"Toy soldiers at Wallington." Topic
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| TWD6968 | 20 Oct 2013 12:19 p.m. PST |
Over the summer I visited the National Trust owned Walington
link They have a large collection of late 19th century toy soldiers.
I took some poor quality pictures and have now added them and an explanation to my blog:
link |
| fred12df | 20 Oct 2013 12:33 p.m. PST |
They are some very nice figures – and displayed nicely. I too found it hard to get a decent photo of them. And now can't even found the average ones I took, which included the kreigspeil tokens. |
| Yesthatphil | 22 Oct 2013 12:59 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the post  ! ASlways glad to see this sort of thing … Phil |
| Challenger | 14 Nov 2013 3:39 a.m. PST |
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John GrahamLeigh  | 15 Nov 2013 2:55 a.m. PST |
Yes, terrific stuff. George, the youngest of the three brothers, became a distinguished historian as G M Trevelyan; the eldest was a politician and Labour minister under Ramsay Macdonald; the second was a poet. Just shows what youthful wargaming can do for one's career prospects. |
| Peter Constantine | 18 Nov 2013 2:15 p.m. PST |
Just shows what youthful wargaming can do for one's career prospects …not to mention being born into the aristocracy and having the benefit of an education at Harrow and Cambridge. |
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