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��What is this toy?What is this toy?��Do you have one of Do you have one of these?these?these?these?��What is it made from?What is it made from?��Does yours look Does yours look different?different?








Old and New ToysOld and New Toys�� Victorian girls played Victorian girls played with skipping ropes. with skipping ropes. Poorer children just Poorer children just had odd bits of rope had odd bits of rope with no handles.with no handles.with no handles.with no handles.


BLUE BELLS, COCKLE BLUE BELLS, COCKLE SHELLSSHELLS

Legends associate bluebells with fairies. It was said that a child shouldn’t Legends associate bluebells with fairies. It was said that a child shouldn’t ever pick bluebells alone in a wood otherwise the fairies would steal them ever pick bluebells alone in a wood otherwise the fairies would steal them ever pick bluebells alone in a wood otherwise the fairies would steal them ever pick bluebells alone in a wood otherwise the fairies would steal them away.away.

(Swing the rope back and forth, not over)(Swing the rope back and forth, not over)

Blue bells, cockle shellBlue bells, cockle shell

Easy ivy overEasy ivy over

(swing rope over head on over and continue in normal rope swing)(swing rope over head on over and continue in normal rope swing)


This photograph was This photograph was taken around 1860 taken around 1860 and shows boys and shows boys playing with glass playing with glass marbles. Children marbles. Children collected marbles collected marbles collected marbles collected marbles from the tops of from the tops of drinks bottles which drinks bottles which were sealed with a were sealed with a marble.marble.

��What is this game?What is this game?��Do you have one of Do you have one of these?these?��What is it made What is it made ��What is it made What is it made from?from?��Does yours look Does yours look different?different?



�� This toy was This toy was probably made by a probably made by a Victorian child. If Victorian child. If you look closely, you you look closely, you can see that the doll can see that the doll can see that the doll can see that the doll is made from the is made from the sole of a shoe.sole of a shoe.



�� Richer children Richer children played with puppets. played with puppets. This Victorian This Victorian puppet theatre has puppet theatre has Punch and Judy Punch and Judy Punch and Judy Punch and Judy puppets.puppets.



�� This photograph This photograph was taken around was taken around 1870. The girl is 1870. The girl is playing with her playing with her Noah’s Ark. This was Noah’s Ark. This was Noah’s Ark. This was Noah’s Ark. This was one of the few toys one of the few toys children were children were allowed to play with allowed to play with on a Sunday, since it on a Sunday, since it was based on a was based on a story from the bible.story from the bible.


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