Farnell

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Farnell's earliest bear designers were Agnes Farnell and Sybil Kemp and the Alpha bear, first produced in 1908, proved very popular and continued to be made until the company was sold. Having said that, the Alpha bear underwent some design changes. In the 1920's: the muzzle was left unshaven and the webbed claws, on the larger bears, disappeared. In the 1950's, due to the cost of materials, the body became less portly, the limbs shorter and the feet smaller. Farnell made a number of musical bears and in the late 1930's introduced a range with a Swiss Thorens "stop and go" musical movement to which Farnell had exculsive rights. The Alpac range, was introduced circa 1935 for babies and was made from alpaca. Chubby bear, who had a cup and spoon, was another favourite.

One of the most famous Farnell bears is Toffee, a character from the BBC's Listen With Mother program. Toffee was made in 1960, he was 25cm tall and made from gold mohair, he had a flat muzzle and large bulbous forehead characteristic of Toffee. He was dressed in a red woollen hat and scarf. N.B. Farnell's Toffee can be confused with the Chad Valley version which was made in 1953.

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