The Viewmaster toy

In the late 1970s, I was given a Viewmaster as a present. The Viewmaster was a plastic stereo viewing device which came with card discs containing pictures, which you put into the viewer and could then view the photo in 3D.

The discs contained pictures on many themes - beautiful scenes (I had a lovely one of Mount Fuji), cartoons (I had The Rescuers, 101 Dalmatians, Water Babies), TV programmes (Famous Five) and films (Tron and Annie). I remember some of the sets had better 3D than others. Other kids often had a Viewmaster, so we used to get together and swap the discs round so I saw loads more than I had in my own collection.

Unlike many other old toys, I still have the Viewmaster and a couple of sets in the original packaging.