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My sister makes them:o))

jude:o)

I had a Golly as a child and always thought he was a chimney sweep, thats what my mum always said and I had a black doll I got from a jumble sale at the school which I put in the pram with my white doll and told everyone they were twins, Mum says this gave the neighbours alot of amusement.

I am a childminder and need to have a mix of races for the toys and books I have. I bought a doll in Barbados and admit the children have all loved her to bits, she is basically a rag doll so very cuddly.
I also got a small baby doll in The Entertainer for them to fed and nurse.

I don't have a Golly but mainly because they are quite expensive now but have seen them in Windsor and The Lake District when on holiday.

Linda :o) XxX

If this thread offends I will remove it. However in the paper today is a letter going on about Gollies and the PC aspect. I had one as a child and adored it so much so on holiday in Wales in 2008 we went back to a shop 4 times in order to find it open and purchase a Golly we had seen in there. The owner said she could not get enough of them. Mine is carefully wrapped up in gift paper, in a drawer and the label reads -'for my first g.gchild'.

I had a black doll (Dad told me it was that colour as she had been born in the blackout) and she too, was much loved. Twenty years ago my gdau wanted a black doll, word was spread amongst friends and family for two years to no avail, then visiting Lubeck one day I spotted one.

One thing I did notice being in Kenya, Gambia and St Lucia all before Christmas when shops were decorated, lots of toys and dolls on display but not one black one. This I found strange.