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paul6019 This message was updated on 3/9/2006 8:38:15 PM by RMMee	Not Spirograph replied on: 3/9/2006 7:35:26 AM It was my bro that says it was jane he was in the same year he as allso told me that nicks family moved oversea's when his dad went to work overseas and as far as he knows he's never been back. have a look on here if the link works http://www.montessoriworld.org/Handwork/stitch/stitch2.html
RMMee Moderator	Not Spirograph replied on: 3/8/2006 11:58:53 PM Was it Jane? I didn't remember that. We still get a Christmas card from Jane every year - we were in the same year, but, more importantly, Jane and my wife were later together on a course at college. As for Mrs Battersby's hair - who could forget the subtle shade of purple!!!!! I never had Mr Key for anything. I see him regularly now, but neither of us can remember the other from school days.
paul6019 This message was updated on 3/8/2006 2:04:06 PM by paul6019	Not Spirograph replied on: 3/8/2006 8:50:41 AM Hi Robert...i was at the old infinks on the corner of plumtree the one that closed and then i did a term or so at dolton's close then on to big school with Mrs battersby and her wonderful hair for a year i can also remember Mr Keys taking us for some lessons about the same time as the stitching thing.Also thanks to my bro the girl in the picture was one Jane Oxley
RMMee Moderator	Not Spirograph replied on: 3/8/2006 8:18:16 AM Paul That's it - it wasn't spirograph at all, but something else which created curved patterns. Which infant school were you at?
paul6019 This message was updated on 3/8/2006 8:24:45 PM by paul6019	Spirograph replied on: 3/8/2006 12:01:01 AM Nick townsend theres a name i remember well because his mum and dad ran the sweet shop across from the infant school when i was there.i was one of the last at the school.as i recall it was a art and craft thing that Mr Eric Wain invented called curved stiching as we all got to have ago.it was a black card with holes in it and you had coloured threads and a needle.you had to follow a plan and you could end up with bird...a star just about anything.Can any one remember Mrs Johnson the crossing lady [lollypop] she also had a shop there right on the corner in the mid 60s a junk shop
suzard Researcher	Spirograph replied on: 10/27/2005 11:15:48 AM Spirograph was first released in 1965 and was toy of the year in 1967-and quickly acquired by Kenna-there was an early 1970's version (by Denys Fisher (Eng) for sale , but no children were featured on the box.However I have seen a picture of one which has a picture of a girl and boy on the box lid-which looked like a 70's pic -no date, but was described as a "retro toy".Possibly they used the original pic of the children?
RMMee Moderator	Spirograph replied on: 10/26/2005 5:36:03 PM Perhaps I'm wrong about it having been Spirograph. It certainly was the 1960's (I was there 1966 - 1970). The name doesn't ring a bell though. Another possibility, though, is that the same game company used the same school more than once for advertising shots.
ginner	Spirograph replied on: 10/25/2005 11:24:23 PM Maybe I'm wrong,but I recall at Langley Mill Junior school way back in the 60's,a wave of excitement as a lad by the name of Nicholas Townsend and a girl whose name escapes me (both from the school) were chosen to be featured on the box lid of a newly marketed game.It wasn't "Spirograph" however.It was a form of board game.The name of which also escapes me.Anyone else remember anything of this?? I seem to think the connection was the fact that this particular game was locally devised....possibly from Langley Mill Junior School??
RMMee Moderator	Spirograph replied on: 10/10/2005 6:03:08 PM A photo supplied by Peter Chamberlain - thanks!
RMMee Moderator	Spirograph replied on: 10/10/2005 3:38:30 AM I don't think so - they just wanted a photo of a couple of kids to go on the packaging. Peter has sent me a picture of an old spirograph box, which I will upload when I get the chance, but I can't tell whether it was this one or not.
suzard Researcher	Spirograph replied on: 10/9/2005 9:03:24 PM Would this event have made the local papers?
RMMee Moderator This message was updated on 3/8/2006 8:19:03 AM by RMMee	Curved Stitching (was Spirograph) replied on: 10/9/2005 4:41:33 AM With thoughts of the "toys" thread in the miscellaneous section.... When Spirograph first came out in the 1960's (you know, lots of plastic wheels and cogs with holes in to put a pen through to make interesting patterns - ok, so perhaps you don't know!), a couple of kids from Langley Mill Junior School were featured on the illustration on the front of the box. I don't know why our school was chosen, and, unless I were to see an original box (although it's still on sale, the packaging has changed lots of times), I can't remember who the children were. Can anyone throw any more light onto this?

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