At my Grandkids' house their bath toys are piled up in a plastic box in the corner of the bath.
I've been trying to remember if mine were too back in the 1960's. It's all terribly fuzzy.
I know I played with Action Man in the bath; the Deep Sea Diver and the frogman were favourites and I have a feeling that the plastic boats, dinghies and shark ended up in the tub too. I adored the Explorer boat with the outboard motor!
But whether they then sat around on the edge of the bath drying out waiting for the next soak is unlikely. Equally I can't imagine I chucked them all wet and soapy in a plastic box next to the bath. I adored my Action Man. It can't be good for them all that scum!
The clincher though has to be how busy our bathroom was. My parents had a big family; two of them and five kids, me being the youngest and the least likely to be in the bathroom! At some point in the Sixties we also had 2 or 3 lodgers as well, who all worked for the national Telephone company [GTO I think]. Even though they had their own sink in a shared bedroom they must have had a bath now and then.
Certainly no-one showered. Not in our house. There was a rubber attachment for the bath taps, which was a sort of shower head for rinsing hair. I remember it reeked of rubber! No, bathing was the order of the day.
So, with all this evidence, I don't think I will have left my Action Men in the bathroom hung out to dry. Maybe a few rubber ducks and a Matey bottle but not Palitoy's Fighting Man! Never!
Did you readers?
I only ever had a knock off A.M, from Birkenhead Market in the seventies. I had a few authentic outfits, but most were too expensive. I got Little Big Man sets some years later, but some of his kit was purloined by Major Matt as they were closer to the scale! I loved playing in the kitchen sink with small plastic subs and boats though.
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Ah, Little Big Man, what a guy! I adored him too Bill and had a few outfits. Good idea sharing with Major Matt. I never thought of that! Yep, sinks; the things we must have put in them!
DeleteYour house sounds very full. In the 1960s I think the telephones were still being run by the Post Office in Britain - General Post Office on green vans ? Later British Telecom with yellow vans ?
ReplyDeleteGood point Paul. GPO. One of the lodgers got me a toy telephone I recall.
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