A Chad Valley 'Toffee'

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A Chad Valley 'Toffee'
with golden brown curly mohair, deep amber and black glass eyes, black stitched 'button' nose and mouth, swivel head, jointed limbs, rexine pads and label stitched to left arm --10in. (25cm.) tall, circa 1953 (lacks red knitted woollen hat and scarf, slight wear to tips of paws and feet)

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Lot Essay

Toffee was a character from the 1950s BBC children's radio programme 'Listen With Mother'. Jane Alan later published a book of stories about his adventures with a little girl called Lulupet. J.K. Farnell also made a Toffee teddy bear in the 1960s.

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