What was your childhood cuddly toy called? ?

It's nice to read that a lot of us didn't have teddy's or cuddly toys. My DGC don't believe me when I say I did have a teddy - called Teddy - but I dropped him as I was climbing the stairs on the bus and he fell out. My DM rang the bell to try to stop the bus but the conductor overruled her. We never found him and he was never replaced. I suppose I was about four years old.

My teddy is called ‘John’ ?. My Nan bought him for me and he is now 69 years old and looking good.

I still have Pink Teddy, she’s in my room somewhere thought not very pink anymore!

A polar bear called Bruno who was made by a blind man at the Glasgow Empire Exhibition in 1938.

Teddy Bear called Joan. I don't know why I called it that ?. Think it must have got lost when we moved when I was 12 as I never saw it again

My bear was called Toffee, he came with me to boarding school and was leant to any sad child. He was lost when I left school.

Yes I had one called Panda - for obvious reasons, one called Leggy - for obvious reasons and one called Mousey- for obvious reasons ? I’d make sure they were all tucked up in bed beside me and I’d even squeeze myself against the wall beside my bed to make sure they were all equally comfy and warm ? ? ?

I still have my Billy, knitted for me by my Mum when I was 2 years old. He is a very floppy rabbit with a pompom tail and blue eyes. For many years I couldn't sleep without him. He was and is very much loved xx

Oswold, a really scruffy bear!!

My favourite was a white plastic poodle called Nicky who came from a stall at a fairground. He must have been badly made as his head used to fall off and have to be repaired by my mother, but I loved him!

My cuddly toy was cartoon cat called Felix. There was a film cartoon cat in the 1920s. “Felix kept on walking”
In 1949 I managed to buy my then one year son a teddy. They were in short supply then. At that time the first polar bear cub was born in London Zoo called Brumas. He was just beginning to talk and called his bear Brumuf. 72 years later he is in my sitting room very much worn and patched. The bear no my son!

My china doll is called Sylvia, she is eighty six years old this coming Boxing Day when I will be ninety. The rubber bands that keep her together are very thin now and I have to be careful her arrms or legs dont fall off, it is mostĺy her clothes that are keeping her together. She is still much loved. Anyone know of a dolls hospital that could repair her please?

Tom bear. My first attachment to a toy but at the age of 4yrs I lost him whilst visiting a local jumble sale. Cried myself to sleep. No other teddy matched up after that

'Quack Quack' was a most beloved knitted duck. His beak was crooked, his waistcoat was very fancy and he spent his nights inside my bed, down beside my feet for many many years. Was given him at age 1. Sadly when away at a bible class camp at around age 14yrs Quack Quack disappeared. Surely not in the rubbish bin !! I think my parents may have thought that age 14yrs was a little old for a knitted duck. I did love him though and now at age 74yrs can still 'see' him in my mind.

I think he was Bruno. My daughter had Elly Bunny and when she was about 10 she seemed to have lost interest in it so I chucked it out. I got told off for killing Elly bunny. Shame.

Floppy a giant blue and white bunny. I remember my dad bringing him home when I had been in bed for days with scarlet fever

A bit of probably irrelevant nostalgia. There have been one or two mentions of Brumas the polar bear cub. When I was 10 I queued with my mother at London Zoo for hours and hours, or so it seemed to me, in order to see Brumas. There were announcements telling us to move on once we had seen him. I think it was 1950.

I took 2 teddies to bed- Teddy (original huh!!) & Cuddly. I still have them somewhere!

I was never interested in dolls or teddy bears.
My beloved Sooty puppet gave me lots of comfort.

My bear was called Oxo like some gravy.

As a small girl, I always loved (and still do) love elephants, and my childhood teddy Nellephant sits on my bedroom chair, he reminds me of happy times, tea parties and making dens together .

Not a toy but a blanket. Still have it in a different form. Called Scratchy! In bed with me right now!! I am 53

My teddy was called Suzie she wore white knickers and a green gingham dress my new husband did not want her coming to our new house when we got married but she did . Can't remember when I eventually realised she was no longer with us

I also loved my little black doll called Boko she only had one leg

a teddy bear called mark charles, he went every where with me, became very thread bear, missing an eye. unfortunately lost him during my divorce

Monty