Saturday, 8 January 2011

Toy Museum

Today Mr Cottage & I set off on a jaunt to Stow on the Wold as I wanted to visit the toy museum there & it was well worth the trip. It was stuffed to the rafters with a most delicious selection of dolls, toys & vintage childhood ephemera. I felt quite envious!

I think in this instance pictures speak louder than words, although these were taken with my phone camera, through glass & without a flash so some of them aren't brilliant! Click on the photos & they will enlarge so you can enjoy the details.

It is definitely worth a visit!



















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21 comments:

  1. Josie-Mary8 January 2011 at 10:11

    Looks really good although the little girl in the first picture looks like a scary ghost!!! :)

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  2. KC'sCourt!8 January 2011 at 10:11

    Well that is one museum that is a must for me to visit!
    Julie xxxxxxxxxx

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  3. Rebecca8 January 2011 at 10:48

    oh this is my kind of place! Looks at all those lovely handsome bears, I would love to spend a day there! x

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  4. elegancemaison8 January 2011 at 10:51

    OO-er I find old dolls quite scary. Why is that I wonder? Also related to the scariness of clowns. Something to do with ghosts? Any suggestions/ideas most welcome.

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  5. MelMel8 January 2011 at 10:58

    What a lovely place, there used to be a fab dolls museum like this in Beaumaris, but it closed, I miss visiting there when we go on hols!xxx

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  6. A Treasured Past8 January 2011 at 12:36

    Hi Jayne, I was only looking at the toy museum online yesterday and saying that we should visit there on our trip to England in September. Your photos are wonderful and it looks like a definite stop over. Thanks for the photos, Tamara (from Australia)

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  7. THISNTHAT8 January 2011 at 14:02

    Hi, Wonderful! Have put the toy museum on my list of 'must do's'. Thanks.
    Lesley Xx

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  8. BusyLizzie8 January 2011 at 23:38

    That looks amazing, thank you for sharing Jayne. x

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  9. Hesta Nesta9 January 2011 at 02:30

    What a wonderful place to visit. I would love it as I collect pre World War one bears.
    Jo xx

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  10. menopausalmusing9 January 2011 at 02:39

    Love the sailors and the sewing machines!! Wow!

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  11. Amy (Blighty Boutique)9 January 2011 at 04:02

    It looks fantastic x

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  12. melanie9 January 2011 at 04:50

    Oh wow, what utterly gorgeous toys!!! Wish they still made them like that!!! :) xx

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  13. Sal9 January 2011 at 04:51

    I absolutely love museums like that!
    Wonderful!! ;-) x

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  14. Annie9 January 2011 at 08:17

    Thanks for sharing these lovely photos. I didn't realise there was a toy museum in Stow on the Wold even though I have visited many times. I will definitely visit next time I am there.
    Ann x

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  15. Mac n' Janet9 January 2011 at 08:27

    Have been to Stow many times and never realized there was a toy museum there, it definitely looks like a place I'd like to visit.

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  16. sea-blue-sky & abstracts9 January 2011 at 09:18

    Lovely, particularly like the shoes and bonnets. Like your fresh new blog background too, Jayne. x

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  17. jane and the happy crow9 January 2011 at 13:44

    Wonderful! We used to drive through Stow on our way to my parents but never seemed to find the museum open so its been lovely to gloat over your pictures. Happy New Year, Jane xx

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  18. Cowboys and Custard Mercantile10 January 2011 at 05:58

    I have been to Stow many times but manage to miss this gem. What a fabulous collection.. must make a detour next time we are up in the Cotswolds.

    Michele x

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  19. Sweet Cottage Dreams10 January 2011 at 06:54

    Such cute stuff there! I love the bears.....

    *swoon*

    Becky xo

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  20. salty pebble10 January 2011 at 07:23

    awwww wow such a lovely way to spend a day ;0) the toys are beautiful in that museum.
    i always loved the Bethnal Green museum of childhood in london, my nanny used to take me there and the dolls hospital was soooo magical to a little girl, one year my friend took me there while i was at uni to the Beatrix Potter exhibition ;0) lovely memories x

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  21. Unknown10 January 2011 at 10:17

    O My so many beautiful toys of times past, So many teddy bears that have been loved and those tiny sewing machines imagin having one of those when you were a little girl ;-) Thank you for sharing such lovely photos to. Dee x

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