My trip down memory lane today ( I’m sure I should be doing something more productive 😊)

There are some lovely patterns there Callistemon21. I’m hiding them from my Barbie in case she requests a wardrobe update. Her current clothes are only 60 years old so hopefully there’s still some wear in them 😃

I posted this on a knitting thread, but just in case anyone missed it and wants to knit their Barbie a whole new wardrobe as she has a new film coming out:-

sirdar.com/fashion-dolls?utm_source=Sirdar+Subscription+Live&utm_campaign=d596713340-14%2F07%2F23_FPF_BARBIE_DOLLS&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1f58841f03-d596713340-573828767&mc_cid=d596713340&mc_eid=d7d66da3c0

I hope this isn't advertising and I'm sure there are many other stockists available.

Lucky you to still have your Barbie. I had a Barbie and also Sindy and Petra. I loved changing their little outfits.

Grannynannywanny

grandtanteJE65 that’s an impressive display! I’m feeling a little sorry for my solo Barbie in a shoe box and not seeing the light of day for years .

Don't be - she is out and about now, after a nice long sleep.

I had a Tressy, loved dressing her up and doing her hair until I eventually lost the key and the bit in the middle where you turned it fell out so she had a gaping hole in her tummy. Later I had an Action Girl but she had rivets in her joints to enable her to do all the actions which I thought looked awful. She had to wear long dresses or a jumpsuit to hide them!

My sister had a Sindy doll, the one with dark hair in jeans & a striped top. We both had Sindy beds and wardrobes with outfits some of which my Aunty made us one Christmas, they were brilliant. We did get hours of fun out of them all.

Wow Grannynannywanny the following advert was for a Tressy Hat Shop!
😍😍
Ha ha!

I’ve found the Tressy advert on YouTube.

Short, long or in between Tressy’s hair makes her queen 🎵

But only if the scissors are out of reach 😆
youtu.be/-ysGPctrVp4

It's funny, I can't quite remember what type of doll my sister and I had, but they weren't Barbies. They were a bit bigger, if I remember, and wouldn't fit Barbie clothes. Maybe they were Sindy dolls sent over from my Aunt in Jersey.

I seem to remember we lost interest in them rather quickly. Perhaps we just weren't interested in dolls that much. I do remember my Mum knitting a few tiny jumpers for them.

I had Pippa dolls, they were smaller than Sindys. I never owned a Barbie. Yours is gorgeous OP.

We still have Tiny Tears and her big sister but they're in a box since DGS said they gave him the creeps staring at him 😀

I had Sindy and her bed and wardrobe but Tiny Tears was my favourite and I still have her 56 years on .. I knitted her a new dress and some socks.

Thanks Grandtante

I must give them some TLC. I can find Sindy's tutu and ballet shoes but not her leotard or tights. 😲

grandtanteJE65 that’s an impressive display! I’m feeling a little sorry for my solo Barbie in a shoe box and not seeing the light of day for years .

AreWeThereYet

I had Tressy and Patch. For some reason I cut all Tressy's long blonde hair off.

You cut Tressy's hair because '🎵her hair grows🎶'

I was another cutter of Tressy’s hair. Thought it would grow back! 😳

https://www.gransnet.com/uploads/talk/202307/medium-246841-billede1-sabina.jpg https://www.gransnet.com/uploads/talk/202307/medium-124286-billede2-emilies-solo.jpg https://www.gransnet.com/uploads/talk/202307/medium-664514-billede3-at-home.jpg

Here is Sabina, dressed and packed to go on a business trip, she is an international lawyer, Emilie in her first solo role as a ballerina, and both girls at home with their cousins, Rafael on the left with Veronika next to him.

They have all been rescued naked from the local charity shop. And are all Mattel dolls of varying ages. Veronika and Sabina er more or less identical, but Veronika's hair had been cut when I found her.

I have washed the dolls carefully using a weak solution of washing up liquid in water as shampoo, rinsed their hair well in luke-warm water, and then in a lotion which is two parts glycerin, one part rose-water (made by steeping red rose petals immersed in water, in a sealed jam-jar for a week on a sunny window-sill, then bottling it) and one part vinegar.

I find a stff bristled clothes brush or a discarded, but clean toothbrush makes a more gentle hair-brush for dolls with nylon or acyrlic hair than a hairbrush or comb does.

Kate1949

Yes!

Did you watch? Is Sindy worth thousands? 😲

Bijou

My niece had a Sindy doll and I made clothes, a tent and a doll for it and my husband a wardrobe for it.

I used to knit clothes for Sindy and Action Man.

In fact, we still have some of Sindy's wardrobe but Action Man got passed on to another child.

My niece had a Sindy doll and I made clothes, a tent and a doll for it and my husband a wardrobe for it.

I used to have an Action Girl who got up to lots of adventures with my brothers Action Man . Was too much of a tomboy to want a Barbie ha

I had Sindy, Patch, Tressy and Barbie. I remember getting Sindy with a few outfits for my birthday. Came with a free single (vinyl record!) too which I was mortified not to be able to play as we had no record player at the time. I loved my Sindy and would save up my pocket money to get new outfits for her. Was eventually seduced by the more ‘grown up’ glamour of Tressy and Barbie but I will never forget the thrill of my Sindy doll! I think my sister has them now as she likes to keep as many of our old toys (and her children’s) as she can. I’m not so sentimental, I’m afraid!

I remember being desperate for a Sindy doll. None could be found locally. I finally got one from a shop in Birmingham when visiting my aunt.

Yes!

I must check it out Kate1949 in case I’m sitting on a gold mine.