Once upon a time, there lived a boy in the Whylye Valley in Wiltshire, England. Benedict Jeal spent many an afternoon making wooden toys with his grandfather in the garden shed. Ben grew up and married Hellyn and had a family. But nowhere in the land could they find quality toys that were fun, educational and encouraged active, creative play. So one day in the year 1994, Ben decided to make a couple of swords for his sons. After some time, he produced a wooden sword that he was very happy with. The boys loved them and their friends loved them. He started making them for friends and neighbours throughout the Kingdom. He made more and more and now, with Hellyn, they run TymeAgain Historic Toys and make wondrous toys for English Heritage, National Trust, Historic Scotland and Historic Royal Palaces (including the Tower of London) throughout the British Isles. Their visitors from foreign lands love the natural, heirloom quality and distinctive TymeAgain designs. Ben uses his love of history and extensive knowledge to create more historically inspired toys every year.

Their friends Jane and Peter in Victoria, British Columbia, loved their toys, too, and wanted to share them with all their friends. So one day, Ben and Hellyn asked them if they would help make their toys available to everyone in Canada and the United States. Now Jane and Peter are happy and proud to be a part of the TymeAgain family, bringing these wonderful toys to all children in the Land of North America.

---

Pictured, left: On a visit to Warwick Castle with Ben and family in May 2009, he convinced the guys to be the 'hamsters in the wheel' to wind up the largest working trebuchet in the world to fire a flaming ball. Pictured, right: going left from right there is Peter, our son, Stephen, Ben and his son, Will.

---

We would love to hear from our customers and look forward to receiving any feedback you may have on any of our toys and games. If you have photos of your child or children with our toys in action, we would be very happy to feature them on our site. Thank you for visiting us.