Letchworth Garden City Collection are celebrating after winning a prestigious award.

The acclaimed body in our town have been awarded "Hertfordshire's Museum Object of the Year Award," for their Corgi Toys Bond Bug.

The iconic car was designed by Tom Karen at OGLE – a design company based in Letchworth Garden City since 1960.

Inspired by the award win, The Garden City Collection have announced the development of a new exhibition celebrating the work of Tom Karen and OGLE, to be opened at The Museum at One Garden City in June 2022.

The exhibition will showcase designs of world-famous creations including the Raleigh Chopper, Bush TR230 Radio and Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder from Star Wars.

If you would like to contribute to the exhibition through your own memorabilia email [email protected]/

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