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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Kate Thompson

UK's oldest toy museum to close with enchanting collection fighting for survival

Britain’s oldest toy museum has every vintage toy or game that you can think of – from teddy bears climbing trees to Buzz Lightyear, and even a set of Russian dolls adorned with the faces of Soviet leaders.

But the one thing Pollock’s Toy Museum won’t have shortly, is a home.

This unique ­collection of 7,000 items was housed in a Georgian townhouse full of sloping ­doorways and creaky floorboards in London’s Fitzrovia.

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