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The Toys that made Christmas

18th December 2018 Deborah Jaffé

Once again, The Toys that made Christmas, that I contributed to a few years ago, will be boradcast on BBC4, Saturdayu 22 December at 19.30.

There are a lot of toys and their histories in it including Meccano, Lego, dolls and trainsets!

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Deborah Jaffé is an author; cultural and design historian; ceramicist and painter with special interests in the history of souvenirs and memory studies; women and innovation; childhood, play and toys.

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