It is a friendly magazine with lots of information, produced for doll lovers by doll lovers.
Subscription:
£21 including postage to subscribe in the UK.£30 including postage to subscribe in Europe and Eire
£35 including postage (Airmail) to all other destinations
For details on how to subscribe please contact
info@britishdollshowcase.co.uk
SEPTEMBER ISSUE
As usual we have plenty of goodies for your delight – articles in this issue include a fascinating piece by Audrey Robinson about children and doll play, Maria Bibi explores the Megan dolls that accompanied the My Little Pony toys, Isobel Ridley continues with her ‘Organised Collection’ (maybe she’ll organise mine sometime!), Lesley Glover tells us about the 1970s’ Sunshine Family, while Ann McAndrew whisks us off to Croatia. I investigate Bluebird Toys, producers of many iconic toys and dolls in the 70s and 80s – I’m sure you all remember Polly Pocket and the Big Yellow Teapot House. I also take a look at older dolls including favourite hard plastics, then come right up to date delving into the world of the little Lori dolls.
SEPTEMBER ISSUE
As usual we have plenty of goodies for your delight – articles in this issue include a fascinating piece by Audrey Robinson about children and doll play, Maria Bibi explores the Megan dolls that accompanied the My Little Pony toys, Isobel Ridley continues with her ‘Organised Collection’ (maybe she’ll organise mine sometime!), Lesley Glover tells us about the 1970s’ Sunshine Family, while Ann McAndrew whisks us off to Croatia. I investigate Bluebird Toys, producers of many iconic toys and dolls in the 70s and 80s – I’m sure you all remember Polly Pocket and the Big Yellow Teapot House. I also take a look at older dolls including favourite hard plastics, then come right up to date delving into the world of the little Lori dolls.
Welcome to the June issue of Doll Showcase
We have, as usual, plenty of reading for you this issue, including an article on one of the more unusual types of modern dolls - pregnant dolls! We also look at the modern Only Hearts Club dolls, Leanne Dolls and Glitter Girls, whilst going back to the 'old days' we remember the times when magazines were full of knitting patterns for dolls and you sent away for a doll, such as a Rosebud, to complement them. A fabulous stained glass dolls house, strictly for a collector and certainly not for small children, contrasts well with a two-box room house filled with a colllection of 1940s wooden furniture, and another fascinating article features a wooden baby doll from the 1920s, complete with child care instructions from the time. As weddings are a hot topic at the moment, we explore a collection of bride dolls and a 1960s wedding scrapbook; those were the days when a wedding buffet cost 15/6d per head, and the wedding dress just over £26! There are many more articles, dozens of pictures, news, readers' letters, and even a feature on Why Collect Dolls? Enjoy!
Hello, many years ago on your other blog, "From the Bower" you posted a lovely poem printed in a book you had a picture of, no title, first line "Where do the little blue violets grow?" Did you write that poem or is it from a famous writer? I can't read the name on the page below the poem.
ReplyDeleteThank you
Frank
I'd almost forgotten that blog! That poem was in an old autograph book dated 1914, and signed E H Devonport. It was illustrated with an ink drawing of violets. (I was writing a book on old autograph albums at the time.)
ReplyDeleteWhere do the little blue violets grow?
In the cleft of the lonely hill.
Sheltered safe from the sun’s hot glow
And the touch of the breezes chill.
The sorrowful soul may find them there,
The eyes that are weary, know
There is tender comfort and rest from care
Where the little violets grow.