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• Toy Farm Up For Grabs In Young Journalist Competition

  28/05/2010
  Budding young journalists can win £200 worth of traditional farm toys in a competition to visit a local farm and report their experience this summer...

• 'Mr Santa Claus' Carves Joy For Disadvantaged Children

  26/05/2010
  A kind-hearted elderly Florida man works year-round making traditional wooden toys for abused, homeless and sick children...

• Nickelodeon Games Site Scoops 'Worst Toy' Award

  25/05/2010
  The US Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood presented the winners of its TOADY awards for the worst toys of the year on May 12...

• Toy Collection Nets $10 Million At Auction

  24/05/2010
  One man's collection of traditional toys looks set to raise more than $10 million at auction in New Jersey this year...

• Newspaper Editor Turns Vintage Toy Seller

  10/05/2010
  A top East Midlands local newspaper editor has decided to swap the bustling world of journalism for the more sedate sphere of traditional toys...

• Unique Dolls House Fetches £3,000 at Auction

  01/05/2010
  There are some incredibly large and detailed dolls houses on the traditional toys market, featuring exquisite workmanship and made with world-class materials, but even these would be hard-pressed to compete with the 24-room masterpiece that recently fetched some £3,000 at a Gloucestershire auction...

• Outdoor Play is the Focus of Two Educational Conferences This Year

  01/05/2010
  This month sees children's play experts converge on Birmingham for the second Outdoor Learning and Play Conference hosted by Nursery World magazine...

• Young Toymakers Scoop Inverness Enterprise Awards

  01/05/2010
  A team of young Scottish entrepreneurs scooped several enterprise awards last Tuesday after setting up a firm making one of the best-known traditional toys - the wooden rocking horse...

• Bertie - the Biggest Rocking Horse in the World

  01/05/2010
  As traditional toys go, rocking horses have remained one of the most iconic, with their enduring presence continuing until the present day...