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Hello and welcome.

We live in Bradford, West Yorkshire which is in northern England.

Our home has a very large hug so there are plenty of bears and furry friends to keep me company. You are going to meet a few of the hug on your visit here.

I am a bear of the sixties as is my friend Edward Thread Bear who is about the same age as me. A lot of the hug are a lot younger than us.

This is some of the older generation of the hug taken a few years ago. I'm the one with the red nose on and Edward Thread Bear is the large chap behind me. The owls are Toot and Oswald. Fluffy is the puss on ETBs arm. Pierre is the chap with the hat. I am sitting next to Winchester, named after his birth city. Bilbo and Arnold are near the top and the penguin is just Penguin. Malty has his ears showing but is hidden by Bailey in the middle of the picture.

Living with the hug are two humans, Wendy and John, a rabbit called Dudley and Haydn, a cat who is also known as Ginger Puss. About two years ago another cat came inside when it was cold. He has been here ever since we call him Black 'n' White.

My bearday is May 27th 1965. I share my day with Wendy because she had me as part of presents that year. She needed 7/6 in old money to pay school for me.

Because I'm quite old now every few years Wendy makes me a new coat to wear over my fur which is patchy due to constant cuddling. I got a new coat in November 2002 and hope to soon have some pics in the gallery of my dapper new look.

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