When I was first presented with Dorothy Hanley’s collection of character soft toys I looked through each one individually in front of my family. Due to the vastness of this collection everybody, from my parents to younger cousins, found a few toys depicting characters they grew up with. Some of the toys were from favourite… Continue reading Media Tie-In Soft Toys and Childhood – In The Dorothy Hanley Collection
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Rose’s Red ‘Booboo’ Car
Rose with the red booboo car, and her mother, Berney in their garden in Limerick, 1961 Rose Doyle’s father made this wagon in the 1960s. It’s not a toddler walker, rather, he meant it as a robust alternative to the dolls’ pram, to be pushed or pulled by an older child in the garden containing… Continue reading Rose’s Red ‘Booboo’ Car