Bear witness to some splendid teddy facts
Good ol’ teddies have their own special day of honour — did you know that? February 10 is a day to cherish your teddy bear and all the teddies in the world. Here’s a bunch of facts you might want to check out to become more ted-savvy!
Teddies and the Titanic
Among the survivors of the Titanic disaster was the Spedden family from New York. Douglas Spedden was among the 56 children who were rescued after the ship sank. Douglas’s teddy bear, called Polar, was a newly-purchased one that he took along during the family’s trip to Algiers, Monte Carlo, and the fateful voyage on the Titanic. Another teddy that was discovered on a passenger was a small gold plush bear with a tinplate body, found not with a child but the ship’s catering manager Luigi, who unfortunately did not survive. After the Titanic disaster, German teddy manufacturing company, Steiff, produced 500 black teddies with red-rimmed eyes to show sympathy and mourn the deaths.
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Rama Ramesh is a creative writer who has written stories and features for children’s magazines and has co-authored a series of nanotechnology books for kids.
