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When Christopher Robin Milne was given a Farnell teddy bear from Harrods, he didn t realise how much it would change his life. He named it after a real Canadian bear at London Zoo, Winifred or Winnie for short. And Winnie the Pooh was born. His father, A.A. Milne, created a series of books around his son s toy bear and its friends, not realising that this would destroy his relationship with his child. Or that Pooh himself would become a jetsetter, emigrating to America where he remains today except for a short visit back to his old home in Hartfield, Sussex, where he was to meet Shirley Harrison, the author who was to write his biography over 30 years later. This, then, is the story of the real Winnie the Pooh, the actual bear on whom Milne based his book. For the first time, those involved with the Milne family tell their stories and share their previously unpublished photos, including the day when Winnie the Pooh came home and played Pooh Sticks.
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Shirley Harrison began professional life as a reporter on the Walthamstow Guardian. As a schoolgirl she broadcast on Uncle Mac s Children s Hour and the BBC Younger Generation . In the sixties, Shirley joined an advertising company in London working on national fashion accounts and then went on to start her own PR and Feature writing company working with stars such as Twiggy, Julie Christie and Jean Simmons. When Shirley moved with her first husband to Sussex she founded one of the first pre-school Playgroups in the country at the same time as writing articles for national newspapers and magazines.
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I really wanted to like this book; it's about Pooh, after all. There were some interesting passages, but nothing really new. What I found particulary irritating was the author's 'Little England' attitude. Col Bob Henderson, who I met, lived in Edinburgh, so he was responsible for Good Bears of the World in the UK - not just England, Shirley. The acknowledgements at the end include at least two people located in WALES - another place that is not England.
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