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A multi-story wooden dolls house with painted details and miniature furniture, displayed behind glass near a wicker chair.

Muriel Lloyd’s dolls house (RGL2024)

Manor Court, Grange Road

History of Manor Court

1939 Manor Court

(7)

Jessie Lloyd, b 1866, private means

Muriel E H Lloyd, b 1893, unpaid historial research, enrolled in WVS

Lilian A Woodbine, b 1895, cook housekeeper, enrolled in WVS


In 1940 Muriel Lloyd donated her dolls house to the Folk Museum. Muriel herself seems to have been living in Disley, Cheshire when she was 7 years old (1901 census). In 1945 she is living in Castle camps, at Hill Top Cot.

A miniature dollhouse exterior features a standing female doll near steps, with a dining table, chairs, and toy food below.

Miniature newspaper, bowl of bread rolls, and metal tongs arranged on a dark wooden dollhouse table.

Muriel Lloyd’s dolls house (RGL2024)

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