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Tambo Teddies – highlights from the early days

We were recently sent some old media articles and information about the business by founder, Charm Ryrie and in the mix was an interesting list of Tambo Teddies highlights from February 1993 to March 1997 that we would like to share: Feb 1993:           The first bears were sold to

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Millie jsut loves huggin her Tambo Teddy Bear

Why love a Teddy Bear?

Everyone should have a teddy bear! But why? It is reported that teddy bears are the perfect transitional object for a child that is facing a point of separation from their home and parents whether it be to attend daycare, preschool, school, or being baby sat. Moments of separation are known as transitions; and

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Mary Sutherland, one of the original owners, made thousands of Tambo Teddies

Mary Sutherland; twenty-one years dedicated to Teddy Bears

Mary Sutherland was one of the three ladies who founded the Tambo Teddies business and brand.  Her partners, Helen Sargood and Charm Ryrie left the business after several years, and Mary’s passion drove its success for twenty-one years until she decided it was time to retire . Mary passed the baton on by selling

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Twenty-Five Reasons to Love Tambo Teddy Bears

Recently Outback Queensland Tourism Association wrote a lovely blog on us, ’25 Reasons to love Tambo Teddies’ to celebrate our twenty-fifth anniversary. This blog got us thinking and we decided we need to challenge ourselves to gather together 25 reasons to more love our bears. The first five are from the heart 1. Tambo

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teddy bear

We love a Birthday!

Happy Birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday Tambo Teddies………… March 19th marks the four year anniversary since we purchased Tambo Teddies. Giving us a bit more to celebrate – our four years of the twenty-five years of the business.  As we have mentioned Kiralee has left the teddy family to concentrate

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