THE Repair Shop viewers were left reaching for the tissues after hearing an elderly lady reveal the heart-breaking story behind a teddy bear.
Beryl had brought in the bear, which was a precious gift from her parents at the start of World War Two. On the BBC show, she revealed: "Christmas 1939, when my mum took me to see Father Christmas in Manchester, I asked him 'Please could I have a teddy bear?' "When I opened the present up on Christmas Day, I never put him down I don’t think, at all." Beryl said the bear had travelled with her when she was evacuated and also came to the bomb shelter with her when she returned home for Christmas in 1940.
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