Thread: Matchbox Toy Garage in Honour of my Grandfather for my grandson.

Matchbox Toy Garage in Honour of my Grandfather who had the COR/BP Depot Agency in Warwick Queensland from early 1930’s until early 1960’s.


This garage was made as a Christmas come Birthday present for our youngest grandson Asher, honouring his great great grandfather, Thomas Dalgleish.




Thomas Dalgleish was born in Edinburgh Scotland, coming out to Australia in early 1900’s looking for work and a home for his aging unwell parents.
When World War 1 broke out he joined the Australian Army in the Field Artillery Unit serving in Egypt, Gallipoli, France [were he was gassed], England and again in France were he was awarded the Military Medal for Gallantry Under Fire.
After the war he married and settled in Warwick with a carrier business before becoming the depot/agent for Commonwealth Oil Refineries [COR] which later became British Petroleum [BP].
Family history and heritage is import as we enjoy our very comfortable lives because of these hard working folk.




The garage colours are in old BP livery as is the COR being even older.


I’ve added some Warwick related memorabilia and a Scottish/Australian Flag set.


The Goodyear reference is in honour of my dad who worked for Goodyear for over 20 years.


Then to help with younger minds a little, some decals from the movie “Cars”.



One more THANK YOU goes to Janet of BP Australia who assisted me source some of the old COR/BP memorabilia.
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