I was reminded of this during the bad weather this weekend. The name Smedes kept popping up on the map while our weather team ...

A pair of Steiff teddy bears which had to be X-rayed by a vet to check their rarity have been sold for £10,400. The rod-jointed toys named the Roosevelt Bears had been owned by one family since ...

5) In 1902 in Giengen an der Brenz, northwest of Augsburg in Germany, the first teddy bear was created by Richard Steiff, a bear-admirer working in his Aunt Margarete's toy factory. 6) The drawing ...

The show’s experts were greeted by members of the public with a range of hidden treasures, from glassware to military memorabilia, paintings and jewellery. When expert Marc Allum was handed a ...

Teddy’s Bear. Around the same time, Richard Steiff, a German toymaker working under his aunt Margarete Steiff’s company, designed a plush bear that became equally popular. These bears were ...