Every listing was read from the business’s own public pages rather than from speaking to them, so check before you rely on it.

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Teddy bear and doll repair in Yorkshire

4 businesses say they are in Yorkshire. None of them say you can hand it over in person. One comes from a directory and not from a website we read, so ring first.

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Where they are

Barnsley, Brighouse, Doncaster and Yorkshire.

What kind of business

Two doll hospitals, one contract cleaner, one plush specialist.

Getting it to them

Two take it by post, two do not say how. Ring before you drive anywhere.

What they say they do

One says it repairs joints. One replaces eyes and noses. One rebuilds badly damaged pieces.

Prices they publish

  • Diane's Dolls, The Dolly Fairy: Doll re-string, from £35

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

In Yorkshire

  • Diane's Dolls, The Dolly Fairy

    Diane, trading as the Dolly Fairy since 1999, running a doll hospital alongside a shop for antique and vintage dolls. Twenty-five years, a full published price list, and a specialism in elastic-strung vintage dolls: celluloids, Sasha, First Love, Sindy and Action Man. She will not take phone calls.

    thedollyfairy@gmail.com

    In their words: “Please note.. the dolly fairy's bespoke "dolly spa" treatment significantly cleans/shines and protects the surface appearance but won't lessen any ink, stains or surface wear”

    Barnsley

    takes it by post

  • House of Play Europe

    A soft play manufacturer of twenty-five years that also cleans and disinfects play frames, ball pools, crawl tubes and slides on a schedule. This is the business-to-business tier: nurseries, soft play centres and trampoline parks, not your bear.

    Unit 11G, Carcroft, Doncaster, DN6 8DD, England01302 846876

    Doncaster

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

  • Bears of Brighouse

    Sarah Wilkinson, making collectable and memory bears and taking repairs, in Brighouse. The clearest refusal on any homepage in this dataset, set in asterisks at the top of the page: she does not currently accept antique, jointed or foam filled bears. Photos by WhatsApp or email.

    07916 430232bearsofbrighouse@gmail.com

    In their words: “I don't currently accept antique/jointed or foam filled bears for repair”

    Brighouse

    takes it by post

  • The Rocking Horse Shop

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

    01759 368737info@rockinghorse.co.uk

    Yorkshire

    Doesn’t say how you get it to them

Everywhere, including Yorkshire

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.