Oh! Now you might have started something, TC! I have a lot of bears etc... my oldest one is a 1968 Dean's golden bear, his stitching came apart one day and his head fell off. That was when I discovered that he is stuffed with sawdust (which is why he isn't a cuddly bear!) and his head has a huge spike on it that sticks down into the sawdust - it's about 4" long and wickedly sharp. You could do someone a mischief with it! I had to have his head stitched back on to keep him safe. He is called Edward Dean, and sports a snazzy red waistcoat that my mother made him, and a nifty ribbon and bow from round a box of choc's which he wears as a bow tie!
I did have two older bears, one from when I was a baby which was red and green and had a growler, and the other was my dad's when he was little, but they were both lost when my parents separated in 1975. No idea where they disappeared to. :boohoo: Dad's was very like your Chiltern bear but his was threadbare having been hugged a lot!
