{"id":46877,"date":"2018-11-26T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T16:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=46877"},"modified":"2021-02-11T17:23:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T00:23:20","slug":"vintage-toy-store-a-popular-destination-on-kensington-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2018\/11\/26\/vintage-toy-store-a-popular-destination-on-kensington-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage toy store a popular destination on Kensington Road"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome wagon<\/strong>: Some friendly stuffed animals look over Kensington Road N.W. inside Livingstone and Cavell Extraordinary Toys. (Photo by Olena Yavny\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

F<\/span>ounded in 1992 by museum professionals Edward Cavell and Donna Livingstone, Livingstone and Cavell Extraordinary Toys has developed into a delightful destination on Kensington Road N.W.<\/p>\n

C<\/span>avell and Livingstone are married, and over the years have created an impressive toy collection.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of them hoarding a multitude of classic and vintage toys at home, they decided to open up a toy store,” said Neil Lalonade, who has worked in the store for four years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe store exist because they like to accumulate things.\u201d<\/p>\n

The store\u2019s toys are imported from around the world, attracting a wide range of customers, from children to serious toy collectors.<\/p>\n

Livingstone and Cavell Extraordinary Toys carries vintage wooden toys, wind-up toys, classic puzzles, vintage dolls and hand-made collectors\u2019 items.<\/p>\n

More than half the people who come here who are older are buying the toys for themselves, said Lalonade.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeventy per cent of our revenue is in November and December and most of the toys are being gifted to an adult or elder,\u201d said Lalonade.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an immense demand for higher-end toys, gag gifts and young children\u2019s toys.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the most enduring categories of vintage and antique toys is toys that move, pull toys, or wheeled toys powered by the user, according to collectorsweekly.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

Prior to opening up the store, Cavell has done historical photography work in Canada for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n

He was the photography curator for the Whyte Museum in Banff and has published seven illustrated history books.<\/p>\n

His most popular book, Rocky Mountain Madness, is on display at the toy store and is available for purchase.<\/p>\n

Cavell and Livingstone were both residents of Banff for over 25 years before Livingstone’s career brought her to Calgary.<\/p>\n

The story has a great appeal to it. – Anthony Garcia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Livingstone was appointed president and CEO of the Glenbow Museum in May, 2013, a post she still holds.<\/p>\n

She has previously served as director of the University of Calgary Press, and executive director of the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre and Planetarium in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe store has a great appeal to it. As a serious toy collector, I have found a lot of toys, trinkets and vintage prank toys there,\u201d said Anthony Garcia.<\/p>\n

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Dougly the Dragon: A stuffed toy dragon sits front and centre inside Livingstone and Cavell Extraordinary Toys, at 1124 Kensington Road N.W. in Calgary. (Photo by Olena Yavny\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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