Doll Advertiser 25 : Autumn 2010

The 25th Edition of the Doll Advertiser originally issued in Spring 2010

Features include :

Vina Cooke A Unique Museum of Dolls | Automatons | Classic Automata | Dolly and I Poem | A Large SFBJ 301 | Character Dolls SFBJ | Highlights at Bonhams | Norah Wellings Rare Japanese Dolls | A Brief History of the Sewing Machine | The Bride Wore Red | The Byron Lars Barbie Dolls | Retro Dolls | Dressel & Kister Half Dolls | Porcelain Trinket Box | Old Cottage Dolls | Dolls With A Difference | Collecting Peter Pan | The 15th Festival of Artist Dolls | Matryoshkas | Matryoshka Dolls | A Tea Party Poem | York Dolls House & Miniatures Fair | The Cobham Antique Dolls House & Miniatures Fair | The Fashion Doll Collectors Club of Gt.Britain | The Doll Club of Gt.Britain

Hope you all made most of the lovely weather starting in May and then the Spring Bank Holiday. Above is a picture I couldn’t resist taking of Bridlington’s sandy beach in May, full of visitors enjoying themselves.

In April we had a visitor, Elena Lisina, the Russian doll artist, who stayed with us for a few days, and was also visiting other friends in England.

We had a short weekend break in May and went over to Douai in France for a wedding, which lasted all day and night, ending up with a game of croquet before breakfast!

A day out in July took us to see Vina Cooke’s Museum of Dolls & Bygone Childhood. A Museum dedicated for doll lovers, truly wonderful!