various charity collection boxes-put a penny in

[smiles7964]

In the 80's I remember the moving lifeboat, the Labrador with the slit in it's head, the ones where the penny would go round in a spiral, and there was a large basil brush one in my local department store...

[Trickyvee]

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They were more popular then although the only one that really springs to my mind is the Labrador and possibly the lifeboat but I can't remember any moving - just a little lifeboat shaped box. For some reason I can also remember a red house-shaped box but I have no idea what it was for. There was also a popular collection for the blind which I think was just a normal collection box but there was a picture of a boy in dark glasses on a purple background?

[Trickyvee]

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Ha! Dr Barnados!

[Richard1978]

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I used to have one of those Dr Barnados boxes at home.

I remember one I used to see outside a shop was a boy with legbraces that was a bit scary. I think it was for a polio charity.

[darren]

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thats one i do remember instantly as soon as i saw this pic.

i remember the parents having this when i was a kid.

Ha! Dr Barnados!
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[Trickyvee]

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I used to have one of those Dr Barnados boxes at home.

I remember one I used to see outside a shop was a boy with legbraces that was a bit scary. I think it was for a polio charity.

I seem to remember manhandling the Dr Barnardos box a lot so it must have been at home or at a relative's. Wonder if they gave them out at school or something.

[onthebusesfan]

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I Vaguely remember a postman pat charity collection box somewhere but i can't remember were abouts it was,and i remember the sooty tins to they still got some in my fish and chip shop.

[battyrat]

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Our local Knees has had since I was a kid a large sooty charity box that has stood either just outside or just inside the door of the store. Its the same height as a 5-6 year old child and fairly heavy. I can remember looking at it as a very young child possibly around 1970-1972.It's still there at the moment but our local knees is moving soon to a new site so It won't be there for much longer. I expect that charity box is as old as I am maybe even older and has had a good many years service. Pity to see it go when the store closes.

[Trickyvee]

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There was an old mine collection box in Tynemouth in the 80's, just like the one in the picture but I don't remember what it was for. Any ideas?

[Twocky61]

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There was a toy shop in Newcastle upon Tyne which had a model railway in the window. You put a coin in the slot on the outside of the window & the train would do a circuit of the track. The money went to charity though I forget which charity