ROSEDALE Associated manufacturers was founded in 1933 by Norman Henry Rosedale and was based in Wales, England. TUDOR ROSE was a trademark of Rosedale Plastics. Originally, Rosedale/ TUDOR ROSE made novelties such as buttons, combs, plastic jewelry and toys, but by the early 1950s, plastic toys and dolls were their main output. They sold their toys at Woolworths, although all their toys were quite cheap to buy. In 1971 the company was taken over and then in 1978 they were bought by METTOY, who sold it 5 years later. By this time, they had stopped producing toys.
One-piece soft plastic body with cut out windows. No chassis and bumpers are molded into the body. Crude grey plastic wheels snap into the body. “Made in England” molded inside front hood. Other writing was made unreadable. Also seen with grey wheels without markings inside. Identical to a version produced in France by Plastiques GILAC based in Oyonaux. TUDOR ROSE must have acquired the molds from Plastiques GILAC. The French models did not have any markings inside and had colored wheels as opposed to the grey wheels only of the TUDOR ROSE.
