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To have bought myself.........

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Seeleyboo · 08/08/2023 04:51

50 years old, and i bought a Sindy house.
I was desperate for a Sindy house as a child and never had one. I saw an immaculate one on Ebay with every wonder you can imagine inside it.
Oh, the joy of the tiny salt and pepper. The detail in the teeny knives, etc.
What toy were you desperate for, and did you ever get it.

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readingismycardio · 08/08/2023 04:56

I never had an original Barbie! So, now, at 30, I got myself one! Good for you, OP!!! Enjoy your new Sindy! 🩷

ArcticBells · 08/08/2023 06:05

I loved my dolls house as a child. Enjoy OPSmile

littleblackcat27 · 08/08/2023 06:07

Oooooo lovely OP

Can we have a picture please?

Aminorpoet · 08/08/2023 06:15

Sounds lovely OP. Nice to treat yourself.

I bought a Care Bear a few years ago. Would have been considered tacky when I was a child. I love cuddly toys.

Poivresel · 08/08/2023 06:16

I couldn’t have Sindy , ended up with Tressy and her growing hair which mechanism broke v. quickly 😂
Enjoy your Sindy house.

IseeNarcPeople · 08/08/2023 06:20

Well being a tomboy I desperately wanted an action man, stretch Armstrong or Evil Knievil. I don't think I'd get them now although action man might tempt me.
However, if I saw my childhood best friend, a fisher price truck in a charity shop it would be coming home with me.

QOD · 08/08/2023 06:21

We need photos!

Fraaahnces · 08/08/2023 06:25

On my mother’s deathbed I made her laugh by telling her that I was bitter that I never got the Barbie camper van I was promised. I’m 51 and still think about it.

LadyGaGasPokerFace · 08/08/2023 06:30

My friend had a Sindy house, it had a lift in it, some furniture and she had about ten dolls. She was so spoilt. I had Sindy dolls and used to buy and make clothes for them.
Enjoy the house!

Zanatdy · 08/08/2023 06:39

Lol I was only talking about this the other week, after seeing the Barbie movie. Friend of mine in primary had a Cindy House and I wanted one so much. I would love to buy one! But don’t have space!

GymBergerac · 08/08/2023 06:41

I love this! Let's embrace our childhood!
As a kid, all I wanted was a bike I could go thrashing round the muddy trails on, in the local woods with the naughty, noisy boys....🙄 Ideally a BMX or something with big fat tyres. I got a (very beautiful but very unsuitable) drop-handlebar racing bike with skinny wheels and a saddle like a razor blade. It was nice, and it was a means of transport, but it wasn't the riotous fun machine I'd hoped for when I was trying to recreate episodes of "Kick Start" (giving my age away!)
Aged 54, my husband and I have bought big old fat wheeled mountain bikes and have started working our way round all the trails we can find, getting covered in crap and very definitely reliving our childhood! Honestly, if you can't do this stuff when you're all grown up, when can you?! 😊

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 08/08/2023 06:41

This is so lovely. I didn’t even know that Sindy had a house and I’d love to see it. I had Sindy and made her outfits from craps of fabric given to me by a dressmaker in my village. I’m tempted to buy a vintage one now and do it again.🧵 🪡.
Enjoy your house OP.

LazyDaisy22 · 08/08/2023 06:42

Definitely post photos please OP! I had Sindy instead of Barbie and, as a child, didn’t even know the house existed. Would love to see photos of yours please.

GymBergerac · 08/08/2023 06:43

I regularly ride past a row of bungalows predominantly lived in by quite elderly folks. One house has a big Stretch Armstrong who lives in the front window. I wave at him as I cycle past.... 😂

ThisWormHasTurned · 08/08/2023 06:48

My sister and I had a Sindy house..kept it all these years and now my DD has it. Love that it’s been passed on 30+ years later and it was second hand when we got it!
I always wanted a Mr Frosty but my understanding is that they don’t actually work very well?

ThisWormHasTurned · 08/08/2023 06:50

How it looked when I set it up for DD, not so organised now! 😂

To have bought myself.........
RaelImperialAerosolKid · 08/08/2023 06:51

I bought one from eBay a few years ago - I loved it. My dd was only into Barbie though. Sindy was so much better. Her dining table with silver candelabra was class.

Goodadvice1980 · 08/08/2023 06:52

Photos please 🤩 I still have most of my old Sindy stuff and Pippa dolls!!

Imnotmadaboutit · 08/08/2023 06:56

I’m quite envious.
I had a friend who had a complete Sindy house, another had all the furniture-bed, wardrobe, dining table etc-but no house but we made ‘rooms’ and played that way.
DF had a friend make me a wooden stable for the horse and the roof came off so I had to use that as a little house. I never had furniture. I had to make her wedding dress out of toilet paper.

Random789 · 08/08/2023 06:56

Slightly off topic, but just wanted to confess that I threw my sister's Tressy doll's hairbrush down the toilet when I was about five, in a fit of sibling rage.

Her hair was her crowning glory so it was a v v wicked thing to do.

I think my sister had both a Sindy and a Tressy. (I had neither, because I was a tomboy and hated dolls.)

Poivresel · 08/08/2023 09:40

Random789 · 08/08/2023 06:56

Slightly off topic, but just wanted to confess that I threw my sister's Tressy doll's hairbrush down the toilet when I was about five, in a fit of sibling rage.

Her hair was her crowning glory so it was a v v wicked thing to do.

I think my sister had both a Sindy and a Tressy. (I had neither, because I was a tomboy and hated dolls.)

I ripped the dress off my sister’s new doll and gave it to the rag and bone man in exchange for a balloon!
I was 5 and not yet at school, dsis was 8 and furious!

JMSA · 08/08/2023 09:41

I saw one for sale and was sorely tempted! Only lack of space stopped me Grin

JMSA · 08/08/2023 09:42

Fraaahnces · 08/08/2023 06:25

On my mother’s deathbed I made her laugh by telling her that I was bitter that I never got the Barbie camper van I was promised. I’m 51 and still think about it.

My Sindy house and Barbie motorhome were the best presents I ever had.
With Speak & Spell in the mix too.

Jaffapaffa · 08/08/2023 09:44

I always wanted a Lundby dolls house.

Now, aged 54, I have one, and am very happy with it!

sunglassesonthetable · 08/08/2023 09:48

Do you remember when Blue Peter made a Cindy Room and Patio Area?

Tables, chairs, carpet , pictures etc

I still look at plastic packaging and think " that would make a good chair! "

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