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A small brown toy bear sitting in a window behind the glass.

A beacon of childhood joy during COVID-19

When my son left home he left behind his first Christmas present, his 1992 Harrod’s bear named ‘Bentley’. Who would have known he would be used as a Beacon of joy for children out exerting after being in lockdown.

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