Pushalong toy
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and metal
Measurements
110 mm (Width of Frame) x 35 mm (Depth of Frame) x 330 mm (Length of Frame) x 75 mm (Diameter of Cans)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672191
Summary
Hand-made wooden push-along toy which comprises two wooden sides, a base and two edge pieces. The base of frame is made from hardboard. Movement is through two 'LYLE GOLDEN SYRUP' 1lb Net tins attached at each end. The letters are gold on a green background. The wooden frame is secured by metal pins to form a rectangular section and the tins are attached my by means of metal screws with metal washers which secure the tins to the extensions at each end of the wooden frame.
Provenance
Part of a large collection of handmade toys and puzzles donated to the Museum of Childhood in 2019 by Nigel Briggs. They were made by John Doble, father of the donor's wife Hanne. He had worked with Nancy Catford (of the Nursery Schools Association), the designer of the toys, during the Second World War. Together they produced paper patterns that people could use at home as templates for thin ply patterns which could in turn be used to make their own wooden toys. Other toys were made from dowels and empty cotton reels.