I remember playing in one. It was red and made of tin, and pretty tough and they were very common at that time. They were propelled by two pedals for the feet which went backwards and forwards. I don't remember a brake so I assume you just stopped pedalling! I dread to think what would happen on very steep roads.

I had one of them pedal cars when I was about 6 or 7 - drove it down Albion Hill, turned into Cambridge Street at high speed, rolled over, nasty cut across the eyebrow, car went in dustbin lorry, some lucky dustmans kid got a lovely new pedal car!! Mum did that to stop it happening again, but to no avail we started using a roller skate with a book across it to balance our bums on; we could go down that hill just as fast. I supose that's how the new-age skate board was thought up! Oh those happy days!

This is my Dad, (Stanley Smith).