Thirlbeck House

This is my Dad with the very first dollhouse in my world. I found it under a bush at a friend’s house, they were going to take it to the rubbish tip!!!! I begged Dad when he picked me up to let me have it. We went home in my mum’s little Renault and came back in his big blue Plymouth and fitted my ‘Thirlbeck’ in the back seat.
Dad put a new roof on, carpeted and wallpapered and my cousin put lights in for me! Thirty years later Thirlbeck had a renovation with new wallpaper, a bathroom and kitchen added and it was sat upon a library and museum. I hope others see it as it is in my imagination. My kitty sat in there out of my reach and destroyed the second floor in the museum which had a second renovation. I think I always do better the second time around anyway.

Dad passed away but before he died he bought a bunch of mini dogs from a bargain shop for me and mum gave them to me on my birthday, a few days after his death. It was my best birthday present, picturing my big dad with his fumbling fingers choosing tiny dogs for my dollhouse. Of course they all live in 'Thirlbeck', and the memory still makes me smile