A Right Good Brewster

 This little bear from the 1980's is called Brewster.

I'm guessing that he's a marketing item from Brewers Fayre but I don't know.

I'm as perplexed as my funny apple.

Brewster lives in a little nifty tin box.

Do you know Brewster?

HOUSES FOR DOLLS AND TEDS

 Doll's houses have been a feature this Spring.

My Missus is putting together a Teddy room in a suitcase for our Granddaughter.

Those tiny teddies are really hard to find.

The blue bed is made from lolly sticks.

Visiting Cartwright Hall gallery last month I snapped this old doll's house.

Here it is from the rear, together with spooky effects!

and I loved this, a large Moorish toy house made of wood all stacked up on a wheeled cart!

Gorgeous.

Is there a doll's house in your life?

Brewster in a Tin

We picked up this second hand ted in a tin for the Granddaughter.

He's called Brewster and I kinda like the little fella. Undated, it says Brewster's on his label. It looks a few years old.

Is that a pub chain, Brewster's?

Did you have a favourite ted?

HANGING ON!

 

My Missus is flogging an old sloth.

Its a cute toy fella wanting a new home.

The local Marketplace is where he's hanging.

Lots of people are contacting the Missus and saying yes to slothy but they never show up!

What's going on?

TEDS, TEDDIES, BEARANDAS AND EDWARDS

 Teddy's have always been big with kids.

We had Tingha and Tucker this morning courtesy of Century 21 licensing and Gerry Anderson's organisation had more too, namely the Bearandas who drove Stripey the mini and ran the magic toyshop in Candy/ Candy and Andy comics and Annuals. 

Just 9d every Wednesday!

Did you have anything to do with Candy and Andy or Tingha and Tucker?

Among countless telly bears here's one I never knew, Teddy Edward, a neat play of words as Teddy is already an Edward. here's an annual I've just freecycled to someone from 1975. By Christmas 1975 I was 15 and dreaming of cuddling girls, not teddies!

Did you know Teddy Edward?

And maybe a much more famous telly teddy is SuperTed, the welsh bear. We used to watch it on S4C in the early 80's with our one year old daughter when we lived across from Puffin Island.

Superted is making a comeback this year by all accounts and his spotty friend too.

Do you remember SuperTed?

Just what is the universal appeal of teddy bears readers? Do you know?

Did you have a teddy?

BEAR ESSENTIALS

I can't say there's ever been a special bear in my life. At least none that I am aware of.

Of course, I loved TV and film bears like Rupert, Pooh, Baloo, Paddington and Issi Noho [can't remember what that was short for].

Toys eluded me.

I very nearly got hold of a toy Paddington like this about 15 years ago but the deal fell through.

Paddington Bear, the great literary creation of the late Michael Bond, was made into a toy by no less than Jeremy Clerkson's Mum down the road from Moonbase in Doncaster!

I did get hold of a Teddy Ruxpin mint in box from a mixed lot that came in when I was a full time Ebayer. It was an animated Teddy with a cassette player in its back I think. I remember it sold well circa 2005. Made in the 1980's it must have been a very early animated toy.

Talking of Ebaying I once picked up a Sooty glove puppet at a car boot sale. Having listed it on the bay it was snapped up by an Ebayer called I am The Real Sooty! I just hope I didn't actually sell the Real Sooty as it went for a song!

Oddly enough there was a Sooty Museum in Shipley about an hour away from Moonbase. It closed down around 2011.

Was or is there a toy bear in your life readers?