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Laura's Doll Hospital

I repair and restore antique, vintage and modern dolls. Please see my website for more information.

14/03/2026

Often what's trickier than repairing broken dolls is undoing other people's botched repairs. Suzella is a gorgeous unmarked Roddy doll and she arrived with some seriously crazy eyes that had been glued in! She's looking much more like herself after a thorough clean, having some better eyes fitted, and a new outfit.

12/03/2026

This is Mimi. She was another doll hospital 'emergency' as she belongs to an autistic little girl who loves her very much. She's been cleaned; she's had her heel repaired and her matted hair detangled; and she has some new shoes and socks (plus a set of spares!).

10/03/2026

I had a lot of fun restringing and dressing this 1960s/70s Sebino Singer 'Golden Princess' doll.

08/03/2026

Black dolls of the 1950s were often named Topsy (after a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin), Boko (after the surviving Siamese twin), or Mandy Lou/Cindy Lou/Mary Lou (as sold by Pedigree). This one is a Topsy. She came to me for a repair to her arm, re-fixing of her voice box, and restringing.

06/03/2026

I cleaned and sewed up this little baby doll in rather a hurry after a very tearful goodbye from her two-year-old owner. This is a 1980s Lissi Batz doll. They're always good quality and were designed to be repairable, which some dolls definitely are not!

04/03/2026

This is Sophie. As you can see, she was in a bad way! Her poor hair had to go as the moths had eaten away at it. Her restoration was an incredibly thoughtful gift from a husband to his wife.

01/03/2026

Another soft-bodied vintage doll cleaned and refreshed now that she's being loved by a new generation. This one is known as Dolly Annabelle.

27/02/2026

Susie is a little 1950s Rosebud baby. Sadly, her plastic has begun to deteriorate, but nonetheless she's been cleaned and patched up, ready for her owner to knit some new clothes.

21/02/2026

I love it when my customers are current little girls as well as grown-ups. Here is Dolly, all clean with her body sewn up and her hair detangled, and a new outfit as well.

18/02/2026

Another 1960s Tiny Tears cleaned up with new eyes. I meet so many of these! They were very popular and clearly very much loved.

16/02/2026

A 1970s Pedigree 'Chuckles' doll cleaned up with a new foam insert and her eyes repaired.

14/02/2026

These lovely unmarked Roddy dolls from the late '50s and '60s can be girls or boys. Billy is sometimes a boy and sometimes a girl, depending on who's playing with him/her! Cleaned up now with a new pair of eyes and some natural colour on the lips.

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Southampton

Website

https://www.laurasdollhospital.co.uk/

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