Bird ScarerGlencoe Folk Museum This object gives us an insight into daily life for farming communities. It is a wooden device used for scaring birds. When the handle is spun, a loud noise is created when the wooden strip hits the cogs. They were commonly used by...
Child’s Nurse Dressing-up CostumeHighland Museum of Childhood This nurse dressing-up costume is typical of the uniform nurses wore during the 1940s and 1950s. Consisting of a blue dress, a navy and red cape, an apron, cap, and arm cuffs, it shows high levels of...
Top & WhipHighland Museum of Childhood Childhood was quite different in the 1930s than it is today! Children had far fewer toys, particularly as the country emerged from the privations and rationing of World War Two. During that time, factories, materials, and...
Teddy BearHighland Museum of Childhood This teddy bear was made in the 1930s by the London-based manufacturer Dean’s, the first British company to produce teddy bears. Once covered in soft and fluffy mohair, it is now worn and bare, and rough to the touch,...
MarblesHighland Museum of Childhood Childhood was quite different in the 1950s than it is today! Children had far fewer toys, particularly as the country emerged from the privations and rationing of World War Two. During that time, factories, materials, and labour...
