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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English's Fish Restaurant, Brighton, England

 English's Restaurant has been a  famuly owned and run restaurant serving fish in seaside Brighton for decades. More than fifty years ago my husband used to be taken by his mother down to Brighton for the weekend and they ate in English's.

 She was a chatty lady, a regular customer. she told us that one day the manager confided in her, "Don't tell anybody else, but my chefs and cooks are Chinese. They are all excellent cooks."  That was then, but a story which still amuses my family.

The restaurant has tables outside in the lanes, an area of narrow streets and historic buildings and lots of restaurants and outdoor tables, with colourful flowers everywhere, even in sunny September.

English

English's had two entrances, one which says Oyster bar. The everyday food of years ago is the modern world's rarity and delicacy. 

We ate in the restaurant on the left.

We started with an English sparkling whiite wine, to go with our white fish. I ordered plaice.

The diners at the next table had shellfish which I could not try because I am allergic to them.

Toilet and Table

The toilet is down about four stairs, but plenty to cling onto. 

We four sat in a secluded window seat, at an oblong table, with a nook for my handbag off the floor. The table was small enough for cosy, friendly chatting of the four of us friends.

We had attentive service from an agreeable young lady who, when she could not answer all our barrage of questions, said, 'I shall find out for you.'

We had been concerned by reports that the restaurant was going to be sold. However, replying to my husband's anxious follow-up email, the current owner assured us that he had decided to continue the business.

If you are easily frightened by prices, admire English's as you pass by, and save up for a special occasion. Brighton is full of eating places at all prices. English's was a quiet refuge. Outside, the streets were thronging with weird and wonderfully dressed people, strolling or dining, with long orange hair, or short pink hair, multi-colour hair, young and old, English and foreign, on a sunny Saturday.

Useful Websites and addresses

Warning of the week for travellers: seagulls

 

University of Sussex campus, England. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Seagulls watching at Brighton

. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. 

You can protect yourself with an umbrella. 

You could protect property with shiny objects such as CDs.

One seagull put white poop on our car when we stopped briefly.  

Useful Websites

https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/wildlife/birds/gulls

https://birdaware.org/solent/gulls-by-the-sea-but-thats-not-a-seagull/