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Teddies

Duration: 2:11 minutes
Accession No: TWCMS : 2009.156
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Summary
Nichola's story is about teddies and missing her grandma.

By Nichola Hay

Inspiration

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This story was inspired by the toy collections at Discovery Museum, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums.


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One day my Grandad took my Grandma into town shopping . When my Grandad was pushing my Grandma in her wheel chair along the new, black tarmac path, my Grandma noticed them in a shop window. Lots of teddies.  She told my Grandad to go into the shop so she could buy some teddies. When my Grandad and Grandma got home, my Grandma told me she had a surprise for me.  I went into the living room and saw a giant present wrapped in shiny paper. I couldn't wait to open it. When I finally ripped all of the paper off, there were two different kinds of teddy, I saw them for the first time. My Grandma knew how much I loved teddies.  

I still have all of my teddies, they remind me a lot of my Grandma. I can still remember when me and my Grandma were in the churchyard, and she told me a story about her wedding day at that church. I used to listen to all of her stories and my Grandad's too. My Grandad was in the Navy during world war two. So he always had something good to tell me. My Grandma died in 2007 on October the 9th.

A month before my Grandma died, she bought me loads of teddies.  If I want memories of my Grandma I just go and look at all my fantastic teddies. Every day I look at my teddies to remember my Grandma. I even have them on my bed.

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