Pullalong toy
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
wood and string
Measurements
50 mm (Diameter large reel); 130 mm (Length) ;3 mm (Diameter small reel)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672287
Summary
A wooden pull along toy, consisting of three wooden reels of two different sizes running on a wooden spindle. The middle reel rotates around the spindle and is lager than the other two which are fixed to the spindle at each end . A piece of red string is attached to these two reels allowing it to be pulled along on the larger centre rotating reel. The centre reel is stained red the other two are stained black.
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.