Every region / South East England
Teddy bear and doll repair in the South East
17 businesses say they are in the South East, in Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Kent. 4 say you can hand it over in person. 10 come from a directory and not from a website we read, so ring first.
Where they are
Berkshire, Brighton, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lewes, Surrey, Sussex and Woking. Four more do not name a town.
What kind of business
11 doll hospitals, four plush specialists, one dry cleaner, one contract cleaner.
Getting it to them
Four take work in person, three take it by post, 12 do not say how. Ring before you drive anywhere.
What they say they do
Three say they repair joints. Four replace eyes and noses. Five rebuild badly damaged pieces. One restores worn fur. Two take fire, flood or smoke damage.
Prices they publish
- ThreadBearCare: minimum charge £25
One of 17 publish a price for the work. The rest quote after they have seen it.
Sussex
A one-person bear restorer in West Sussex, run by Kate Healey, who works on antique, vintage and modern teddy bears and also soft-bodied dolls. The common jobs are pads and paws, noses, joints, ears and replacing lost arms or legs, taken in by post or by an arranged visit.
RH13 6QETheir site
In their words: “I will be unable to take on any further restorations until October and a continuation of only working on a part time basis.”
Sussex
Said closedno reopening date givenread off their site yesterday
you can hand it over, takes it by post
A dolls hospital of more than twenty-five years, restoring wooden, porcelain, wax, composition, hard plastic and celluloid dolls, including smashed and cracked heads. Free estimates, and they will model and paint replacement parts rather than only fitting bought ones.
17 Junction Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0HR01444 871052dollshopuk@aol.com
Sussex
you can hand it over, takes it by post
Established 1991 in Woodingdean, Brighton. A teddy bear hospital on site alongside a shop and memory bears: new eyes to see with, a new nose to smell with, a new mouth to smile with, and arms reattached so they can hug you again.
174 Warren Road, Woodingdean, Brighton, BN2 6DD, England07432 715920mother.hubbard174@gmail.com
Brighton
you can hand it over
From a directory. We have not read a website for them.
Sussex
Doesn’t say how you get it to them
From a directory. We have not read a website for them.
Sussex
Doesn’t say how you get it to them
From a directory. We have not read a website for them.
Sussex
Doesn’t say how you get it to them
From a directory. We have not read a website for them.
Sussex
Doesn’t say how you get it to them
Surrey
A dry cleaner in Goldsworth Park with a dedicated soft toy cleaning service, twenty-five years in the trade, and free collection and delivery across west Surrey. Cleaning only: they do repairs and alterations on clothing, not on toys.
7 Goldsworth Park, Woking, GU21 3LG01483 772124info@beaconhousedrycleaners.co.uk
Woking
you can hand it over
From a directory. We have not read a website for them.
Surrey
Doesn’t say how you get it to them
Surrey
Doesn’t say how you get it to them
Berkshire
From a directory. We have not read a website for them.
Berkshire
Doesn’t say how you get it to them
From a directory. We have not read a website for them.
Berkshire
Doesn’t say how you get it to them
Buckinghamshire
From a directory. We have not read a website for them.
Buckinghamshire
Doesn’t say how you get it to them
Hampshire
Twenty years of inspecting, repairing and cleaning play equipment across the UK, including a ball-washing service where the balls are sucked out, drawn through a sanitising solution and blown into a net bag to dry naturally. Business to business: nurseries, soft play centres, gyms.
Unit 10, Whitefield Business Units, Lepe Road, Langley, Southampton, SO45 1XR, England023 8178 3435service@mdsleisure.co.uk
Hampshire
Doesn’t say how you get it to them
Kent
From a directory. We have not read a website for them.
Kent
Doesn’t say how you get it to them
Elsewhere in the South East
A long-running teddy bear restorer that has worked on bears and toy animals for over 40 years, taking in work by post and courier. They handle anything from a light clean to rebuilding a badly worn bear, including eyes, pads, stitching, joints and re-stuffing, and they will take on bears with insect infestation or smoke damage.
42 Cliffe High Street, Lewes, BN7 2AN, England07786 546240sales@suepearson.co.uk
In their words: “The only bears we cannot repair are ones made from sheepskin.”
Lewes
Said openquoted about 8 weeks thenread off their site yesterday
takes it by post
A teddy bear hospital offering repair and restoration of teddy bears and soft toys, from a simple clean through to full restoration. They say they know vintage bears well, but the site gives no prices, no turnaround times, no address and no phone number.
TN12 5LATheir site
South East England
Doesn’t say how you get it to them
Everywhere, including the South East
National, with a counter in most towns.
- John Lewis and Waitrose, teddy repair and refreshLocation not stated
Or post it to one of these
17 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.
- AustrobearLocation not stated
- Bygone BearsPoole
- Davey BearsLocation not stated
- Makers & MendersLocation not stated
- Sam's Lazy BearsLocation not stated
- Sasha's Teddy Bear HospitalLocation not stated
- Teddy Bear HospitalLocation not stated
- Teddy Bear Repair and CareLocation not stated
- Ted's BearsAbbots Langley
- Diane's Dolls, The Dolly FairyBarnsley
- Fine Art Restoration CompanyLocation not stated
- Laura's Doll HospitalLocation not stated
- Love Keep Create Teddy HospitalPlymouth
- Scott's Toys & CollectablesLockerbie
- The Teddy Bear NurseLocation not stated
- They Shout HelloLeyton
- Bears of BrighouseBrighouse