Bears of Brighouse: Meet the Yorkshire woman repairing toys and teddys for children (The Yorkshire Post)

Sarah Wilkinson started her business Bears of Brighouse in mid-2022

She makes teddies, as well as repairs them and soft toys, from her home

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/bears-of-brighouse-meet-the-yorkshire-woman-repairing-toys-and-teddys-for-children-4816972

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Mending toys and hearts in China (Deutsche Well English, video)

75-year-old Zhang Boming is Shanghai's stuffed toy and doll doctor.

He repairs his tiny patients so they look like they did during their owners' childhoods.

For some, these toys are a lifeline.

https://www.dw.com/en/mending-toys-and-hearts-in-china/video-68030810

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Inside the toy hospital fixing Scotland's broken Barbies (The National)

The Leith Toy Hospital officially opened in 2017

They repair around 1500 toys every year – a figure limited not by demand but by the capacity of the small staff

https://www.thenational.scot/culture/23657486.toy-hospital-saving-scotlands-broken-barbies/

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