Item LL 77276 Toy - Thimble, Brass, circa 1880

Summary

This brass thimble, which was used as a child's toy, was excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 2003.

'When I was a child, we played in the street with hoops; we played hopscotch, and chasey, and cowboys and Indians, running right round the blocks and that. We even played marbles too.' (Marie Hayes, born and raised in Little Lon 1920-1940)

To the children who lived there, Little Lon was home. The streets and lanes were their playground - for tossing knucklebones, flicking marbles or chasing over the cobblestones. Their chants and laughter were part of the sounds of Little Lon.

Physical Description

This is a small brass thimble which is tarnished.

Physical Description

Metal child's thimble. Possibly brass and mass produced. Child's toy