The Victorians

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The Victorians
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Hoop and Stick

• In this game, a hoop is rolled, or trundled,
  with the help of a stick. The object of the game
  is to keep the hoop rolling by running alongside.
  
• Children sometimes had hoop-rolling races!

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Skipping

• Victorian girls played with skipping ropes.
  Poorer children just had odd bits of rope with no
  handles.

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Marbles

• This shows boys playing with glass marbles.
• Knuckle down is a term from marbles, where the
  knuckle has to be placed down on the ground when
  playing.

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Spinning Top
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Jack in the Box
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Praxinoscope
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Shoe Doll
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Acknowledgements

• http//www.bbc.co.uk/schools/victorians/standard/p
  lay
• http//www.kiddstoys.co.uk/lehtop.htm
• http//www.theoldtoyshop.com/wpe28.jpg
• www.bbc.co.uk/go/syn/primaryictcdrom/-/schools/vic
  torians/standard/play
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/.../slideshow/hl7847slumchild
  ren_full
• http//www.hatads.org.uk