STREET TOYSELLERS
FILLING THE STOCKING; London street hawkers reap a silver harvest during Christmas week. In places like Holborn and Ludgate Hill they stand, almost shoulder to Bhoulder, their trays overflowing with a bewildering variety of articles. For 'a. shilling ' ( or two, a child's Christmas stocking can *be filled with all manner of quaint and amusing contrivances. Here are some specimen novelties usually on sale :— Bagpipes,! 6d. : Trick cyclist, 2d. Watch and chain, Id,, , Huge; balloons, 2d. Dancing golliwogs, jrom 2d. Tiny dolls, realistic mice, Charlie Chaplin in many guises, false noses and moustaches, and all the wide array of articles usually to be found on the street hawker's pitch, can, each, be purchased for a few coppers. Many of the-toys' come from France, Japan,, and' Germany. Ab the same time, London produces a large number of these novelties. All that is best in the mechanical toy world is made in Great Britain. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 150, 22 December 1922, Page 15
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153STREET TOYSELLERS Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 150, 22 December 1922, Page 15
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