Box D53

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papier mache whistle
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flintstones mini billiards
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plastic darts game
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doll face details
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front of mini doll
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toy model dresser
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indoor fireworks and peashooter
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scooby doo mini fruit machine
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wooden kazoo
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king puppet
D53_002103
contents
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snoopy model
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quixi toy projector and reels
D53_006651
viewmaster and reels
D53_006652
house dominies packet
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hobbies magazine
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wallace and gromit shower gel
D53_006655

D64_006675 ‘Put and Take’ Spinning Top Games

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Description: ‘Put and Take’ brass spinning top game.
Date: c. 1940s
Further Information:  The game achieved great popularity in the First World War period amongst British troops. The games bears a similarity to the traditional Jewish game of Dreidal, played during Hannukah.
Links: More about the game’s wartime popularity.

put and take spinning top game
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spinning top
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spinning top
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D64_002192 Model Double-decker Bus

Item Reference: 002192
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: London transport double-decker bus plastic model kit, by Keilkraft Routemaster, in original box, 1/72 scale. Number 14. Features advertisement for a Sureshot Ace Canon camera on the side, first marketed in 1979.
Date: c. 1979
Further Information:  The number 14 bus operates a similar route as of 2024, from Putney Heath (a short distance from Putney Garage) and terminating at Russell Square as opposed to Tottenham Court Road.
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double decker bus model set
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box text
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box
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