However, it was described as 'a sensible, sober documentary' by The Times, which concluded, 'Seeing an adult strike a child, out of anger and in a moment in which it is they, not their offspring, who seem out of control, was a horrible, violent spectacle and made the argument against smacking all the more convincing.'
The Guardian reported that the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, London, shelled out 25,000 for the oldest rocking horse in Britain.
It dates back to 1610 and was made for the future king, Charles I.
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