Bygone Times - The View-Master

The view-master was one of those special toys that could be fun as well as educational.

It was my sister, Valerie that owned one in our family, a Christmas present from my parents to her in the mid-1970’s.

I remember that it came with a free cardboard ‘stereoscopic ‘ 3-D card to view Disney movie pictures. This 3-D images really came to life in a wonderful kaleidoscope adventure for any young kid in the Seventies.

My Mother was insistent that it had to be educational before it was fun. So my sister was subjected to 3-D reels of the Cotswold, London, Historic houses and Castles. Occasionally we would be treated to a film or a Disney cartoon, but these were very few and far between. Needless to say that although we enjoyed the ‘educational’ slides, it was the cartoons we all loved.

I think my sister still has her View-master’ it was a much loved childhood present

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