Hi all the summer solstice has already passed the days are getting shorter and the bears are now booked up till mid November! So if you are thinking of having your bear repaired in time for christmas please book very soon to avoid disappointment, the last available booking will be the 9th December. If your […]
After Life Bears These beautiful four Teddy bears arrived for repairs it was by personal delivery so we were enjoying a chat when this lovely customer said “I don’t have anyone to pass them on too”. This got me thinking I consulted with a few professionals and I have created a new informal service called. […]
This lovely old Chiltern had a lot of damage to his head and one arm was a lot shorter than the other. He is 86 years old and as I started work on his head, as I did it began to split I started to darn it but another split appeared as the cloth had […]
I have been on a course at Edible Acre which is a local market garden here in Dorset It was a wonderful learning experience for me as i use a lot of staining in my work using Turmeric, Tea and Coffee and I wanted to be able to create a lot more shades of colour […]
I have not stopped fixing bears since the BBC story broke and I have done some lovely bears. We have had a few in that have been badly attacked by moths so i have been advising people to use moth repellent papers that you put in your draws with clothes, these work well pop Ted […]
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What an exciting day we have had with Kate from BBC South filming in my workshop/kitchen with me repairing a lovely old bear and then the arrival of Sue and Graham to collect their three old bears that i had repaired for them as they wanted to give them back to each other as christmas […]
