Can Rootschat members help? - Lost Teddy Bear 'Seeks' Owner

[Treetotal]

Mmmm..I wonder could it represent a clan or regiment...the colours could be significant...where are the Army boffs when you need them 
I can hear you all laughing at me 
Carol

[tidybooks]

Hi Treetotal,

I think we need someone on Military Board to advise if the pads on the feet are Regimental Colours!


Tom

[dawnsh]

where's scrimnet when you need him?

[trystan]

I've added it to the WW1 Military board:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,649506.0.html

Hope they will bear with us and paws for thought.

Trystan

[tedscout]

Are you kidding tedscout  ?  Really, this bear is on its way to Bristol?  Tell us the story if you're not pulling our collective legs    Jane

Yes Jane I am pulling your legs. Scout Bear was on a plane to England 4 years ago but with hubby and I. That is one of the photos that we put on our blog so that our Cubs and Scouts could see what Scout Bear was up to when he went half way around the world.

All the talk of "our" Ted and airports reminded me about the photos we took and the wonderful time we had in England.

But Scout Bear is willing to go if he's needed.

[Finley 1]

UUUHm.. I have spoken to someone who lived in Gwent by the name of Baker and they know nothing about a Glynn Baker so not that one. 

xin

[Rena]

I don't think the material on the bear's feet is anything to do with the army.  It seemed so familiar that I surfed looking for samples of early 20th century or late 19th century striped curtaining or dress material, maybe even the once popular chenile.

I've found a shawl with a very similar striped pattern on this web page - the site is a family history precis and the shawl could be either from the German mainland or America.  As fashion tends to travel across the world (as shown in the same picture of the Scottish Paisley pattern) I think it's quite feasible for the same pattern and colouring to have been manufactured in the UK.

http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/history_culture/photo/kempf_photos.html

here's the full blown picture:-

http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/history_culture/photo/images/kempf/GRHC_Textiles_Jewell_ND_Kempf_17.jpg
.

[trystan]

I see down the side it says " from the studios of Dura Ltd"

Wonder if that will lead us to a part of the country

This website seems to show that Dura Ltd had a number of addresses in different towns - there is a Wales link!
http://www.victorianphotographers.co.uk/index.php?searchStr=Dura+Ltd&_a=viewCat&Submit=

I'm digging about to see if there are more avenues potentially just in case we don't have the right family and they are not the Baker family, or to reinforce things if we do. (Who knows, I'm reminded that I'm not right a lot of the time).

Do the Dora and Glyn we have live anywhere near the photographers studios that are given in the list above at all?

Trystan

[dawnsh]

Do the colours match up with potential 'Daddie's' entry on the CWGC?

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/632422/BAKER,%20N%20J

South Lancashire Regiment