founded 1961 headquarters cheadle greater manchester products educational toys website http www.galttoys.com galt toys is an international educational toy company . it is responsible for a number of high profile games and its designs by ken garland are often cited as classics . citation needed contents 1 history 1.1 galt educational 1.2 galt toys 1.3 ken garland 2 present day 2.1 miriam stoppard 2.2 research 3 external links 4 references history edit galt educational edit in 1836 ayrshire born james galt set up james galt & co. ltd which traded in manchester as educational stockists . while the original product line consisted of items like desks and blackboards the company expanded into publishing and printing and increased its influence on the education sector . 1 unreliable source in 1957 the company moved its headquarters to cheadle in cheshire . galt toys edit in 1961 the galt toys division was formed and opened its first toy shop on carnaby street london . 2 in addition to toys the company s memorable items in recent events have included royal wedding knitting patterns . 3 ken garland edit in 1961 the company approached ken garland and associates kga to act as design associates . garland was tasked with building an image for the company from scratch . he also inadvertently changed the name of the company to galt toys 4 he also began designing toys for galt creating everything from wooden toys to board games . 5 in a twenty year association with kga galt toys managed to produce some of the most iconic toys of the era including connect and anymals . 6 present day edit miriam stoppard edit galt toys has also worked with agony aunt and parenting specialist miriam stoppard on a selection of educational toys . there are 21 developmental toys in total all aimed at encouraging younger children to learn and develop through play . 7 research edit galt has been involved in studies into the amount of screen time children are exposed to during the summer holidays how there has been a fall in the use of a child s imagination 8 and how a lack of playtime with parents is affecting children . 9 external links edit official website references edit http www.articlesfactory.com articles education galt toys benefiting from 175 years of educational excellence.html http www.galttoys.com index.cfm about us 1030 http www.bbc.co.uk news uk england merseyside 12544136 http kemistrygallery.co.uk ken garland http www.kengarland.co.uk kga % 20graphic % 20design galt % 20toys index.html http www.kengarland.co.uk kga % 20toys % 20and % 20games galt % 20toys index.html http www.parentdish.co.uk 2013 01 24 miriam stoppard launches new toy range http blog.galttoys.com 2013 04 03 imaginations lose out to skills packing http blog.galttoys.com 2013 06 14 play amnesia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title galt toys & oldid 735828124 categories toy companies of the united kingdomhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2015all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles lacking reliable references from october 2012official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 10 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view