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| Bad Taste Bears - How did THAT happen!! | |
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With a 21st Century twist on the Teddy Bear came the Bad Taste Bears .... What started out as a simple collection of illustrations has now grown into a ‘must have’ product that is currently taking the UK’s collectable gift market by storm.
Find out how the Bad Taste Bears began, here .... Read More... | |
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| Dean's - Britain's Oldest Teddy Bear Manufacturer | |
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Over almost 300 years, from book publishing to rag books, photograph and postcard albums to cut-out doll sheets, kites, blow-up toys and rag dolls....
Read about the founding of The Dean's Company and their journey to the world of Teddy Bears here... Read More... | |
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| Gund's History | |
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Founded in 1898 by German immigrant Adolph Gund, they are the oldest soft toy company in the United States and among the first to produce Teddy Bears .....
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| Merrythought's History | |
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Established in 1930, Merrythought's history provides us with a fascinating insight into early 19th Century England - a period of considerable industrial change and development.... Read More... | |
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| Paddington Bear's History. | |
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Paddington is a bear who usually wears a duffle coat, a rather shapeless hat and, on occasions, Wellington boots. Many people also know that his favourite food is marmalade and that he orginally comes from Darkest Peru.
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| Russ Berrie's History | |
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At 22 years old, Russ Berrie took a sales position with a toy company in Chicago, Illinois and finding that he enjoyed the toy and gift business, he decided to make it his career.
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| Steiff - About Margarete Steiff | |
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Born in Giengen in 1847, the third of four children, Margarete was a very lively, well-built child until she became ill with polio at the early age of 1½. She was destined never to walk again and to be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
Read all about Margarete Steiff's life and work here... Read More... | |
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| Steiff - the 'Button in Ear' | |
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Steiff's trademark "Button in Ear", in use since 1904, has only received minor changes over the years but these were sufficient to offer today's Steiff collectors a means of determining an approximate date of manufacture.
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| Teddy's Origin's | |
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The first jointed bear was designed in October 1902 by Richard Steiff, the first of Margarete Steiff’s nephews to join her now successful toy company producing many designs of animals, including bears. The new jointed bear design was shown at the Leipzig Toy Fair in 1903, but ......
Have you ever wondered how he came to be called the "Teddy" Bear?
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