{"id":387,"date":"2022-12-17T14:39:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northwag.org\/?p=387"},"modified":"2022-12-17T14:39:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:39:42","slug":"day-17-of-the-nwag-advent-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northwag.org\/index.php\/2022\/12\/17\/day-17-of-the-nwag-advent-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 17 of the NWAG Advent Calendar!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For Day 17 of our archaeology Advent Calendar we&#8217;re diving back into the toy box!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northwag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/soldier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" width=\"161\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northwag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/soldier.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.northwag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/soldier-140x300.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lead toy soldier from Furnace Farm, Shelsley Walsh (\u00a9 North Worcestershire Archaeology Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This miniature toy soldier comes from our 2017 test pit excavations at Furnace Farm in Shelsley Walsh. It dates to the late 19th or early 20th century, and was found on the site of two old labourer&#8217;s cottages. Toy soldiers were extremely popular &#8216;boy&#8217;s toys&#8217; in the late Victorian and Edwardian era, and <a href=\"https:\/\/eghammuseum.org\/toy-soldiers-just-childs-play\/\">by 1914 as many as 11 million figures were produced in Britain each year<\/a>. Presumably it&#8217;s a plaything that belonged to one of the cottages&#8217; former (and younger!) inhabitants &#8211; but since it&#8217;s made of lead, we hope they didn&#8217;t stick it in their mouth! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We published a report of our excavations at Furnace Farm in the Autumn 2022 edition of the <a href=\"http:\/\/worcestershirearchaeologicalsociety.org.uk\/\">Worcestershire Archaeological Society\u2019s<\/a> biannual publication, the <em>Worcestershire Recorder<\/em>. 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