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Benjamin Pollock's Toyshop

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This independently owned Covent Garden shop carries on in the tradition of its founder and namesake, who sold "theatrical sheets" for toy theaters from the mid-19th century to his death in 1937. Robert Louis Stevenson was a fan who wrote, "If you love art, folly, or the bright eyes of children, speed to Pollock's." Old-fashioned and magical toy theaters are the main stock in trade, but nostalgic puppets, mechanical toys, and zoetropes are also available.

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