Juvenile Toy Town
Miniature roads nearlv a mile in length, completo with pedestrian crossings, traffic lights, roundabouts, oneway sections and other realistic details, have been built at Tottenham, England. Model cars and cycles are on hire for children who do not possess them, and in charge is an attendant thoroughly versed in the Highway Code. The Minister of Iransport himself opened the playground last month, and the local council merits the fullest praise for this valuable experiment. There is no doubt of the_ enjoyment of the children themselves in the new playground, and in using it they are obtaining a detailed knowledge of proper road behaviour and the workings of traffic that will not only stand them in good stead in the future when they are old enough to be allowed to ride bicycles on the public highway but will also teach them the virtues of carefulness as pedestrians even at their present age.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23139, 10 September 1938, Page 16 (Supplement)
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154Juvenile Toy Town New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23139, 10 September 1938, Page 16 (Supplement)
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