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  • Soft toy rabbits (two) made by patients at St Crispins hosptal © NMAG

    Rabbit Soft Toy

    Child's soft toy rabbits made by patients at the Occupational Therapy Unit at St Crispin's Hosiptal, Northampton in the late 1940s.

    1945 - 50 Modern

  • Large tin plate windup toy car produced by Mettoy in 1950s © NMAG

    Toy Car

    Toy wind-up racing car made by local toy manufacturers Mettoy.

    1950 - 59 Modern

  • old tin can and written note on paper

    A “Time Capsule” hidden in the early 1860s

    This tin can, 10.8cm tall, diameter 4.9cm, was discovered in the 1960s during the demolition of a row of houses in Burton Latimer called Wallis’s or Maycock’s Yard.

    1863 Modern