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Teddy bear and doll repair in the South West

11 businesses say they are in the South West, in Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Cornwall and Gloucestershire. 3 say you can hand it over in person. 6 come from a directory and not from a website we read, so ring first.

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Where they are

Bristol, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Plymouth and Poole. Two more do not name a town.

What kind of business

Six doll hospitals, four plush specialists, one restoration specialist.

Getting it to them

Three take work in person, four take it by post, six do not say how. Ring before you drive anywhere.

What they say they do

Two say they repair joints. Three replace eyes and noses. Four rebuild badly damaged pieces. Three restore worn fur. One takes fire, flood or smoke damage.

Prices they publish

  • Sam's Lazy Bears: Bear post insured by Royal Mail, £15-£25
  • Love Keep Create Teddy Hospital: Teddy Hospital: restoration and repair, from £40

Two of 11 publish a price for the work. The rest quote after they have seen it.

Devon

Dorset

  • Bygone Bears

    Janet Legg repairs antique and vintage teddy bears from Poole in Dorset, working by post and doing everything from a light clean to a full rebuild. She is specific about what she will not take on, including modern bears beyond cleaning and restuffing, sheepskin, real fur and knitted bears, and bears with insect infestation.

    BH14 8SHbygonebears@gmail.com

    In their words: “I am not able to repair modern post 1980's teddy bears other than for cleaning and restuffing.”

    Poole

    takes it by post

  • Sam's Lazy Bears

    Sam repairs and restores teddy bears from a home workshop in Dorset and Devon, and also buys and sells antique and vintage bears. She publishes a full price list covering cleaning, restuffing, darning, relining, joints, eyes, noses, growlers and moth treatment, and books bears in for set periods of the year.

    07483 872897info@samslazybears.co.uk

    In their words: “Once bears have been repaired they are no longer toys they are considered ornaments for safety reasons and should not be given to children to play with.”

    Dorset

    Said by appointmentread off their site yesterday

    you can hand it over, takes it by post

  • Bygone Bears Restoration and Repairs

    From a directory. We have not read a website for them.

    07845 983376bygonebears@gmail.com

    Dorset

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

Bristol

  • Textile Conservation Limited

    An accredited conservation studio in Bristol, run by Alison Lister, working for the National Trust, English Heritage and Eton College as well as private owners. Teddy bears are on their list alongside tapestries and ecclesiastical textiles. Their write-up of a private toy collection sooted by a house fire is the most careful description of soft toy cleaning anywhere in this dataset.

    29 Filwood Green Business Park, Bristol, BS4 1ET0117 214 1425studio@textileconservation.co.uk

    In their words: “We follow the Institute for Conservation Professional Standards and Judgement & Ethics which defines what constitutes professional practice for professional conservators.”

    Bristol

    you can hand it over

Cornwall

  • Davey Bears

    A teddy bear hospital and soft toy cleaning workshop in Cornwall, run by Angie, doing cleaning, restuffing, repairs such as eyes, seams, paw pads, joints and detached heads, and full restoration of vintage bears. Dog attack rebuilds are taken case by case, work is quoted after they inspect the bear, and you have to phone to book a posting slot.

    Their site

    In their words: “Any Teddy Bear arriving in any of the below conditions will be sent back immediately by issue of an invoice for return postage cost at the Clients expense. If the Client refuses return postage payment, the Teddy Bear WILL be disposed of.”

    Cornwall

    Said by appointmentread off their site yesterday

    you can hand it over, takes it by post

Gloucestershire

Everywhere, including the South West

National, with a counter in most towns.

Or post it to one of these

16 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.