Bishopsmate
master brummie
Such memories this thread has brought back. I, too, had a Cinderella watch for Christmas along with a 'dancing' Cinderella, you wound her up and away she waltzed.
Dad used to make a lot of wooden toys for me, and then the grandchildren, but his masterpiece was a doll's house. He and Mam must have been working on it for months, making the furniture, furnishings, people (fully clothed) and it had working lights. The front came off to gain access and it was as tall as me but.... it fell victim to being heating material when the cost of coal became too high! The good old days?!?!?!
I have another dolls house now, made to copy the house it lived in. I found the dollhouse in a charity shop and it had obviously been built with much love .... now it is mine to love.
Dad used to make a lot of wooden toys for me, and then the grandchildren, but his masterpiece was a doll's house. He and Mam must have been working on it for months, making the furniture, furnishings, people (fully clothed) and it had working lights. The front came off to gain access and it was as tall as me but.... it fell victim to being heating material when the cost of coal became too high! The good old days?!?!?!
I have another dolls house now, made to copy the house it lived in. I found the dollhouse in a charity shop and it had obviously been built with much love .... now it is mine to love.