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Latchkey kids

14cm x 10cm x 3 cm approx. each

 

Description

Small padded figures made from 1950s childhood fabrics, keyrings, keys

 

Themes, comments and storylines

The latchkey kids were first shown at The Quest for the Inner Child: Souvenirshop at OVADA/Oxford in 2006. Together with This is not a toy they made an appearance in Am I That Name? in London in April 2007. On both occasion, they were shown together with two of the Flower Children.

Now they hang in a wall cupboard named Safety Matters.