Paul – Dolls, Dolls, Dolls

July 9, 2017July 7, 2017Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday – Pedigree Paul 1968

March 10, 2017March 6, 2017Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday – Paul in London Look

British Dolls Since 1920 by Collette Mansell

March 7, 2017March 7, 2017Taswegian1957

I Spent Too Much and I’m Not Sorry

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016Taswegian1957

Vintage Visitors – A Sindy Suprise

December 13, 2015December 13, 2015Taswegian1957

Sunday Morning with Paul

December 11, 2015December 11, 2015Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday – Paul – Sindy’s Boyfriend

I came to Australia with my mother and sister Vanda in 1966 from the UK aboard the Sitmar liner Castel Felice. We settled in South Australia I lived in the western suburbs of Adelaide for most of my life. I became very interested in retro items in my twenties. It was always a dream of mine to have an old house and fill it with retro items. I have done it twice now. My main interest is collecting old things. They do not have to be valuable, only interesting. There is something reassuring about old retro items. I have all sorts of things including doll related items. My other interests are my beautiful pets, art and going for drives to who knows where. I also enjoy board games or doing a scenic jig saw puzzle on a wintry afternoon by the fire. My goal is to travel a bit more as there are some places I would love to see

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Taswegian1957

Born in England in 1957 my 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. David passed away in 2015 and I'm here on my own now but I have Cindy the dog and Polly the cat to keep me company. I currently write two Wordpress blogs. My doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", which I co-edit with my sister Naomi; and "My Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania.

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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Candid Shots

Smile! You’re on Candid Camera I have not been organised enough to submit photos for the past two B&W challenges so I was determined to do something this week. I have chosen to use old photographs which I took at public events. I don’t usually post close up pictures of people on the blog in […]

Share Your World 2017 – Week #37

Sharing My World This Week Complete this sentence: I want to learn more about …sewing and adapting patterns. I’d love to become a better doll dressmaker especially for the poor old Ken dolls as Mattel only ever seems to dress them as bridegrooms or beach bums. On a vacation what you would require […]

Bad Photo Monday: What shall we do with a drunken sailor?

My photo for today is of my two sailor dolls. I was taking photos of them for Vanda’s Doll site for a post. Inside the house was much too dark so I decided to take them outside. I set them up on the back steps because then I could lean them up against the wall […]