The 101-year-old who created a dolls' house museum with her childhood toys
When the family did settle again, the toys were put in the attic and not seen again for decades.Val said: "We thought they were all gone. But after our mother died in 1977, my sister Pam and I discovered all our toys in their pre-war crates. It was so emotional, I can't tell you."With a pristine collection of vintage toys, Val and her sister decided to expand their collection and share it with others.
- ▪When the family did settle again, the toys were put in the attic and not seen again for decades.Val said: "We thought they were all gone.
- ▪But after our mother died in 1977, my sister Pam and I discovered all our toys in their pre-war crates.
- ▪It was so emotional, I can't tell you."With a pristine collection of vintage toys, Val and her sister decided to expand their collection and share it with others.
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The 101-year-old who created a dolls' house museum with her childhood toys<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Finding a doll's house lost in WWIIByLucy OwenBBC WalesPublished7 August 2026Updated 2 hours agoVal Ripley may be 101 but she still enjoys playing with dolls' houses.She was given her first by her parents when she was eight, in Christmas 1932, and remembers waking up and seeing a huge parcel all wrapped up."I remember thinking…
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