Interlock

Presented in matching, book-style boxes, this extensive range of cardboard puzzles are smaller sized cousins of the Waddington's Giant range.

Earlier puzzles from the mid 1930's sold for 6d (2½p), later (from puzzle no. 100) increasing to 9d and finally 9d + 2d purchase tax when this was introduced in late 1940 (from puzzle no. 119).

The first ten puzzles were indexed with roman figures after which the sequence was numeric, starting with no. 51 and, as far as is known, ending at no. 130, giving a total of 90 items. 48 of these are illustrated and titles of 12 others where no photos are available are listed below leaving 30 unaccounted for:-

Vol I Peter Pan; Vol V The Golden Hind; Vol VIII Desert Maid; No. 51 A Song of Freedom; No. 53 To Meet the King; No. 54 Elephant Boy;
No. 58 Signing of the (Magna Carta?); No. 59 The Harbour; No. 64 Tent Pegging; No. 66 King Solomon's Mines; No. 85 Fairhaven; No. 99 A Corner in Peaceful England;

Details courtesy of Jerry Mortimore and from Barbara Middlestorb's archives.