Pollock's Toy Museum, Scala Street W1 - geograph

Old playing cards at Pollock's Toy Museum 2009

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, England. The museum was started in 1956 in a single attic room at 44 Monmouth Street, near Covent Garden. As the enterprise flourished, other rooms were taken over for the museum and the ground floor became a toyshop. By 1969 the collection had outgrown the Monmouth Street premises and Pollock's Toy Museum moved to 1 Scala Street, with a museum shop on the ground floor to contribute to its support. The museum continues today to be run by the grandson of the founder Marguerite Fawdry.

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Behind the Scenes at the Pollocks Toy Theatre Shop Factory Workshop
- Photo documentary by John Vickers from the late 1940s Toy museums in England Museums established in 1956 Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Camden Museums in the London Borough of Camden 1956 establishments in England {{UK-museum-stub

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