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

[hepburn]

It may usually hang around her Mothers neck but, for the photo she hung it around Dora's neck for Daddy to see..

[Finley 1]

I see, so sad...

xin

[Jane Masri]

Bristol airport has destinations to Europe, Ireland, Scotland as well as domestic 
Bristol has a place dealing with old Steiff bears.  Found this one of 1940 which looks like 'our' Teddy
http://www.oldteddybearshop.co.uk/page3.htm  If he was an old Steiff bear he would have some value although not much as he's well loved 

Jane

[Jane Masri]

Going back to Liz's posting #4, is the spelling, daddie & Sonnie a Welsh thing?

Jane

[AngelFish]

I wondered if someone had died and a family member had either been to a funeral or clearing a house and was taking the bear/photo back home with them?

Jane you mentioned a place in Bristol that deals with Steiff bears?  I wonder if anyone there would be able to help by seeing if they remember or have record of a valuation, or can tell us if it is a Steiff bear.  If he was not worth much (sadly) the owner might not have been bothered about trying to get him back?

I wonder if the airport keep a log of people calling to looking for something? What if the owner rang the airport before the bear was found or taken to lost property? (Although I'd expect a left bag at an airport to be noticed quickly!)

It would be really useful to know what kind of bag and other things the bear was traveling with    but I think the airport may have to keep that to themselves so that if the owner claims the bear they can be sure it's genuine?

[Marmalady]

So are we looking for 3 children -- Dora Glyn and "Baby" ?

The photo was taken on what would have been the now-deceased Baby's birthday and the mug & locket are momentoes of him/her?

[AngelFish]

Going back to Liz's posting #4, is the spelling, daddie & Sonnie a Welsh thing?

Jane

I thought the writer just couldn't spell. I haven't heard of it (but I'm not Welsh)

[AngelFish]

So are we looking for 3 children -- Dora Glyn and "Baby" ?

The photo was taken on what would have been the now-deceased Baby's birthday and the mug & locket are momentoes of him/her?

Or the locket is the mothers momentoe, and the bear and mug belong to the children?

[Sprutorch9]

Ok - putting my two cents worth in here! 
My aunt was always called 'Baby' (even though her name was 'Elsie Barbara') until she died in her 60s.
It seems to me that the oldest child in the photo may have been nicknamed 'Baby' which may mean the date shown was her birthday not the younger child's.
The locket photo does look like a baby and looks as if Mother would have put it around the child's neck which would imply that the baby had died and would still be remembered in that fashion.

Can anyone tell if the younger child has some sort of bow or something on it's head?

Is that writing really on the back of the photo? The photo looks like a 'cabinet card' not a postcard. If it is a real postcard can we get a pic of the front?

Could 'one year & 5 months old' actually been a mistake on the part of the person who wrote it - probably Mother - and should have been 'one year and 5 months ago?