Sunday, August 28, 2011

Market Memories

It was a perfect morning to visit the Camberwell Market today. Usually I only try and buy things I will use in my products....buttons , buckles, doilies, playing cards.
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But today I saw these little tin plates from a dollies tea set I used to own and a wave of childhood memory washed over me.

Same with this book about two dolls in the Aussie bush.

Have you ever found something from your childhood that you had forgotten about?
Chrissy and Bella
Last week I found this Chrissy Doll in an op shop. All the memories of the Christmas morning when I got my original Chrissy (with her lustrous growing hair) came flooding back.
Alas Bella the cat is not terribly amused. You can see a lot of choice flea market goodies on Sophie's blog today. Go and have a visit.

12 comments:

  1. great finds, love the little plates. Yes, every time I see a Pookie book, or a Bobsey Twins book, I remember great Christmas mornings at home.

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  2. Ah, the little platesare delightful! It is one of the greatest pleasures of opshopping to find something with long-forgotten happy memories attached. I found a fisher price dog that wags its tail furiously as it's pulled along by my daughter, just as I used to do myself, it looks just ile the dog my family owned when I was small and it makes the memories flow x

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  3. At the swimming pool today, the receptionist had a stack of Enid Blyton's Famous Five.. talk about happy memories!

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  4. We had little tin plates very similar to that too... brings out the hoarders gene in me every time!

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  5. I had the baby Chrissy! My favorite doll. I also had a similar book to that but about the Aussie seaside! Great finds!

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  6. My firend had a Chrissy and I was sooooooooooo jealous!!! Lovely!

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  7. It is so much fun to find something that evokes the sweet memories of childhood. I imagine Bella will get over her initial dislike of Chrissy.

    The little doll plates are so adorable, too.

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  8. I blame my envy for the neighbour's Chrissy doll for my present day propensity for hairpieces - short hair-long hair-short hair-long hair etc. I also had that Koala book!

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  9. Yay! Thanks for sharing your memories. Funnily enough Chrissy was the ONLY doll I had as a girl. So that is why she holds a special place in my heart!
    I am now on a mission to find the rest of the teaset...so keep your eyes open for me
    xx

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  10. Ah the memories, I always wanted one of those Chrissy dolls, just like my friend did. I had completely forgotten about that till I saw your photo. How sweet!

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  11. My bestest best friend from up the road had a Chrissy doll and I desperately wanted one of my own. Great market finds!

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  12. Now let's get this right : "Swirla Curla" Chrissie that is, there was an attachment which you inserted into her head and then wrapped sections of her hair around each prong to produce lustrous curls!!! I have the lost Boomerang and my Chrissie is still being played with by my daughter - have you been in my toy box? LOL

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