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unusual facts about Beecroft's Toys


Beecroft's Toys

David Beecroft, the last hereditary owner along with his wife Sue, was recently interviewed by an historian at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for the Museum of Childhood Toy Project.


Alex Beecroft

Beecroft was born in Northern Ireland and grew up in the Peak District.

Arden Anglican School

The pre-school and primary School are situated in a bushland setting in Beecroft near Beecroft railway station on Wongala Crescent, while the secondary school is located 200 m from Epping railway station, in the suburb of Epping.

Brigit Forsyth

Forsyth's television work includes Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, as Thelma (1973–74); The Glamour Girls (1980-82), as Veronica Haslett; Tom, Dick and Harriet (1983) as Harriet Maddison; The Practice, as Dr. Judith Vincent (1986); Sharon and Elsie, as Elsie Beecroft (1984–85); Dark Season (1991), as Miss Maitland; and Boon (ITV, 1989), as Helen Yeldham.

Graham Beecroft

In 2006, Beecroft had an on-air row with former presenter Jon Gaunt on talkSPORT, after pointing out that two of Gaunt's three Sony awards were not won by him personally.

Norma Beecroft

During the 1970s, Beecroft was busy working as a freelance radio producer, notably creating numerous documentaries for CBC Radio on Canadian composers like Jean Coulthard, Harry Freedman, Bruce Mather, Barbara Pentland, Harry Somers, Gilles Tremblay, and John Weinzweig among others.


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