Items from the 1970s

Jemima

Original doll from the BBC TV children's series Playschool

1960s, 1970sChildhood

Sum-it card game

The object is a Waddington's Sum-it card game for children

1930s, 1960s, 1970sChildhoodEntertainmentHome & Garden

Pack of Copy Paper

This pack of copy paper was made by Dickinson Robinson in the 1970s

1970sWorkHome & Garden

Toy Aeroplane

Toy Aeroplane

1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, 1960sChildhoodTransport

Metal Protractor

A metal protractor in a wooden storage case with lock

1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980sChildhoodWork

Sitesquare Surveyor’s Level

A Surveyor's Level for the use of measuring distance and height of points on the landscape. 

1970s, 1980s, 1990sWork

Red telephone

Red, rotary dial telephone

1960s, 1970sHome & GardenWork

Vintage Acoustic Guitar

This is an acoustic guitar bearing the 'Kay' brand, made by a Japanese firm in Korea in the 1970s

1970sEntertainment

Trivets

Trivets

1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010sCookeryHome & Garden

View-Master Stereoscopic Viewer

The View-Master featured here was made in the 1970s in the USA

1970sChildhoodEntertainment

Engineers’ Pocket Book

Newnes Radio and Electronics Engineers Pocket Book, 15th edition was published in 1978

1970s, 1980sWork

Christmas Tablecloth

Christmas Tablecloth

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010sChristmas

Paper Chains

Paper Chains

1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010sChristmasHomemade HomeChildhood

Nutcrackers – In shape of Father Christmas

Nutcrackers - In shape of Father Christmas

1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010sChristmas

Men’s Royal Air Force Tropical Uniform

A man’s military tropical uniform as worn by a Group Captain in the RAF.

1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010sWork