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Very many thanks to Kirsty, Elaine, Tabitha and Sarah for your helpful hints re Noah's Arks.
Crispin
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> Hi Crispin,
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> I used to work at V&A Museum of Childhood and luckily got to work with their
> Noah Arks. They have a few in the collection and they are lovely examples.
> If you go to the Museum of Childhood homepage you can get a staff list and
> their emails are on there. I would recommend contacting either Catherine
> Howell or Sarah Wood with regard to this.
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> Best wishes,
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> Kirsty
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> Kirsty Macklen
> Collections Manager
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> Bexley Heritage Trust
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> Dear all
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> I've got very interested in Noah's Arks - the children's toys, rather than
> the bits of wood on Mount Ararat or the replicas in American theme parks.
>
> Lots of social history collections have them, I think. But does yours by any
> chance have one that's well-provenanced, or unusual, or has any associated
> stories? (I'd love to find out if there's any truth in the story that
> Victorian children were allowed to play with them on Sundays because they
> were 'religious')
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> Any thoughts, ideas or information would be very gratefully received!
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> Crispin Paine
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