The Doll you Love to Dress
Sindy Collector Ruth recently got in touch to show us this fabulous ballerina display she had created and then put it up for auction with all the money raised to go to the wonderful charity ‘Little Princesses’.
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Royal Mail has announced plans to immortalise some of the most popular toy brands of the last 100 years in stamp form, with a limited edition range of stamps designs in a nostalgic nod to a golden age in British toy manufacturing.
The statement from Royal Mail read:
“The heyday of the British toy industry remains a magical era, one that shaped childhoods across the generations. And with many of the best-loved toys from the past still with us, or perhaps relaunched after temporary absences, the children of today can still have fun with some of the world’s most iconic toys.”
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Sindy, one of Britain’s most iconic toys, is making a comeback after being given a ’21st Century Makeover’ by Tesco. The glamorous doll has been revamped exclusively by Tesco (a British supermarket chain) – and is going to be bigger than ever!
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In September 2013 exciting celebrations will began for Sindy’s 50th Anniversary.
Starting in the market town of Chippenham in Wiltshire, where avid Sindy collector Karen Colley is helping to celebrate Sindy’s Golden Anniversary with an exhibition of her personal collection at the Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre.
Karen Colley was seven years old in the 1970s when she fell in love with Sindy, a doll created by the British company Pedigree in 1963 as a rival to the America’s Barbie. She rekindled her passion after seeing two Sindy dolls at a car boot sale and now has more than 100. Continue reading “Exhibition to mark 50th year of Sindy”
In the early 1990s, Sindy celebrated her 30th birthday. For the occasion, the PR manager for Hasbro (who licences Sindy from 1986-1997) organised a party.
Sindy wore an outfit designed by British fashion deisgner Vivienne Westwood – a sateen dress with corseted bodice and padded skirt, a crown-style hat over elaborately styled hair, and pink ballet wedge heels.
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