The next year, at little at a time, I bought the remaining thimbles from Birchcroft. By that time, many of the original thimbles that had been there were gone. In one final desperate buying spree, I bought all the ones I didn’t have yet--all at once. Although it seemed like a lot, and the amount of “buildings” I received was enormous, it was still not extremely expensive. By the next Christmas, Thimble City
And then there was Thimble County
