Taswegian1957

Back to the Sixties with Sindy & Paul


Today I thought I’d share some photos I took of a couple of my Sindy’s and one of my Paul’s. I am working on a post about the scooter featured in these photos and needed some Sindy’s to pose with it so I went downstairs and found the box they were packed in. I thought it would be fun to make some of the photos black and white.

Here is a Hong Kong made Sindy wearing “Weekenders” and one of my favourites the Duffel Coat. These coats were incredibly popular when I was a child and this one is so well made even down to the buttons. Sindy was made about 1965-66.

This Sindy is I think, a Lovely Lively Sindy from 1974 or 1975. She has a twist waist and poseable arms and legs. She is much slimmer than the original Sindy’s. In fact, a lot of the early Sindy fashions I collect don’t fit the later dolls very well. Sindy is wearing “Coffee Party” a knit dress which comes in either dark blue or brown. It should be worn with a belt but I don’t have it.

Here are Sindy and Paul together. Paul is wearing “Motorway Man”.

Look out for another post featuring Sindy’s scooter very soon.

Published by Taswegian1957

I was born in England in 1957 and lived there until our family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband, David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008. We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. In 2015 David became ill and passed away in October of that year. I currently co-write two blogs on WordPress.com with my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania. In November 2019 I began a new life in the house that Naomi and I intend to make our retirement home at Sisters Beach in Tasmania's northwest. Currently we have five pets between us. Naomi's two dogs Toby and Teddy and cats, Tigerwoods and Panther and my cat Polly. My dog Cindy passed away aged 16 in April 2022.

7 comments

  1. Loved sepia pictures of vintage dolls in timeless fashions. Especially liked the duffle coat and hairdos!

    Le Sportsac x Barbie has come out with a collaboration featuring vintage Barbie prints.

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  2. Love the sepia photos, they look very authentic. I’m still trying to get the duffle coat, I remember them as a child too. I also have the coffee party dress in brown, mine is also missing the belt. I’ve just recently got the coat and trousers to Motorway Man, my first genuine Paul clothes! Looking forward to the post about Sindy’s scooter.

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    • I have both the blue and brown Coffee Party dresses but no belt for either. I have got to the point in my Sindy outfit collection where I’m now looking to complete outfits I have so I’m always on the lookout for odd lots with shoes, belts or other accessories.

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  5. Always wonderful to see photos of Sindy. The last picture of Sindy and Paul in his “Motorway Man” coat is my favourite. They make a fabulous couple! Thanks for sharing.

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