Toad Hall Kids Hoodies

Find yourself someone who looks at you the way Toad looks at a motor car!

On his retirement from the Bank of England in 1908, Kenneth Grahame returned to Blewbury in Berkshire, the county in which he had grown up. In October that year he published The Wind in the Willows, a novel for children featuring an array of anthropomorphic characters, including Rat (a water vole), Mole, Toad, and Badger. Toad lives in a house on the edge of the River Bank, Toad Hall. Grahame's description of Toad Hall is sparse: "a handsome, dignified old house of mellowed red brick, with well-kept lawns reaching down to the water's edge".

Toad Hall Annual Passholder

J. Thaddeus Toad, Esquire, loves cars. Some might say he loves them a bit too much...

Mr. Toad's Taxi Service

Toad Hall 482 Castro Street San Francisco, California 94114 opened on May 28, 1971, Memorial Day weekend, named Toad Hall after the home of one of the characters from Kenneth Grahame’s 1908 children’s book The Wind in the Willows, an awkward character who never felt at ease with the other characters – a nod to the homosexual undertones some believe the book to have, and, because of the toadstool on the bar’s shingle, perhaps also to psilocybin mushrooms. Jason Phillips, a local artist, painted a mural depicting Toad’s adventures that was hung on the wall behind the bar.

Wherever we go, we go merrily!

The Die-Hards and Comeuppance-Bringers of the Riverbank… Vengeance Be Our Croak! "The world has held great heroes as history books have showed, but never a name to go down to fame compared with that of Toad!"

This car was used in an open air theatre production of Wind in the Willows

Are you fancy? Do you live in a mansion and have a fondness for bow ties and ascots? Do you also LOVE cars? You might be Wild like Mr. Toad!

Two good friend's enjoying the scenery! A depiction of Mole and the water rat from The Wind in The Willows.

Watercolor painting of Toad of Toad hall from Kenneth Grahame's 1908 classic, The Wind in the Willows. A fantastic gift idea for lover of classic literature.

Ink illustration of two good friend from Kenneth Grahame's 1908 classic The Wind in the Willows! Great gift for fans of wholesome fine art!

Digital illustration depicting a scene from Kenneth Grahame's classic, The Wind in the Willows. Inspired by the scene in which mole gets himself lost in the snowy wild woods. Great gift for fans of wholesome fine art!

Ink illustration of two good friend from Kenneth Grahame's 1908 classic The Wind in the Willows! Great gift for fans of wholesome fine art!

Ink sketch of Mole from Kenneth Grahame's classic, The Wind in the Willows Great gift for fans of wholesome fine art!

A drawing of everyone's favorite mischievous amphibian from Kenneth Grahame's 1908 classic, The Wind in the Willows. A fantastic gift idea for lover of classic literature.

Watercolour and ink illustration depicting Mr Badger from Kenneth Grahame's the Wind in the Willows. A fantastic gift idea for fans of classic literature.