Figure 1.--Here we see what looks like a home made cart the childrem are having a go at in their back garden (back yard). Dad looks to be a realky devoted gardner. The snapshit is undated, byt looks to have been taken in the 1970s. |
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Although not very common. e notice four wheeled caers. They look home made. We see Amnerucan children building such carts, using coomrcial boxes in the construction. This eventually gave rise to ther soap box races that necame popular in America during the mid-20th century. Ameican boys began building soap box carts in the 1910s-20s. Soap was shipped in wooden boxes and a convenint size for bots to work with. Soapbox races in Ameica began during the Depression (1930s). We do not yet nptice these carts in England as early as in America. We note family images with boys and variosly constructed carts aftr World War II. We do not not see soap box races in England in the mid-20th century. We note some races in England but it seems a modern activity. Red Bull is promoting them in Europe.
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