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Many thanks for your post. I am delighted that we are well on the way to finding out a lot more about these special dolls houses.

The email address provided by 'jeffrey' above has been noted (and deleted from the above so as not to generate spam)

Herewith the pictures of the Dolls House mentioned above.

We have received the following email from Queensland, Australia:

Hello---I was fascinated to see a photo of the little dolls house. Royal Lodge - The Little House
My sister and I were given one (exactly the same) at Christmas 1946 when we were six and seven years of age. This happened just prior to us leaving England for Malaya.
Our little house has had a chequered career and has travelled widely... My memory of that Xmas morning was one of pure delight as it had its own battery powered lights and parents woke us up early to see it all lit up.
We do not know of its history unfortunately. Our father was Welsh and I suspect it was given to us out of sentimental reasons. When we grew up it passed on to nieces and nephews (alternately being used as a farm shed, parking garage etc). Eventually it came back to my sister where her grandson delighted in its use and now my grand-daughter has the house. Her mother is endeavouring to renovate it back to its original interior/exterior and would love to be able to share ideas/knowledge.
I am pretty certain that the house originated either in Wales or north country --- we have family in both areas and one who has only recently moved out of Macclesfield.

Sally from sunny Queensland, Australia

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If anyone would like to contact Sally about her Dolls House, please email editor@thamesweb.co.uk and we will pass on the message or you would be welcome to post your comments or questions here.

15th May 2009

I too have a dolls house which is like the little house given to the Royal children. Mine was given to me by my parents in the 1950s and as far as I know it was new then so I was its first owner. It has a chimney pot on the roof which is loose, pebbledash walls and the whole of the front of the house opens in the middle on hinges. There are four rooms but sadly no bathroom.

There is a space inside the roof at the back with a small hatch to place batteries for the lights in the house. Sadly I have lost almost all its original furniture over the years. It is difficult to buy ready made dolls house furniture for it as they need to be larger. My dolls house has a label - 'Triang' on the back of the house.

My parents lived in Chesterfield, Derbyshire so it was probably purchased from nearby, perhaps from Redgate Toys, unless it came from London.

I do hope this helps - I was intrigued to see a photograph of an apparently identical dolls house on your website.

Yours sincerely

Jenny [by email]