Did you know that children in the past loved playing with toys just like you do today?

At Watford Museum we have information about what schools and leisure activities were like in the past.

 

Resources 

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Toys loan box fact cards

 

Community loan box fact cards 1 

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Community loan box fact cards 2

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Community loan box fact cards 3 

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Community loan box fact cards 4 

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Watford entertainment fact cards 

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See photos of people at leisure in the past 

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Borrow our toys or community loans boxes free ( returnable deposit required)

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External webpages - Please note these links take you to external websites that are not the responsibility of  Watford museum. Please watch yourself before sharing with others 

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BFI film Hertfordshire scenes - including  Watford Pageant 1927

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YouTube film of Watford 1962 archive footage

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Find out more about growing up in Watford in the past

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You may find the BBC rewind website interesting 

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