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Yesterday's toys
An Edwardian Nursery filled with wax and china dolls, an army of toy soldiers, a sturdy rocking horse, Noah's Ark and a Jack-in-the-box conjures up the cosy world of yesterday's childhood.
| Even then the reality was very different for most Warrington children who were lucky to have a cheap penny plaything. Today's toys are very different from those of our grandparent's day |
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| Toys are more sophisticated, working by batteries or microchips instead of clockwork or hand-operated. Hand-made toys in natural materials, such as wood or china, have been replaced by machine-made toys in moulded plastics. Sharp-edged tinplate toys and toxic lead-paint have no place in the safety-conscious nursery. The traditional toyshop has been replaced by superstores, catalogue or internet sales and marketing campaigns linked to TV and cinema create new toy crazes. |
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| Today's grown-ups recently voted Lego their favourite toy of all time, followed by Action Man, Barbie and Ken, Scalextric, teddy-bears, Matchbox cars, Nintendo, Meccano, Star Wars figurines and Subbuteo table soccer. |
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| Today's children demand grown-up "toys" such as the latest generation of mobile phones, whilst their parents scour car-boot sales and antique fairs collecting their childhood favourites. | |
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