Oh! Now you might have started something, TC! I have a lot of bears etc... my oldest one is a 1968 Dean's golden bear, his stitching came apart one day and his head fell off. That was when I discovered that he is stuffed with sawdust (which is why he isn't a cuddly bear!) and his head has a huge spike on it that sticks down into the sawdust - it's about 4" long and wickedly sharp. You could do someone a mischief with it! I had to have his head stitched back on to keep him safe. He is called Edward Dean, and sports a snazzy red waistcoat that my mother made him, and a nifty ribbon and bow from round a box of choc's which he wears as a bow tie!
I did have two older bears, one from when I was a baby which was red and green and had a growler, and the other was my dad's when he was little, but they were both lost when my parents separated in 1975. No idea where they disappeared to.
Dad's was very like your Chiltern bear but his was threadbare having been hugged a lot!
