Feb 10th is Teddy Bear Day - With Museums and Statues Worldwide

 Teddy Bears And The USA

Teddy bears, named after President Teddy Roosevelt, who, one version of the legendary story goes, was on a bear hunt in 1902 in Mississippi, when he saw a baby bear and declined to shoot. This story has been disputed, but, as the saying goes, why let the truth get in the way of a good story.

In the USA I stayed at the Hotel Colorado, Colardo Springs, in the US state of Colorado, which is Spanish for coloured, where Teddy stayed in 1905 during the incident where he was given a toy bear.  

Paddington Bear in London

In London you can see a statue of Paddington Bear on Paddington station and be photographed alongside.

Photo by ScheWo in Wikipedia under Paddington Bear Statue.

In England you can visit the World Of bears shops.

Teddy Bear Museums

Teddy Bear Museum, Dorchester, Dorset, England

Stratford upon Avon, England, UK - moved elsewhere.

Useful Websites on Bears and Teddy Bears

https://www.milestonesmuseum.org.uk/your-visit/see-do/teddy-bear-museum

https://www.worldofbears.com/product-category/last-chance/?meta[_price

wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_bear_museum

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=bear%20birthday

https://collectinsure.com/2024/05/30/guide-to-teddy-bear-museums-and-accessories-worldwide/

Teddy Bear, USA

https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/culture-and-society/teddy-bear/

Padding Bear, UK

https://paddington-experience.london-tickets.co.uk/

Pooh Bear, E Sussex, UK

https://www.poohcorner.co.uk/

https://www.emp.co.uk/fan-merch/winnie-pooh/

ebay - buy bears

Expect to see teddy bears in toy stores and museums of childhood.

For a bear theme birthday party, DIY, Amazon sells bear balloons, bear paper bags for going home goodies and presents, paper plates and banners with bear themes and cake toppers. 

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Pooh Bear Is Everywhere, UK, USA, Poland, Hong Kong and Shanghai, China

Today I looked up Pooh Bear in Wikipedia. Pooh Bear, a perennial favourite.

A year or two back I went Writers' Summer School in Swanwick in Derbyshire and watched a fascinating presentation by a writer who had traced all the sights in England relating to the books. All around Ahsdown Forest, in Sussex, and other places.

Even if you have never read the books cover to cover, the quotations are memorable and amusing. For example:
'I am a Bear of No Brain at All.’

This time, I was researching on line quotations about fear and courage. I found a Pooh Bear quotation.

“You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

To my surprise and delight I found two lovely memorials to the characters in the stories.

Winnie the Pooh is based on a bear from Winnipeg which ended up in London zoo, England.

Statue of the bear in Winniepeg, USA.

Plaque in Winnie the Pooh street in Warsaw, Poland. Ulica is Polish for street.

Winne the Pooh attractions are in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Now Disney sells toys and other items. I have a Winnie The Pooh pencil from a set. You can buy hat, tee shirts, shoes, socks, toys, books, tote bags, blankets, ipad sleeves and more.

Hallmark has travel mugs, birthday cards and more.

Kathryn Aalto
 Book The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood (2015)

Useful Websites

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wooden_Pooh_and_friends.jpg

http://www.ashdownforest.org/winnie-the-pooh/pooh.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Many_Adventures_of_Winnie_the_Pooh_(attraction)

https://www.shopdisney.com/movies-shows/disney/winnie-the-pooh/

https://www.hallmark.com/winnie-the-pooh/

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