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A History of Wooden Toys

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:50:54 -0500

Parents have been using wooden toys to keep their children occupied, amused and to assist in their emotional and physical development since prehistoric times. Wooden Toys in Prehistoric Times Learning through play is not a new concept. As prehistoric man evolved and began to use tools, they fashioned small versions of hunting equipment such as spears, bows and arrows which were then used to teach young boys how to hunt and fish like their fathers, thereby preparing them for later life. Similarly girls were given dolls fashioned from sticks, and small clay pots and cooking utensils which were used to help them to learn how to care for children and cook. The skills that these prehistoric children learned through playing with these early wooden toys were essential to their survival. When Did Wooden Toys First Appear? It's very difficult to track precisely when wooden toys first appeared, however archaeologists have found evidence that the ancient Egyptians and Greeks fashioned wooden playthings. From prehistoric times until around the 5th century AD, wooden toys were typically 'one of a kind' made for children by their immediate family and friends, and of course, wealthy families would commission toys from local carpenters. **End Summary** Topics: Children's wooden toys]]> old fashioned toy]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Further details regarding unusual wooden toys can be found at My Wooden Toy .

Where there's muck there's brass

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:52:11 -0500

The saying spoken by the Yorkshiremen working in scrap metal, the saying holds true as perfectly usable items are thrown out without much thought to how they could recycled. Before the housing market crashed, many wealthy people would buy houses in excess of £1M and simply rip out the guts. Skips were parked in drives or lined avenues as perfectly good kitchens with marble work surfaces were ripped out and tossed away simply so the new owner could leave their indelible mark on the house. Granite work tops replaced marble work tops and nearly new fridges were replaced by brand new fridges. The level of waste thanks to the housing boom and its contribution to the destruction of the planet was a disgrace. The truly wealthy are still profligate with possessions because they can be and very few wealthy people change a single habit to help preserve the planet. Often, parked in their drives are large cars which may be hybrids but the manufacture of the cars uses up many more natural resources than is balanced by the saving of the planet through reduced petrol consumption. **End Summary** Topics: waste recycling]]> london waste recycling]]> waste recycling london]]> waste management and recycling]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> More information regarding Docklands London waste recycling services and London skip hire services can be found on our website.

Your Website design says alot about you

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:10:10 -0500

It is hard to believe that the first real website was as recently as 1991 and now billions of pages are in competition.Your Home Page is the most important as it is your company's shop window. It is too easy for visitors to hit the back button that a website has to grab hard and try to keep its visitors and, hopefully,create them into customers. In a recent interview, the great retailer Sir Philip Green stated that the reason why his shops are a success despite the recession is because the shop windows are regularly refreshed and the goods on offer are regularly revised. A website has to continually evolve if it is going to continue to attract attention. Most organisations are not just interested in hits to their sites but in converting these hits into paying customers. Although it is always important to attract new customers it is even more important to retain existing ones, so innovation has to be balanced with the tried and tested. A few years ago, Coca Cola decided that their cola recipe that has been kept secret for generations could be improved and the costly experiment cost Coca Cola a small fortune. **End Summary** Topics: website design]]> SEO]]> serach engine optimisation]]> Peterborough web design]]> graphic design]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Web Design Peterborough - For more information regarding our web design services