DOLLS FROM SWEDEN, ROMANIA, the CZECH REPUBLIC, ITALY and ALGERIA

Today I am listing dolls from SWEDEN, ROMANIA, the CZECH REPUBLIC, ITALY and ALGERIA, including Charlotte Weibull and Magis Roma dolls.
You can see more information about the dolls, on the website.  I love the Tatra boy from the Czech Republic.  His outfit is exquisite!

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At the bottom of the post I have added a photo of me (on the left, in the blue jacket) on a walk which I did a few weeks ago.  It was a very cold day, just 1 degree centigrade  We were walking for about four miles, through snowdrifts about 10" deep.  The scenery was well worth it, though!

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SWEDEN - (a pair of Charlotte Weibull dolls)

(Website Id:  Europe - Sweden - 0019 and 0019A)

 ROMANIA - (region unknown)

(Website Id:  Europe - Romania - 0029)

 THE CZECH REPUBLIC - (Tatra boy)

(Website Id:  Europe - Czech Republic - 0011 and 0011A)

 ITALY (Merano) - Magis Roma doll

(Website Id:  Europe - Italy - 0014)

ITALY--(Swiss costume, Berne)

(Website Id:  Europe - Italy - 0025)

 ALGERIA - (hand made doll)
(Website Id:  Africa - Algeria - 006)

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ME ON ONE OF MY WALKS!
(Left hand side, in the blue jacket)

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NEW DOLL MAKER (SHALLOWPOOL DOLLS) on the DOLL MAKER page

I have added a new doll maker (SHALLOWPOOL DOLLS) on the DOLL MAKER page.  To view it, just click onto "DOLL MAKERS" at the top, right hand side of this page.

More information about the dolls can be seen on my website.

Thank you.  Carole.

APPLE SELLER, PIRATE, DOLLY PENTREATH

(Website Id:  Europe - England - 001)

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More dolls to follow as soon as I can find the time.  (Where does the time go to?)

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MY VISIT TO THE WEST WALES MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD, Llangeler, U.K.

Yesterday I had a very memorable visit to the WEST WALES MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD in Llangeler, Carmarthenshire, Wales. You can see the Museum on their website at: www.toymuseumwales.co.uk
We were warmly welcomed by Hilary and her husband Paul Kennelly, the owners of the Museum. The buildings the Museum are housed in are around 300 years old and in them can be found displays of wonderful old toys, household items, dolls, prams and dolls houses, a Television and Film Gallery and an old classroom display featuring 150 year-old desks from the original school at nearby Cenarth, etc., etc. There is so much to see there but you can always take a break with refreshmments in the Tea Room and Gift Shop, which is also on the site!

I have added this post with the kind permission of Hilary and Paul, owners of THE WEST WALES MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD, Pen-ffynon, Llangeler, Carmarthenshire SA44 5EY - U.K.
I thoroughly recommend a visit to the Museum. You will be amazed at the displays of 10,000 exhibits!

SOME OF THE DOLLS ON DISPLAY

 MORE DOLLS

 AND MORE DOLLS!

 SOME OF THE

NATIONAL COSTUME DOLLS

DRESSED CHILD MODELS

 A MODEL IN WELSH COSTUME

 ONE OF THE DOLLS HOUSES

(FULL OF TINY MINIATURES)

 MORE DOLLS HOUSES

A COLLECTION OF 

WELSH LOVE SPOONS

 JUST SOME OF THE

TOY TRAINS!

 PART OF THE

TELEVISION AND FILM GALLERY

 PART OF THE

SCHOOL ROOM DISPLAY

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PHOTOS BY CAROLE

(with the kind permission of

Hilary and Paul Kennelly)

WEST WALES MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD

ENJOY YOUR TOUR!

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HAPPY EASTER

It's Spring, and with it has comes the first little lambs.  Daffodils proudly nod their heads, and the snowdrops are peeping shyly through the snow.  Evenings are getting lighter and the birds are starting to chirp their merry songs again.  What a lovely time of the year!

POLAND

(EASTER DOLL)

Beautiful hand made Easter Festival doll from Eastern Poland.  I purchased the doll in Warsaw, Poland, in 2006.  (Made by:  Andrzej and Jadwiga Kaliszewski, of Warsaw). 

(Website Id:  Europe - Poland - 007)

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HAPPY EASTER!

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DOLLS FROM RUSSIA (Siberia), NETHERLANDS, SCOTLAND, SWITZERLAND AND PERU

Today I am listing dolls from RUSSIA (Siberia), NETHERLANDS, SCOTLAND, SWITZERLAND and PERU.

As always, further information about the dolls, and more pictures, can be seen on the website.  Thank you.  Carole.

RUSSIA (Siberia)

(Website Id:  Asia - Russia (Siberia) - 0024) 

NETHERLANDS - (Rotterdam)

Dovina doll

(Website Id: Europe - Netherlands - 0016 and 0016A)

SCOTLAND

(Website Id:  Europe - Scotland - 0025)

SWITZERLAND

(Website Id:  Europe - Switzerland - 0011)

 

PERU (hand made doll)

(Website Id:  America - Peru - 0012)

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PART OF THE LOCAL PARK

(A young girl from the local school designed the seats)

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MY MALAYSIAN DOLLS HOUSE "KUANTAN"

KUANTAN

This is a little dolls house which I have worked on as a Malaysian house.  I adapted it after purchasing it in a market, some years ago.

I have put the information all onto a NEW PAGE - "MY MALAYSIAN DOLLS HOUSE "KUANTAN".  To view it, just click onto that page, at the top, right hand side of this page.  If you click onto the photos, you will be able to see the detail a little clearer.

You can also see the house under "DIORAMAS" on the website.  

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HAPPY ST. DAVID'S DAY! (and a walk near Elan Valley Dam

HAPPY ST. DAVID'S DAY!

(1st. MARCH)

Wishing all my friends and followers a very HAPPY ST. DAVID'S DAY!

I would also like to welcome my new followers.  I hope you will continue to enjoy my site.

I feel that  the little Welsh doll below is rather unusual, as although Welsh dolls are often shown with a harp, they are not often to be seen with a "CELTIC" harp.

I am also showing some pictures which were taken at Elan Valley, Mid. Wales, on a VERY wet and windy day last Decenber!

For more information about the dolls, please see the website.  Thank you.  Carole.

WALES (doll with Celtic harp)

(Website Id:  Europe - Wales - 0025)

WALES (A Welsh slate splitter)

(Website Id:  Europe - Wales - 0015 and 0015A)

WALES (un-catalogued)

This doll was originally a shop model which I bought in a second hand shop.  I dressed her in Welsh costume  and gave her a wig.  Originally, she did not have a head but I covered a large ball (a Welsh one, of coarse!), and my grandaughter drew the face on her.

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CABAN COCH DAM

(One of the Dams in Elan Valley, Mid. Wales)

On a very wet and windy day!

CABAN COCH DAM

THE VISITORS CENTRE AT ELAN VALLEY

ONE OF THE LIFE-SIZE MODELS

ON DISPLAY IN THE

VISITORS CENTRE

A CLOSE-UP PICTURE OF ONE OF THE MODELS

(A worker on the Dam)

SOME INFORMATION ABOUT ELAN VALLEY:

The Dams were built during 1893-1904.  They were constructed mainly from Blue Pennant Stone quarried in South Wales. 

There is a Visitors Centre in Elan Valley where there is a Cafe, a Souvenir Shop and a very interesting display of model workers (as above).  Car Parking and Toilet facilities are also available.

There is breathtaking landscape and an abundance of wildlife to be seen around the area, which is very popular with walkers and cyclists.

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