I’m joining Becky in her October Square Photo Challenge over at The Life of B. The rules of the challenge are simple: most photos must be square and fit the theme word Past. Look for #PastSquares. This month we’re travelling back in time in the western Queensland town of Miles and surrounds. We’ll explore the local area and join in the festivities at the Miles Back to the Bush Festival.
The self-guided Collections Tour, where local residents open their homes to share their collections, is a popular event at the festival. Some collections are huge and multi-faceted while others are small and specific. Some are vintage objects, some are a little eccentric and some are just for fun. Today we’re visiting Jean and her dolls.
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You don’t need to be young to appreciate the collection at Jean’s place. She’s been collecting and restoring old dolls for more than 40 years. The most precious doll, made of celluloid and dressed in its original green layette, belonged to Jean’s mother and is more than 100 years old.
This 1920s kitchen dresser, with its original hinges, handles and leadlight, is the perfect storage unit for Jean’s pretty collection.
There probably isn’t a woman alive who doesn’t smile at this collection and appreciate the effort and love involved.
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I think you’re right, Judy.
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I’d be worried they would start moving when I wasn’t looking!
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You’ve been watching too many creepy movies!
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I blame my inner child!
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I like the dolls but strangely enough I prefer the vintage kitchen dresser, I think it’s fabulous. They don’t make them like that any more.
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It’s a beauty isn’t it. It would be perfect in my sewing room.
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I prefer the dresser too – it’s just fabulous! I bet that was all mod cons in the 1920s.
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Very fancy! My grandmother had one very similar. It probably stayed in the house when it was sold.
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The tall doll in the long red skirt would have been my dream to own when I was a little girl.
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Our girls both had similar ones – Wendy Walkers.
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Lucky girls!
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I guess I like girl collections. This one is adorable,
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Very cute!
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