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Pollock's Toy Museum RIP

Pollock's Toy Museum

An exploration of Pollock's Toy Museum using images past and present

The Story of Pollock's Toy Museum

A small but colourful history

We will be exploring the history of Pollock's Toy Museum as well as the origins of the toy theatre publishing business from the present day back to it's misty beginings in Georgian London around 1780.

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"....Waistcoat Buttons, Throw Downs, every description of paper that is made, Bodkins and Thimbles, Poetry at Wholesale Prices"

Pollock's Toy Museum was started by Marguerite Fawdry in the 1950's. But the business it was based on can trace it's history back much further. See the History section for the full story of the museum and the toy theatre business. The list above describes some of the things sold by J. Redington at his establishment in Hoxton Old Town around 1850.

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