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Pyan said:
Vintage 1920s dodgem cars - not much fun, by the faces of some of the participants!

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Takes me back to my childhood. Does anyone else remember how we would watch closely before our turn to see which dodgem was the fastest? It would always be a yellow one (never blue). And then everyone would run to the same one and try to get in it, like a weird game of musical chairs. Do they still have dodgems at fairs in the UK? Never seen them in Canada.
 
Christine Wheelwright said:
Takes me back to my childhood. Does anyone else remember how we would watch closely before our turn to see which dodgem was the fastest? It would always be a yellow one (never blue). And then everyone would run to the same one and try to get in it, like a weird game of musical chairs. Do they still have dodgems at fairs in the UK? Never seen them in Canada.
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They have them at a nearby Iowa Amusement Park, Arnold's Park, and yes I do remember watching to find the fastest one. I still enjoy them and I'm in my 70's.
 
Christine Wheelwright said:
Takes me back to my childhood. Does anyone else remember how we would watch closely before our turn to see which dodgem was the fastest? It would always be a yellow one (never blue). And then everyone would run to the same one and try to get in it, like a weird game of musical chairs. Do they still have dodgems at fairs in the UK? Never seen them in Canada.
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My strongest memory of them was always coming out black and blue. Largely self-inflicted of course!
 
There was a craze in the 1970's for encasing objects in plastic resin. As a child, I had a kit as a Christmas present. It came with a seahorse and other objects, but you could find your own. I can't remember the trade name now and I searched online. It was the year after Spirograph was the top toy. Anyhow, we never reached the dizzy heights of encasing grandad in plastic resin, or even a human head.
 
Dave said:
There was a craze in the 1970's for encasing objects in plastic resin. As a child, I had a kit as a Christmas present. It came with a seahorse and other objects, but you could find your own. I can't remember the trade name now and I searched online. It was the year after Spirograph was the top toy. Anyhow, we never reached the dizzy heights of encasing grandad in plastic resin, or even a human head.
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Plasticraft. I found it on eBay. I'm not sure about the "educational" claim.

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I remember the Plasticraft, one of my younger sisters had it. She showed her inner psychopath because she was happily catching beetles and other insects and encasing them, even a couple of ants!
 
Vertigo said:
Those rings look to me to be within easy reach of very young hands!
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Probably, but that looks like the kind of appliance you would have in a single roomed bedsit - either in servants quarters or a young single person who has left home for the city - so unmarried, without children and very low waged. Most likely, kitchen maids and maids-of-all work (sometimes referred to as ‘Slaveys’ or ‘Tweenies’ back in Victorian times.) It would be great to actually have your own appliance in those circumstances but not really the ideal conditions for anyone to live under.
 
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