OLD TOYS? SELL THEM ONLINE

Healthcare workers refer to the winter months as “burns season” because it’s the time of year when the number of burn-related injuries usually goes up because we heat up our houses with fire, gas, paraffin and electricity. Kids are particularly at risk because they’re not aware of the dangers yet. It’s very important to brush up on your knowledge of preventing accidents involving burns – and what to do when it does happen. Check out www. saburnsociety.co.za for more. Old toys are a surprisingly big category in the online trading market. What were once mere playthings have become collectors’ items around the world. The category is growing all the time in South Africa, says Claire Cobbledick from Gumtree SA. Classic board games from any era, if they are in immaculate condition, are worth selling, she says, especially if you have something like a Monopoly board from the time it was started in the 1930s. “Vintage sets of age-old favourites such as Meccano, which has been around since 1901, and Lego, which first produced toys in the 1930s, will find very willing buyers, as would a yo-yo from the 1920s when it was first a craze.”