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Cement mould

Findspot: 
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Period: 
Date: 
c.1916
Material: 
Cement
Dimensions: 
Dia. 7cm

Materials used to make toys were in short supply during the First World War so children and manufacturers had to think more creatively when it came to toys and play. The Cambridge Cement Works gave out reject cement blocks like this one to children in place of toys, although we don’t know what the children thought of them.

Collection information

Collection: 
Museum of Cambridge
Accession No: 
CAMFK:T0778.81.2

Exhibition details

Catalogue number: 
25

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