When she left Coggeshall in November 2007 she donated the dolls house to the museum with the hope that others would enjoy it too.
The house was only sparsely furnished by the museum with the hope of adding more items when funds permitted.
Mrs Sylvia Overnell, a volunteer at the museum and a member of the Coggeshall Dolls House Club, suggested to the club that they might take on the furnishing of the house and over 2009/2010 made mats, curtains, bedding, furniture, pictures, kitchen items, in fact everything that was needed. In August 2010 the ladies came to the museum to put the final touches to the house and pose for a group photograph in front of the house.
The house is furnished in Edwardian style and everyone at the museum is very grateful to the ladies for making it look so splendid and it is already attracting admiration from many of the visitors to the museum.
See a message from the ladies of the club further down the page.
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The dolls house in the museum |
'Goodies' doll's house shop in East Street, 2005 |
The building was once the home of Mr Francis Cade, Coggeshall's registrar and Parish Relieving Officer
In the middle part of the 20th century the building housed the shoe shop and repair business of Freddie Tilbrook
