Can Rootschat members help? - Lost Teddy Bear 'Seeks' Owner

[tedscout]

Trystan, Is it possible to ask for a photo of the bear as it is now without the photo on his lap.

I am 90% sure it is the same bear, but would like to see his tummy compared to the photo before I committ myself

[KGarrad]

It's not the same bear!

The ears are positioned differently, and the Bristol Airport bear has stripes on his feet?

The bear is on BBC Breakfast this morning.

[Pels.]

I don't know if this has been mentioned but the bears aren't the same.The ears are different & one has a mouth while the other doesn't.
They could be props as with young children who tend to fidget it's a common trick to give them something to hold to keep them still.Any movement would cause blurring.

I still think the bears are different

I was the one who was paying attention, Jim !     

In full agreement, they aren't even related ! 

[tedscout]

I did wonder about the ears - but the profile is different and the ears could have been re sewn. It is over 100 years old. I have bears that the ears have been lost after only 20 years of love.

The stripes on his feet are replacements - problably a younger fabric sewn on later (if you look closely you can see hand stitching that is not original) because the original fabric on the feet wore out. - Can someone identify the fabric please?

If it was Dora's bear and she hugged it often in the way she is in the photo. The same arm has the same wear you would expect to see.

When a bear is made and stuffed, the stitching and stuffing are like a signature.

If one paw is stuffed more than another it will always be bigger. If one leg turns in - it will always turn in. If it has a lobsided neck it will always be that way.

Ohh and Im not called Ted for no reason 

If this bear doesn't find a home he can come and live with me.

[Finley 1]

OK

So lets get down to it:

We need a synopsis... of sorts, cos my head is in a whirl, and I cannot concentrate on what we are looking for.     We wont find the bear in the BMD records however we may hope 

So we need to search for Dora and Glynn (I know lots of you are -  this is really for me to NOTE what I am looking for.)
Well during the burning of the midnight oil, I went through as many records as I could... I have a vague feeling, we must take in Scotland to peruse.  But then that is spreading the search so wide.

So someone who can - please ( ) collate what we actually have deduced so far... cos I'm shot!

 
our twenty pages will be up soon...
xin

[dawnsh]

This story was on BBC Breakfast this morning but it's not available on iplayer.

[tedscout]

This story was on BBC Breakfast this morning but it's not available on iplayer.

 

Even if it was we don't get iplayer in Australia.

If someone taped it - please let me know how I can see it.

[Jane Masri]

Surely someone out there is going to see all this hype & claim the bear & photo Then & only then will we get the full story    At the moment it really is Mission Impossible but an interesting one 
My thoughts turn to Daddie.  He was probably in the army somewhere on the battlefields of Europe.  Did he make it back?
Looking at the photo again I couldn't help but notice that there was a window, which looks genuine, to the right of the picture.  Could this have been taken in their house?  I also get the impression that family are maybe middle class as the children are well dressed & look fit & healthy.  Was Daddie an officer?

Jane

[Emjaybee]

Does anybody know the main flight destinations from Bristol at that time?
If flying from Bristol Wales is close.

MJB