It is time to pass some of these heirlooms on.
Dad’s trunk
Shapes for posting, made by my Grandfather to go in the shapes box, also made by him
The posting box and shapes
Counting and colours
Barge and bricks, also made by Granpa
Stacking rings
More stacking rings
Brick collection
The old wooden trunk was my Dad’s. He trundled his books from Britain to Egypt to Bechuanaland in the Second World War and it is has another life now as a toy chest. Some of the toys in it were mine, many were our children’s and some are new for the Grand-babies.
toys-in-the-toy-chest