Teddy Bear on 1911 census

[Guest]

Thought this very funny this family have a daughter Daisy aged 6 and underneath the family names is a Teddy Bear Boarder aged 6 months single born Germany occupation In pleasing Daisy

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2352/rg14_07196_0245_03/40107495?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

[bubblebelle]

That's lovely, interesting that they all work for a magazine.

[Guest]

I knew Stanleys Son thats why I was looking at this ,Stanley ended up working for The Times as a War Office Photographer
I wonder as the Bear was German was he a Steiff?

[lennon2011]

Aww it's certainly different isn't it?

[Guest]

I think its wonderful the sense of humour they must have had , unlike my husband I showed him this he didn't even smile?

[Janet in Yorkshire]

As someone with a house filled with huggles of teddy bears, I LOVE this census return, so thanks for posting, Val.

As it was 1911, I would think the odds are very much on that teddy was a Steiff. English teddy making was still very much in its infancy. Quite a lot of the Steiff German bears of that era were made using English mohair, so I am informed by my teddy bear encyclopaedia!

Jay

[Guest]

Lovely

[herky]

I love this as a big fan of all bears - real and stuffed.
Thanks for posting.

[Guest]

pleased it made other people smile I thought it was wonderful, wondered if Daisy said have you put Teddy on there? he does live here.

[bubblebelle]

Yes, most likely a Steiff. Hermann bears, the other main German manufacturer, started in about 1912, just googled to check, Shuco were later again.

[Guest]

wonder what happened to it , would be worth a fortune now

[Felix]

Thanks for posting Val, this has made me smile on a Saturday morning. :o

[Ann Bentley]

This is such an informative forum isn't it? I never knew before that the that the collective noun for a group of teddy bears was a Huggle.
Thank you for that!

[margaretmarch]

Thanks for posting! lovely bit of humour and informative in terms of teddy bear facts

Margaret

[Chrissie Smiff]

pleased it made other people smile I thought it was wonderful, wondered if Daisy said have you put Teddy on there? he does live here.

Thanks for posting this Val, and I think you may have guessed the reason he is on there. What lovely parents Daisy must have had

[Guest]

isn't Huggle so appropiate for Teddies, I dont know anything about the rest of the family but Stanleys Son turned out to be a lovely man.

[Janet in Yorkshire]

I don't think for a minute that "huggles" is the official collective noun for a group of teddies, and I'm sorry if I've given this impression.
When I was teaching, I regularly did a "teddy bear" week with my class and took all of my teddy gang in to meet the children. It was two of the children who once described them as a huggle of teddies - as a staff, we loved the word for its appropriateness and I'm afraid it just became part of our "in crowd" vocabulary. I think its describes beautifully the special bond between teddies and their owner and I used the word in my post without thinking. So apologies, there was no intention to deceive, its just the way I now think and talk about teddy bears.

Jay

[Guest]

just been googling and it says a Group of Teddy Bears are called ?? a Hug which is not a lot different to what you said Janet

[lennon2011]

Wonder if this is your little friend?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LITTLE-GIRL-WITH-TEDDY-BEAR-OLD-REAL-PHOTO-POSTCARD-ref-6328-14-/111467588210

[Guest]

thats a lovely photo Sarah you never know ?