I fell in love because of an accident with a toy
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I fell in love with a man who as a small child had had an accident with a lead toy. It was a soldier and its toy bayonet went into my ex-boyfriend's lower eyelid. He had it removed.
Who is going to tell the story?
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An old toy car which used to be reported in the front page of newspaper because of destroying the health of a small boy is displayed to the public, not for the shocking history, but ironically for
Sous le signe de Saturne
Your name:
Dr Craig Moyes
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Lead poisoning is commonly known in French (and occasionally in English) as "saturnisme". Why Saturn?
Engendered cars
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Toys can provide an insight into questions about gender. Certain objects are deemed to be as being "masculine" or "feminine".
Some Songs Published in 1963
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"18 Yellow Roses" "Abilene" "All My Loving" "Another Saturday Night" "As Usual" "Call Me Irresponsible" "Charade" "Da Do Ron Ron" "Detroit City" "Distant Drums" "Dominique" "Don't Talk To Him" "Don
Lone Star Vs Tootsietoys
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"Around 1960 Lone Star struck a deal with Tootsietoys to manufacture a range of 1:50 scale replicas of current American cars.
zinc deficiency and zinc poisoning
Your name:
catherine Hoffmann
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Could the young boy have been trying to lick/bite his way to the zinc underneath the paint? As a pica sufferer he could have been difficient in zinc and needed the metal body of the car!
Decoy Models (military)
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A blue post-it note which reads: "Decoy models (military) provokes me.
A Personal Toy Car History Fragment
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A personal history 'fragment' about toy cars and my childhood:
Pre-Toy History
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One aspect of this object’s biography that intrigues me is its pre-toy history: the people and processes that went into designing and manufacturing it, and the materials from which it was made.
