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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.
Item Reference: 006674
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Corgi miniature model red lorry cab, with space for attachment for the rest of the lorry. Diecast material, Scammel truck model.
Date: c. late-1960s
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Item Reference: 006673
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Draughts pieces in cardboard box. No board.
Date: c. 1950s
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Item Reference: 006672
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Unbranded metal kazoo.
Date: c. 1930s
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Item Reference: 006671
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Bingo set with wooden board and numbered markers.
Date: c. 1930s
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Item Reference: 006670
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Skeleton Airfix A301N model kit, in 1:6 scale to construct a 12-inch skeleton; in original box with assembly instructions and materials.
Date: 1981
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Item Reference: 002193
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Legends of the Air wooden model aircraft kit; in original box with assembly instructions and information on aircrafts; made in Taiwan. Marketed by Henbrandt.
Date: c. 1990s
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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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Item Reference: 002191
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: One tin box full of Meccano accessories.
Date: c. 1942
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Item Reference: 002189
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Magnetic fishing game, includes two blue fishing poles, and various magnetic sea creatures for fishing. Plastic.
Date: c. 1950s
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