sophisticated. By around 1957, all the finer pieces were gone and only these compacted super-deforms were available. They echo the oldest Hornby items and have no relation to the box cover art!
That is what had been, in the late '30s.
And their cheap M series of the same era.
Carette 1 gauge, live steam.
Carette O, clockwork.
And coaching stock,
And larger 2 gauge live steam loco.
Bing 1 gauge clockwork.
O clockwork.
Gauge 3 live steam.
Also, these companies made boats at the time:
Märklin clockwork.
Live steam.
Fleischmann.
Ernest Plank.
Arnold.
Carette.
Ives.
Jep.
Bing.
Falk.
Hornby.
Dent, no doubt named for what happens when it falls on the floor. 20" of cast iron.
I was also going to point out the Forbes Collection, but that was sold years ago while I wasn't paying attention. Not that I could buy anything if I had.
