Teddy Bears Picnic takes place in Bridgnorth.

Shropshire Star

The annual Teddy Bears Picnic takes place in the shadow of the castle in Bridgnorth.

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00:00He wasn't he? He er...

00:02Hey, but you know...

00:04Yes...

00:06Was he not? It's because he's a dinosaur, that's probably it.

00:09But anyway, boys and girls...

00:11Here in Bridge North, Castle Grounds, Town Park, and...

00:15What's going on? What's happening?

00:17We're having a 10-year-old birthday for all of our local children.

00:20And this is a bit of an annual event, I understand.

00:22It is, yes, every July.

00:24Yeah, and thankfully the weather's doing its business.

00:27It's a perfect day, isn't it?

00:28And who've we got with you? We've got a counsellor that's morphed into a bear, I understand.

00:32Oh, we did, yes.

00:34And who's this lad?

00:35Hello, I'm also a counsellor. So, yes, just joining in the fun.

00:39Cool.

00:40And I can hear there's something going on in the background.

00:43What's happening then? So we've got different levels of entertainment.

00:46What sort of things?

00:47We've got some clowns.

00:48Yeah?

00:49And they've got Flippin' Dippy.

00:51Flippin' Dippy.

00:52We're entertaining our children today, yes.

00:54Cool, and I collared you doing some tattoos.

00:56We're having glitter tattoos.

00:58We've got a name, the tenny competition, colour the competition.

01:01And then we've got some stalls down the bottom, selling some toys and bouncy castle.

01:05Awesome work.

01:06So, yeah, everyone's having a great time.

01:08What a lovely family event.

01:09Yes, it certainly is.

01:10And did you all have your own little favourite teddy bears when you were little?

01:13Yes.

01:14I've got mine.

01:15Right, I've still got mine.

01:16What was yours called?

01:17Go on, go and get it.

01:19So, what about you?

01:20What was yours called?

01:21Oh my God, I've got one of those.

01:24You're just too embarrassed to say, aren't you?

01:27James, what about your favourite teddy when you were a nipper?

01:30Oh, yes.

01:31It was a barney.

01:32Tony the teddy.

01:33Tony the teddy.

01:34Councillor?

01:35Yeah, Ginger the lion.

01:37Ginger the lion.

01:38Well done.

01:39The lion.

01:40That is, yeah, that's had a lot of love over the years.

01:45And I expect all the children will know who that is.

01:48Yeah, of course.

01:49He's a, yeah, you've had to do some running repairs on his arm.

01:52What's his name then?

01:53John.

01:54John.

01:55Of course it is.

01:57Well, we'll leave John and his friends to enjoy the rest of the day.

02:00Cheers, guys.

02:02Bye, bye, bye, bye.

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