Oxford school creates 'magical' toy worlds using lockers
The toys were donated during a community collection event in December, with organisers also recording stories and experiences of people's childhood.Over the Easter holidays, two units of 24 unused or broken lockers were transformed into the "ideal home" for an exhibition looking at the memorabilia. Lu Rahman from Oxford Furniture Makers, who is also a Cheney School alumnus, installed lighting and created "magical-looking" lockable inner doors.Ms Robinson said the lockers themselves had "a kind of artefact quality" as they had been used in schools for the past 50-60 years.
Much of the collection is from the 80s and 90s - such as Dungeons and Dragons books, a marble run and a Game Boy console - when most of the students' parents grew up.Year 11 student Rachel said her group had chosen the Fisher Price record player toy because they "all love music and like playing records"."Our locker looks like someone's bedroom - we chose the posters on the wall as bands we really like," she said, adding that creating it had felt "fun" and "kind of magical".
Ms Robinson added they were working on displaying other related projects in the long corridor, eventually recreating "a little bit of a journey of childhood".Ms Robinson said they they were still collecting stories and objects for the History of Childhood exhibition.
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