Emergency Ward 10 Hospital
Hospital Playset
1962-1967 (manufactured)
1962-1967 (manufactured)
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Hospital Building, two storey rectangular building constructed on three tray like floors and two-sided room compartments together with the lift areas; held together with tongues and slots; decoration is in green and yellow with white and grey. On top is a pink plastic moulded flagpole, with white knob at the top and white 'rope'; it ends with a knob which fits into a sucker-stand. The flag hangs at a slight angle and is covered with paper printed in red to show the name of the hospital.
The base, larger than the rooms, is marked to show driveways, stonework and inside, the floor of one ward; lift end is marked with parking and lift instructions. Under the base there is a corrugated cardboard lining marked with cut away areas
The top floor is marked as a leisure area in green with yellow, bordered by stonework; outer edge is red with white lettering.
The middle floor is marked inside with the floor of one ward and outside with stonework; outer edge is red with white lettering.
The outer sides of both rooms are yellow with squares in red and white; each have five windows along the long side and one in the end, windows of clear plastic designed to swivel; insides are yellow with blue panel around the lower part; each has at the lift end a pair of clear plastic swing doors; the lift area block is of lithographed metal; lift doors are red plastic and the same as the top of the lift - bottom area has two and middle area has only one.
Lift Turret, a metal structure, white printed with yellow and red. At either end is attached by tongue and slots, red plastic doors which can be raised and lowered. At either side are double windows of clear plastic housed in white fittings. The roof is metal attached by tongues and slots; outer side printed in red with white lettering. At the centre of the roof is a metal handle, enamelled white, which turns the ratchet to raise and lower the lift - inside the housing below the handle is a length of white cord with a metal ring near its bottom end which is to be attached to the lift itself. Along bottom edge are tongues which are to slot into the top of the building.
The lift itself is a bridge-like structure with arches and lugs to hold the lifting yoke which attaches to the cord.
It runs on a metal rod which passes from the roof of the lift block, through the edges of the lift platform and into holes at the bottom. It is capped with a knob of brown plastic.
There are clear plastic partition walls moulded flat on one side and corrugated on the other; at the top it is section representing clear windows. Down one edge, on both sides, are a set of dots which stablise the windows when placed between the window fittings of the rooms.
Hospital beds are four-legged with open slats at one end and a central panel at the other end representing the case note board. With the beds are blue and pink mattresses, moulded to represent a mattress with a diamond and stud pattern and a pillow.
There are various other items of furniture and equipment including tables, chairs, basins, loungers, rocking chairs, trolleys, stretchers, an operating table, instrument table, stools, drip stand, oxygen cylinder, bucket, chamberpot, crutches and a bench.
Figures include doctors, surgeons, nurses, and patients with various injuries. Standing, seated and lying down. There is also a white plastic skeleton.
The instructions are of coarse paper folded in half and printed in black to show the title and illustrations for assembling the hospital and arranging the contents. The original box is made of cardboard which is printed on the outside and stapled along the centre bottom.
The base, larger than the rooms, is marked to show driveways, stonework and inside, the floor of one ward; lift end is marked with parking and lift instructions. Under the base there is a corrugated cardboard lining marked with cut away areas
The top floor is marked as a leisure area in green with yellow, bordered by stonework; outer edge is red with white lettering.
The middle floor is marked inside with the floor of one ward and outside with stonework; outer edge is red with white lettering.
The outer sides of both rooms are yellow with squares in red and white; each have five windows along the long side and one in the end, windows of clear plastic designed to swivel; insides are yellow with blue panel around the lower part; each has at the lift end a pair of clear plastic swing doors; the lift area block is of lithographed metal; lift doors are red plastic and the same as the top of the lift - bottom area has two and middle area has only one.
Lift Turret, a metal structure, white printed with yellow and red. At either end is attached by tongue and slots, red plastic doors which can be raised and lowered. At either side are double windows of clear plastic housed in white fittings. The roof is metal attached by tongues and slots; outer side printed in red with white lettering. At the centre of the roof is a metal handle, enamelled white, which turns the ratchet to raise and lower the lift - inside the housing below the handle is a length of white cord with a metal ring near its bottom end which is to be attached to the lift itself. Along bottom edge are tongues which are to slot into the top of the building.
The lift itself is a bridge-like structure with arches and lugs to hold the lifting yoke which attaches to the cord.
It runs on a metal rod which passes from the roof of the lift block, through the edges of the lift platform and into holes at the bottom. It is capped with a knob of brown plastic.
There are clear plastic partition walls moulded flat on one side and corrugated on the other; at the top it is section representing clear windows. Down one edge, on both sides, are a set of dots which stablise the windows when placed between the window fittings of the rooms.
Hospital beds are four-legged with open slats at one end and a central panel at the other end representing the case note board. With the beds are blue and pink mattresses, moulded to represent a mattress with a diamond and stud pattern and a pillow.
There are various other items of furniture and equipment including tables, chairs, basins, loungers, rocking chairs, trolleys, stretchers, an operating table, instrument table, stools, drip stand, oxygen cylinder, bucket, chamberpot, crutches and a bench.
Figures include doctors, surgeons, nurses, and patients with various injuries. Standing, seated and lying down. There is also a white plastic skeleton.
The instructions are of coarse paper folded in half and printed in black to show the title and illustrations for assembling the hospital and arranging the contents. The original box is made of cardboard which is printed on the outside and stapled along the centre bottom.
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Parts | This object consists of 111 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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Title | Emergency Ward 10 Hospital (manufacturer's title) |
Materials and techniques | Lithographed tinplate, injection-moulded and cast plastics, metal, printed paper |
Brief description | Metal toy hospital with accessories, Emergency Ward 10, made in Britain by Mettoy (Playcraft Toys Limited) 1962-67 |
Physical description | Hospital Building, two storey rectangular building constructed on three tray like floors and two-sided room compartments together with the lift areas; held together with tongues and slots; decoration is in green and yellow with white and grey. On top is a pink plastic moulded flagpole, with white knob at the top and white 'rope'; it ends with a knob which fits into a sucker-stand. The flag hangs at a slight angle and is covered with paper printed in red to show the name of the hospital. The base, larger than the rooms, is marked to show driveways, stonework and inside, the floor of one ward; lift end is marked with parking and lift instructions. Under the base there is a corrugated cardboard lining marked with cut away areas The top floor is marked as a leisure area in green with yellow, bordered by stonework; outer edge is red with white lettering. The middle floor is marked inside with the floor of one ward and outside with stonework; outer edge is red with white lettering. The outer sides of both rooms are yellow with squares in red and white; each have five windows along the long side and one in the end, windows of clear plastic designed to swivel; insides are yellow with blue panel around the lower part; each has at the lift end a pair of clear plastic swing doors; the lift area block is of lithographed metal; lift doors are red plastic and the same as the top of the lift - bottom area has two and middle area has only one. Lift Turret, a metal structure, white printed with yellow and red. At either end is attached by tongue and slots, red plastic doors which can be raised and lowered. At either side are double windows of clear plastic housed in white fittings. The roof is metal attached by tongues and slots; outer side printed in red with white lettering. At the centre of the roof is a metal handle, enamelled white, which turns the ratchet to raise and lower the lift - inside the housing below the handle is a length of white cord with a metal ring near its bottom end which is to be attached to the lift itself. Along bottom edge are tongues which are to slot into the top of the building. The lift itself is a bridge-like structure with arches and lugs to hold the lifting yoke which attaches to the cord. It runs on a metal rod which passes from the roof of the lift block, through the edges of the lift platform and into holes at the bottom. It is capped with a knob of brown plastic. There are clear plastic partition walls moulded flat on one side and corrugated on the other; at the top it is section representing clear windows. Down one edge, on both sides, are a set of dots which stablise the windows when placed between the window fittings of the rooms. Hospital beds are four-legged with open slats at one end and a central panel at the other end representing the case note board. With the beds are blue and pink mattresses, moulded to represent a mattress with a diamond and stud pattern and a pillow. There are various other items of furniture and equipment including tables, chairs, basins, loungers, rocking chairs, trolleys, stretchers, an operating table, instrument table, stools, drip stand, oxygen cylinder, bucket, chamberpot, crutches and a bench. Figures include doctors, surgeons, nurses, and patients with various injuries. Standing, seated and lying down. There is also a white plastic skeleton. The instructions are of coarse paper folded in half and printed in black to show the title and illustrations for assembling the hospital and arranging the contents. The original box is made of cardboard which is printed on the outside and stapled along the centre bottom. |
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Production type | Mass produced |
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Credit line | Given by Alison Britton |
Historical context | Emergency Ward 10 was a popular television programme shown first on BBC (1954-57) and later ITV (1957-67). In 1962, a range of merchandise in connection with the programme was proposed. This toy, designed to sell for 89s 11d, was approved by Gilbert Pickett, Managing Director of Televeision Character Merchandise, 65 Victoria Street, London, SW1. Other toys also approved were playsuits by D Dekker retailing from 18s 11d up and a pocket book edition by Mayfair Books at 2s 6d. each. Mettoy published an illustration in their 1963 catalogue which was sent to Games & Toys. |
Production | Mettoy Playthings was one of the tradenames of the Mettoy Co Ltd which later was joined by Playcrafts. Marked 'MADE IN GT. BRITAIN.' Some parts made in Hong Kong; some parts made by Britains Ltd. Reason For Production: retail |
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Bibliographic reference | Games & Toys, September 1962, 70
Games & Toys, April, 1963, 56
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Other number | Article No 6306 - Model number |
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Accession number | B.254-1998 |
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Record created | January 5, 1999 |
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