I will start my blog with a post about my very first dolls house which I got for my 5th birthday in 1973. It is a very cute little 1/24th scale Tudor style Toy Works D01 and still has its original windows but the front door is a replacement. I added the internal partitions as it was originally just two rooms and decorated it as the walls were just plain white.
Toy Works houses were made in the UK during the 1970s & early 80s. They were made from printed hardboard with plastic windows & doors. There were many different styles of houses made and some also had printed interiors (I have a few of these houses and will show them later).
This is a fantastic article on Toy Works houses:
When I was a child I had cheap plastic dolls house furniture in it but most of that got broken or lost. Now it is furnished with Mattel The Littles pieces from 1981.
This is the packaging that my Littles family came in, on the back it shows the furniture available.
The Littles were made in 1981 by Mattel. The furniture is 1/24th scale and made of metal & plastic and is quite sturdy. The Littles family includes Mr & Mrs Littles and Baby Littles (who I have), Belinda Litttles, Daphne Littles, Hedy Littles, Flossie Littles and later Kenny & Becky Littles.
