tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post7994335462648372291..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Big Dolly, by Leslie WilsonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-52538458206522997112016-12-24T10:11:47.889+00:002016-12-24T10:11:47.889+00:00How lovely to be able to trace the family history ...How lovely to be able to trace the family history through some of the worst and best times of 80 years through a doll.AnnPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12336938252996563422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16590743408256427572016-12-23T22:08:35.345+00:002016-12-23T22:08:35.345+00:00Lovely doll, and what a life story!Lovely doll, and what a life story!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-11297515691130359512016-12-23T11:48:11.474+00:002016-12-23T11:48:11.474+00:00Oh, no, she doesn't smoke! But I don't min...Oh, no, she doesn't smoke! But I don't mind her having a namesake who is just as you describe..I mean, I see what you mean. Or she could be a Southern States matriarch, like 'Big Mama.' I think schnapps would be her idea of fun, rather than stout. What I don't know is what my mother called her. She said once that she was 'Big Dolly' to her, too, but 'Grosse Puppe', doesn't somehow roll off the tongue. My mother had a terrible memory, so maybe she'd just forgotten.<br />I suppose it's possible though that she, and my teddy bears, and the balding kangaroo-fur koala and the now whiskerless (and earless) grey cat Whiskers, are up to all kinds of things behind my back, regardless of their innocent faces. And marshalling hordes of Lego minions to do their bidding. Shall reflect on this.Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-68042311226682847612016-12-23T10:30:37.915+00:002016-12-23T10:30:37.915+00:00Beautiful and fascinating post, Leslie. No wonder ...Beautiful and fascinating post, Leslie. No wonder you treasure your doll. It's a miracle that she's survived.<br /><br />'Big Dolly' does sound like the matriach of a crime family, though. I imagine her sitting at a kitchen table with a cigarette and a glass of stout in front of her.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com