DNA and the HTA
Your name:
Jack Ashby
Entry:
Even if it were possible to collect and amplify any DNA on the car (ethically or technically), it would not be possible to attribute it to the boy unless you had a verified sample of his DNA to mat
Driving this car
Your name:
Alison
Entry:
I remember when I was 19 years old driving a car that looked almost exactly like this one, even the colour was similar.
Eating chalk (geophagy)
Your name:
Hannah Still
Entry:
I have a strong personal recollection of the desire to consume chalk. This desire affected me in primary school, roughly from the age of 7 to 11.
Ladybird book 1960's 'People at work' The Nurse
Your name:
Julie and Theo Brixey-Williams
Entry:
Insight into life on the children's ward in the 1960's ? Ladybird book 'People at Work' The Nurse
Thoughts on lead poisoning and Object
Your name:
Stuart Gould
Entry:
A number of questions arise from the “Clinical” section relating to the toy car.
Boy apparently dies due to licking walls painted with paint containing lead
Entry:
My mother used to run a dance group. The group consisted mainly of girls however there was one boy (approx. age 8) . He had a habit of licking the walls in his house.
Archaeology Seminar with Bill Sillar
Entry:
Dr Bill Sillar, Lecturer in Archaeology at UCL conducts a seminar from modern to ancient, using both the toy car from Object Retrieval, ancient Egyptian artifacts and a series of cups.
Interview with a child playing with a replica car
Entry:
Researcher Rhiannon Armstrong interviews Rab, a 3 year old child about toy cars. He plays with an identical car to the one used for Object Retrieval.
Towards an interpretation of Non-European Extraction
Your name:
Daniel Lichamn
Entry:
Non-European Extraction
Non-being by not being, normal
"Extracted" rather than born, or brought up, or lived
Taken out of somewhere/one other.
Hannah Montana Lead Poisoning Scare
Your name:
Brian Lobel
Entry:
In March 2008, the Center for Environmental Health in the United States discovered that a number of toys based on the immensely popular Hannah Montana franchise contained lead.
