Monthly Archives: December 2019
HISTORY SHARE: JULES VERNE’S FUTURISTIC WORLDS
At the beginning of every new year, some people like to make predictions about the future. Some have been exceptionally good at it. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/10/12/jules-verne-predictions/
HISTORY SHARE: A GOOD OLD ENGLISH 1960’S STYLE CHRISTMAS
Our family observed several, though not all of these traditions in England back in the ’60s. https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/A-1960s-Christmas/
CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA: DOLLS
Besides my vast collection of paper dolls, I had some actual dolls, too. http://www.historyofdolls.com/
CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA: PAPER DOLLS
Though my brothers were into aeroplanes and toy cars, I collected paper dolls, something I played with by the hour. I named them, drew, coloured, and cut out food for them,cut furniture and toys out of catalogues for them, and consigned each set to its own labelled brown bag so they didn’t get mixed […]
CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA: DINKY TOYS
My oldest brother was a maker of model aeroplanes, but my second preferred cars – ready-made. He collecting die-cast models before I was born, and is still doing so today. And the first ones he had were Dinky toys. http://toytrove.co.uk/dinky-die-cast-a-brief-history-of-toys/ https://www.catawiki.com/stories/1727-how-to-determine-the-value-of-dinky-toys-and-other-die-cast-model-cars
CHRISTMAS NOSTALGIA
Share with your kids the Christmas toys you remember best.
