Pullalong toy
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
wood and string
Measurements
68 mm (Width) x 30 mm (Depth); 317 mm (Length without pull along string); 1020 mm (Length with pull along string)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672229
Summary
A 12 reel multi coloured wooden pull along toy. The reels are coloured 2 red, 2 black, 2 green, 2 blue, 2 yellow and 2 orange, fitted between to lengths of wood rotating on wooden spindles. It has a length of string with a black reel as a handle attached to one end to pull it along.
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.