I've been stuck at home the last few days with a horrible cold and cough and have got sooooo bored. This evening there's been nothing good on TV to distract me so I got to looking for old books that I had as a kid, then I started thinking about old toys...
My very first memory is of playing in my grandparents' house in Cape Town before we moved to England when I was two. So we're talking pretty early memories. What I remembered was playing with these lovely little wooden blocks they had (I think from my Dad's childhood), that were made of hardwood and stained in purple, and pink, and brown. I loved tocking them together and remember my granny and my older sister piling them up (I guess I was a bit too little to manage it myself though!). I have to say I got a little emotional when I stumbled across this vintage set of Cuisenaire Rods - I now know that's their proper name - that sold a few days ago on ebay.
There's a book about colour theory that I had when we moved to England that I'm working on finding too, and I think I can pretty much attribute my entire fascination with colour to these two sources! I can't describe how exciting this is!
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Oh wow. I think I had this toy in plastic. It is beautiful in wood. I will have to keep my eyes open for this!
gah! i foolishly passed up a beautiful box of Cuisenaire at a carboot a year or so ago. i thought at the time it was too expensive (a mere fiver). but i have been roundly kicking myself ever since. i guess i had better steer clear of ebay for a while, in case we bid on the same thing again! let me know when you've got some!
How fantastic for you. We had them at school in Australia!
Oh my gosh, I remember these! We always used to use them in primary school to solve maths puzzles and things. Congrats on the excellent find!
Nat x
we had them for primary school maths too! they were called Colour Factor, i am always on the look out for them in the charity shops - no luck so far
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