Taswegian1957

Sindy Doll Factory


Funtime Sindy?

I was checking out the Sindy collectors Facebook page this morning and someone had left a link to this article dating from 2010. I am sure many of you may have seen it before but thought I would share for the benefit of those who haven’t. Be sure and check out the comment thread which goes right up to November 2020.

https://britishtoymaking.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/the-mystery-of-the-sindy-doll-factory/?fbclid=IwAR2W94GVDT7pff2IdPNTFaKVtuCmWLxpAAVRmIDI1aeRryDFNDv2b9MTRGo

  • Auburn Lovely Lively Sindy 1974
  • Lovely Lively Sindy 1974
Lovely Lively Sindy 1974
  • Party Time Sindy 1981 (I think) in Centre Court
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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.

8 comments

  1. Oooo, spooky! I just read this article again the other night! It’s a shame Helen hasn’t responded to some of the later comments as I’m sure there’s a wealth of information to be gleaned from some of the responders. Great pics!

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    • I guessed you were. Betsy went on sale after we left the UK and I don’t believe she was ever sold in Australia. I don’t remember any advertising for her anyway.

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  3. Thanks so much for the link! What a fascinating article, and all those personal reminiscences are marvellous. Wouldn’t it be fabulous to get all these people together to chat about their factory days. It was a different era then. I hope Helen followed up with these people.
    Your Sindy photos are lovely – such sweet faces on these dolls.

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  4. Thanks for posting this again. I read it the first time around and didn’t know where to find it. I lived In Canterbury while the Pedigree factory was open, though my daughter wasn’t much interested in dolls as too young. It still irks me to know that it was just down the road, whereas now I would love to get my hands on the vintage clothes!

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