Comments on: The Return Of Benjamin Pollock https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/29/the-return-of-benjamin-pollock/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:36:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Wendy Lowe https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/29/the-return-of-benjamin-pollock/#comment-1629144 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:36:29 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201143#comment-1629144 I used to regularly visit Pollocks Museum and toy shop when it was just behind Goodge St Station. The toy shop had perfect stocking filler toys and the museum was on the upper floors of an old Georgian townhouse – stuffed full of vintage toys, teddy bears etc. The floors were a warren of corridors, rickety and dim lighting so a perfect atmosphere. I note from their website that they’re hoping to find a bew premises and are taking donations to help them. I hope your write-up encourages others to donate to keep this wonderful historic business thriving.

]]> By: Wendy Lowe https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/29/the-return-of-benjamin-pollock/#comment-1629140 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:00:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201143#comment-1629140 I was fortunate enough to live and work around Charlotte St a short while back and regularly shopped around the corner behind Goodge St Station at Pollocks Toy Museum for stocking fillers. I remember it was in an old town house, the museum being on several floors upstairs with creaky, uneven floors, dimly lit and stuffed full of vintage toys. It was fabulous. I’ll visit one of the pop-ups.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/29/the-return-of-benjamin-pollock/#comment-1628971 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 15:13:08 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201143#comment-1628971 I have been captivated by this topic for decades. I’ve been enthralled by an international array of antique theaters in the International Folk Art Museum in Santa Fe New Mexico; studying the nuances between the sturdy German versions, and the delicate French examples, etc. But
Pollock’s remains the nexus for such things — the undisputed Palace — of toy theaters. You’ve given us a delightful tutorial today, and tempted me to blow out my credit card and be THERE
at the Dennis Severs’ extravaganza. Alas………….

Throwing carefully-trimmed-and-cut-out paper roses your way.

]]> By: Milo https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/09/29/the-return-of-benjamin-pollock/#comment-1628910 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 09:18:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201143#comment-1628910 Well that was a load of Pollocks. In a good way I hasten to add.

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