Hi there, Hawkin I remember two particular toys from my youth - some 60 years ago! (i) Juneero. The centre piece of this was a tool that could cut, bend and punch holes in the provided metal strip and also cut rods which could then be threaded. It was in effect a DIY Meccano, where you created pieces to match your design rather than make a design using pre-prepared pieces. I imagine that these days Health and Safety would have kittens over this! (ii) A tinplate toy which now I come to descibe it I am a little bit vague on exactly how it worked. In essence there was a slightly concave trackway with a hinged arrangement above it. On this ran a small tram with some form of switching at each end so that when it ran into the end stops it reversed. When it went in one direction it went under the superstructure and tripped a hinged piece so that when it reversed it went up the ramp and over the top. But then what? Did it just drop onto the lower track? - or was there another hinged portion. And how did it reset things? As I said, a bit vague on details - does it ring any bells? Regards Alan Cox PS I am almost certain that our (my children's) version of the drinking bird was called a Dippy Duck.
