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Teddy bear and doll repair in the North West

6 businesses say they are in the North West, in Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire and Merseyside. One says you can hand it over in person. 2 come from a directory and not from a website we read, so ring first.

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Where they are

Cheshire, Lytham St Annes, Melmerby and Merseyside. Two more do not name a town.

What kind of business

Three plush specialists, two doll hospitals, one restoration specialist.

Getting it to them

One takes work in person, one takes it by post, four do not say how. Ring before you drive anywhere.

What they say they do

One replaces eyes and noses. Three rebuild badly damaged pieces.

Cumbria

  • Austrobear

    A one-person workshop in the Lake District run by Ingrid Robson, who has been making and repairing teddy bears and dolls for over 30 years. Work ranges from patching up a tatty bear to rebuilding dolls that have come apart, and she agrees the level of restoration with the owner before starting.

    info@austrobear.co.uk

    Cumbria

    takes it by post

  • The Toy Works

    Forty years of restoring rocking horses and dolls houses from the Old Village Bakery near Penrith, alongside making wooden toys. The most honest paragraph about price in the whole dataset: restoration is not cheap, and anybody offering to do it for a few pounds is not going to do a proper job.

    CA10 1HE01768 881249info@thetoyworks.co.uk

    In their words: “Restoration is not cheap as it is very time consuming work and the materials used can be very expensive. Anyone offering to carry out the work for a few pounds is not going to do a proper job and what may seem to be a bargain will undoubtedly lead to tears and disappointment.”

    Melmerby

    you can hand it over

Lancashire

  • Bears & Repairs

    A Lancashire workroom run by Dr Jackie, who both makes traditional jointed bears and repairs worn ones. The site mentions reattaching limbs, fixing drooping heads and making memory bears from a person's own clothing, but gives no prices or turnaround times.

    Their site

    Lancashire

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

  • Ansdell Teddy Bear Repairs

    Repairing, restoring and making custom teddy bears in Lytham St Annes.

    5 Woodlands Road, Ansdell, Lytham St. Annes, FY8 4EP, EnglandTheir site

    Lytham St Annes

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

Cheshire

Merseyside

Everywhere, including the North West

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.