Charles Bird Plimpton (1893 – 29 December 1948)

Charles Plimpton was born in 1893 in Peckham, London, his father John Calvin Plimpton, was an American citizen, his mother was Caroline Augusta Plimpton (née Bird), hench Charles's middle name. Plimpton's father later moved his family to Liverpool where (more)

Bayko History

1934 -1939 The pre-war era under the leadership of Charles Plimpton

The Bayko system was invented and patented by Charles Plimpton in 1933. Charles had spent much of the late 1920's and early 1930's in a sanatorium with tuberculosis where he had come up with the idea of Bayko. In 1934 Charles established the Plimpton Engineering Company Limited in Liverpool set up, to manufacture the components, the majority of being made from Bakelite (more)

1945 - 1959 The post war period under the leadership of Margaret Audrey Plimpton

Audrey Plimpton took over the running of Plimpton Engineering. If anything she proved a better manager of the company than her husband. The 1950's was perhaps the golden age for Bakyo. (more)

1960 - 1964 The Meccano Period under the new ownership of Meccano Ltd

Plimpton Engineering had been based at Gibraltar Row in Liverpool's dock land, just a couple of miles east on the east side of Liverpool City center was Binns Road the home of Meccano Limited whom in 1960 bought the rights to manufacture Bayko (more)

Bayko Sets

Bayko Parts

This will become a comprehensive list of Bayko Parts in Chronalogical Order using the 3 basic periods:-

1934-1940 Pre War Parts

1945-1959 The Post War Plimpton Period

1960-1964 The Meccano Era

1934

The first Bayko Parts Come onto the Market (more)