Sue Pearson's

This is Fredbear sitting in the snow in my garden. He arrived at my home two years ago. He had been the childhood companion of a lovely lady, Joan Merritt.

Joan and Fred used to visit Hugglets show together a few years ago, Fred wearing his sailor suit and carrying a small black umbrella. She would always come and talk to me and because she was elderly she worried about who would care for Fred when she passed away, and therefore asked me if I would adopt him when the time came.

Having forgotten about him I was surprised when he arrived in a parcel accompanied by a letter from Joan’s niece saying her Aunt had instructed her to pass the bear on to me for safe keeping. He arrived wearing the sailor suit also a pair of pyjamas and another jacket.

Fred is an early German bear from around 1915, and is a great character, and settled in well with my other bears.