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Teddy bear and doll repair in the East of England

4 businesses say they are in the East of England, in Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. 2 say you can hand it over in person.

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Where they are

Abbots Langley, Battlesbridge, Mundesley and Sproughton.

What kind of business

Two doll hospitals, two plush specialists.

Getting it to them

Two take work in person, one takes it by post, two do not say how. Ring before you drive anywhere.

What they say they do

Two say they repair joints. Two replace eyes and noses. One rebuilds badly damaged pieces.

Prices they publish

  • Ted's Bears: Eyes single, from £12

One of four publish a price for the work. The rest quote after they have seen it.

Essex

  • Doll and Teddy Hospital at Bridgebarn

    A doll and teddy hospital inside an antiques centre at Battlesbridge, with trained staff and the facilities for ceramic and porcelain as well as fabric. Restuffing, restitching, and a repair you walk in with rather than post.

    No post-free route stated

    Battlesbridge

    you can hand it over

Hertfordshire

  • Ted's Bears

    A shop on the high street in Abbots Langley that sells vintage bears and runs a teddy bear hospital, with a postal repair service as well. They publish an itemised price list covering eyes, paw pads, cotterpin joints, ears, noses, cleaning, several types of stuffing, growlers and squeakers, with bigger jobs like head, hole and facial repairs quoted individually.

    23 High Street, Abbots Langley, WD5 0AA07968 491164Tedsbears@mail.com

    Abbots Langley

    you can hand it over, takes it by post

Norfolk

  • Margaret's Doll World

    A one-woman doll restoration business in Norfolk that also takes teddies and other old soft toys. The work listed is re-stuffing, new eyes and ears, mending holes, new growlers and new arm and leg pads, and no prices or turnaround times are published.

    4 Church Lane, Norwich, NR11 8FB, England01263 721303margaret@margaretsdollworld.co.uk

    Mundesley

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

Suffolk

  • The SHED Suffolk

    A 1940s-style tearoom and shop in Sproughton, near Ipswich, which lists a Teddy Bear Hospital as one of its sections. Nothing on the pages we have says what repair work is taken on or how you hand a toy in, so you would have to ring and ask.

    1a High Street, Sproughton, IP8 3AF01473 748519

    Sproughton

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

Everywhere, including the East of England

National, with a counter in most towns.

Or post it to one of these

19 more businesses in the UK say they take work by post. Of the 194 we have read, 2 say anything about insuring your item while it is with them. Insure the parcel yourself, both ways.