This doll
belonged to a Castleford girl called Edith Wyatt, who sadly died aged twelve in
1944.
In the
middle of the 1900s, most dolls played with in Britain were made in Germany – a
supply that stopped when the Second World War started (1939 – 1945). This one
was made in Britain. What is particularly nice about it is that the clothes, hair
and face had to be stitched on by its owner. This shows the wartime attitude of
learning new skills and doing it for yourself.
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