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1963
Artist/Maker
EMI Records

Tales of Toytown was a popular book created by Sydney George Hulme Beaman (1887-1932) and published in England in 1928. It had a popular cast of characters including Larry the Lamb and Dennis the Dachshund. Tales of Toytown is the book which resulted in a hugely popular run on BBC Radio in the late 1920s and early 1930s as part of the Children's Hour series. This LP record entitled 'Stories from Toytown' was recorded in 1963 and shows how popular the Toytown stories remained from when they first became a radio series in the 1920s.


Object details

Category
Children & Childhood
Object type
Record
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Record
  • Record Sleeve
  • Record Cover
Brief description
LP record of 'Stories from Toytown', by EMI Records in 1963
Physical description
Vinyl record with paper sleeve and cardbaord sleeve for 'Stories from Toytown ' vinyl LP record.
Credit line
Given by Deborah Jaffé
Summary
Tales of Toytown was a popular book created by Sydney George Hulme Beaman (1887-1932) and published in England in 1928. It had a popular cast of characters including Larry the Lamb and Dennis the Dachshund. Tales of Toytown is the book which resulted in a hugely popular run on BBC Radio in the late 1920s and early 1930s as part of the Children's Hour series. This LP record entitled 'Stories from Toytown' was recorded in 1963 and shows how popular the Toytown stories remained from when they first became a radio series in the 1920s.
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.256:1 to 3-2009

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Record createdMarch 2, 2010
Record URL
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