Comments on: The truth about cats AND/OR dogs

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 07:36:30 +0000

Glad you like it! Yes, you are welcome to add the pictures – but feel free to replace them with ones of your own box when it is made as I am sure it will be neater. Enjoy building.

By: blogmywiki

blogmywiki — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 15:45:25 +0000

Could I copy your pictures and add them – with credit – to this blog post?

By: blogmywiki

blogmywiki — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 13:26:49 +0000

That is AMAZING! Thank you so much, I am totally building one of these this weekend :)

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:08:14 +0000

Yes, not the best of descriptions! I've knocked up a box and put some pictures here: Not the neatest of jobs, but hopefully you get the idea.

By: blogmywiki

blogmywiki — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:18:33 +0000

Dear Barbara – amazing that other people remember this programme and found it as inspirational as I did! And thank you for your very kind words. I can’t wait to have a go at making one of the boxes, but I’m having trouble picturing it! Can you do a sketch of it?

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 18:07:17 +0000

Thanks for bringing a smile to my face this morning! As a child in the 70s I would fake illness to stay home and watch schools TV; I remember that particular programme very well. Sadly no amount of googling has produced a clip.

As well as the cards, they constructed a dispenser from an old cereal box. The cards were stacked at the top on a pull out platform which lined them up with holes through which knitting needles could be threaded. The bottom of the box was cut to form a hatch with a slope. When the platform was pulled out, the rejected cards fell down the slope and out of the hatch. I constructed one as soon as the programme finished along with a whole load of animal related index cards. I loved it and I am certain it was one of the reasons that led me to a career in software engineering.

Great resources and ideas on your blog. Such an inspirational teacher.