Post by susan68 on Sept 11, 2009 16:14:24 GMT
Hi, my name's Susan, I'm 41 and live in Suffolk with my husband and two daughters aged 4 and 2 1/2.
I grew up with Sindy. Got an Active Sindy c.1974 and an Active Sindy a couple of years later. I always loved them and having got them down from my parents loft a few years ago, they're still in pretty good shape. I don't have a huge collection (yet), just two more 'vintage' Sindy's and an early Hasbro Sindy with very pretty eyes.
I'm also collecting other vintage dolls. I've recently aquired Velvet (Chrissy's cousin), a Dollikins Action Girl and a Dee Disco Girl doll which, together with several of my original childhood dolls and my brothers Action Men, makes quite a nice sized collection.
Think my husbands worried about my growing collection (I only started seriously collecting recently, but I'm totally hooked now) and space to store my collection is soon to become an issue, especially as I'm working on making a 'house' (or even two houses) for my girls to play with when they're a bit older (but they're not to touch Mummy's dolls I'm afraid)!
Oh well, I think the garage is due another clear out soon...I'll try and find some space out there!
Anyway, looking forward to seeing photo's of everyone's collections and sharing some of my own, and chatting to you all about dollies! It's like being a kid again!
Susan
I grew up with Sindy. Got an Active Sindy c.1974 and an Active Sindy a couple of years later. I always loved them and having got them down from my parents loft a few years ago, they're still in pretty good shape. I don't have a huge collection (yet), just two more 'vintage' Sindy's and an early Hasbro Sindy with very pretty eyes.
I'm also collecting other vintage dolls. I've recently aquired Velvet (Chrissy's cousin), a Dollikins Action Girl and a Dee Disco Girl doll which, together with several of my original childhood dolls and my brothers Action Men, makes quite a nice sized collection.
Think my husbands worried about my growing collection (I only started seriously collecting recently, but I'm totally hooked now) and space to store my collection is soon to become an issue, especially as I'm working on making a 'house' (or even two houses) for my girls to play with when they're a bit older (but they're not to touch Mummy's dolls I'm afraid)!
Oh well, I think the garage is due another clear out soon...I'll try and find some space out there!
Anyway, looking forward to seeing photo's of everyone's collections and sharing some of my own, and chatting to you all about dollies! It's like being a kid again!
Susan
to the forum. I hope you'll enjoy chatting to other Sindy/doll collectors and find out lots of useful information. I only have a small collection and just concentrate on the 60s era. Space can become a bit of a problem but make sure you keep your dolls inside the house as damp can cause problems to the clothes.
Hope you have fun here and make some good Sindy Online friends along the way 
but I keep trying. Working on my newly acquired Disco Girl doll's hair just now as I think the previous owner washed it in some sort of menthol shampoo or something. A basic wash and condition hasn't removed the smell so far so I think a soak is needed. Perhaps she had nits 
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my hubby has given up on me now ;D as there are dolls everywhere including my blythe doll collection ;D he just looks at me and says where are you going to put them all 
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