Step back in time to your childhood at the Dugdale Centre this month, as the Terrific Toys: Made And Played In Enfield exhibition celebrates the golden era of toys and games.

The display will focus on gadgets and figurines that were made in the borough by famous names such as Spears Games and Lesney Matchbox and played with by generations of local children.

The exhibition, which has been curated by museum officer Jan Metcalfe, look at how various toys have developed over time and also explains how some children’s lives changed dramatically from working and doing chores to having time to play with these toys and games.

Some of the world’s best-selling toys were once manufactured in Enfield and this nostalgic exhibition will also explore the borough’s rich history of toy manufacture dating back to the turn of the last century.

Nostalgic adults and inquisitive children are expected to marvel over a wide selection of toys from the museum collection, including Lotto board games, model steam engines, Top Trumps card games, toy soldiers, alphabet bricks, Tiddlywinks, Yo Yos, dolls and a huge array of different picture books.

The company that produced them, British manufacturer Lesney Products & Co. Ltd, was founded in 1947 by school friends Les and Rodney Smith, from Palmers Green, who started their business in the cellar of The Rifleman Pub, in Union Road, Edmonton.

All the board games in the exhibition were manufactured by J. W. Spear and Sons who set up a factory in Green Street Brimsdown in 1932 and remained there for more than 60 years.

The sets on show as part of Terrific Toys were manufactured by the company Elgin, who were once based in Bush Hill Park and made dolls house furniture in the 1920’s and thirties.

For those who are interested in exploring the history of Enfield further, another part of the museum called Enfield Life is also featuring objects used or manufactured in Enfield from ancient times to the present day and is open daily.

Terrific Toys will bring to life the history of toys for new generations, while adults take a trip down memory lane.

Terrific Toys: Made And Played in Enfield, Thomas Hardy House, London Road, Enfield, EN2 6DS, Thursday April 13 until Sunday January 7, 9am to 5pm, details: 020 8807 6680, dugdalecentre.co.uk/whats-on/terrific-toys-made-and-played-in-enfield/