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Teddy bear and doll repair in London

5 businesses say they are in London. 5 say you can hand it over in person.

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Where they are

Leyton, London and Walthamstow, London. One more does not name a town.

What kind of business

Two dry cleaners, one alterations shop, one restoration specialist, one plush specialist.

Getting it to them

Five take work in person, two take it by post. Ring before you drive anywhere.

What they say they do

One says it repairs joints. Two replace eyes and noses. Two rebuild badly damaged pieces. One restores worn fur.

Prices they publish

  • Cheekyhandmades: Wash, fluff and stuff of a non-jointed friend, from £55
  • Droplet: Small toy, up to 15cm, from £15.95
  • They Shout Hello: Postal surcharge, admin and the Post Office trip, from £5

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

In London

  • Cheekyhandmades

    A Walthamstow sewing studio that also takes in soft toy repairs, standing in for a more specialist repairer and passing the hardest jobs on to her. It covers washing, restuffing, seams, patching, joints, paw pads, eyes, noses and full linings, with published guide prices and every toy assessed in person before a quote.

    13 Thorpe Crescent, Walthamstow, London, E17 5BYcheekyhandmades@gmail.com

    In their words: “I am not anywhere near as experienced at high end repairs as Katherine is, and will leave the really specialised work to her.”

    Walthamstow, London

    you can hand it over

  • Droplet

    A London dry cleaner with six branches and a published soft toy cleaning price list by size, from 15.95 to 69.95 pounds. Free collection and delivery, same-day and 24-hour turnarounds, and everything done in house rather than sent out. Cleaning only, though they do repairs and alterations on clothing.

    SW19 6NL020 7831 7677info@dropletuk.com

    London

    Said openquoted about a week thenread off their site yesterday

    you can hand it over

  • Fine Art Restoration Company

    An art conservation studio that takes dolls and teddy bears as a matter of course, working to conservation standards rather than repair ones. They rebuilt a 1939 papier mache and cloth monkey called Salty from photographs, including a new pipe, scarf, jacket, hat and concertina. Free quotation, nationwide.

    3 Podmore Road, SW18 1AJ020 7112 7576info@fineart-restoration.co.uk

    London

    you can hand it over, takes it by post

  • American Dry Cleaning Company

    A London dry cleaning chain with branches, offering what they call a repair, restoration and cleaning service for all soft toys, plus an ozone clean aimed at bacteria rather than dirt. A dry cleaner offering restoration rather than just a wash is unusual, and this is exactly the elastic supply nobody aggregates.

    020 8200 7052

    London

    you can hand it over

  • They Shout Hello

    Katherine, working from home in Leyton E10, repairing soft toys and re-upholstering fabric rocking horses. She takes only a few toys at a time and most go back within days, and in winter, when the heating is on and things dry quickly, an uncomplicated repair can be done the same day if you drop it early and collect before bedtime. Almost nothing else in the UK offers that.

    63 Colchester Road, London, E10 6HB, EnglandTheir site

    In their words: “My skills are limited to the soft, stuffed variety, and fabric rocking horses of course! I have been known to re-elasticate the arms on a wooden monkey, but this was purely a one off!”

    Leyton

    Said openquoted about a week thenread off their site yesterday

    you can hand it over, takes it by post

Everywhere, including London

National, with a counter in most towns.

Or post it to one of these

18 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.