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Posted: 17 Jul 2014

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Handmade 1919 Victory Bears

Handmade 1919 Victory Bears
Another from the series of shots I took for the recent The Sunday Challenge, which had the theme of At The Market, but which also extended to cover shop displays.

This is a photo I took of part of the window display in Bettys Tearoom on the High Street. As you can see these were specially made to commemorate the Tour de France coming to North Yorkshire.

As some people overseas might not know much about Bettys or realise that these are edible, I've copied the following text from their website:

Wearing the iconic yellow jersey that was introduced in 1919, the year Bettys opened, our adorable cyclist bear looks set to take his place at the front of the greatest bicycle race.

Handcrafted from Swiss Grand Cru milk chocolate with marzipan decoration, he certainly leads the pack as a uniquely charming gift.

“With our heritage, we thought it would be nice to do a vintage cycling bear, so we went back through archives to see what cyclists used to wear,” says our Product Development Manager, Lesley Norris.

www.bettys.co.uk

Eunice Perkins, , , Smiley Derleth and 3 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Indycaver (Norm)
Indycaver (Norm) club
Cool find and photo Paul!
10 years ago.
autofantasia club has replied to Indycaver (Norm) club
Thanks for that and for adding it onto your faves Norm! :)
10 years ago.
 Shuttering Yukon
Shuttering Yukon
well are they cute little dust collectors.. love the yellow jersey!
10 years ago.
autofantasia club has replied to Shuttering Yukon
Thanks Wendi, I agree they are quite neat little things and edible too! :)
10 years ago.
Shuttering Yukon has replied to autofantasia club
EDIBLE, well I thought they were ceramic.. no time for them to gather dust... pass one on over!
10 years ago.
autofantasia club has replied to Shuttering Yukon
No, definitely edible ... Bettys is a very famous and upmarket tearoom. They literally queue down the street at times to get into them, especially the Harrogate one!

I've added some more information on the 1919 Victory Bears as these were called into my description above. :)
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.
 Clickity Click
Clickity Click
How clever ... and edible As well!
10 years ago.
autofantasia club has replied to Clickity Click
Indeed, but almost too good looking to eat I'd say. Check out the information I've now included in my description Chris and thanks for adding another of my photos to your faves! :)
10 years ago.
Clickity Click has replied to autofantasia club
Paul I have just browsed my way through Betty's .. my goodness, I may have gained a few pounds just looking. Spent time with the tea and Chocolate section (no surprise here!). I have bookmarked this site ... I want to check into their teas. Have you tried any of the Yorkshire teas? Being as I am from that area I thought it might be nice to try some. Thanks for posting the link!!
10 years ago.
autofantasia club has replied to Clickity Click
Better hit those scales in the morning Chris - lol. As for the teas, I'm afraid I've not tried them.
10 years ago.
 autofantasia
autofantasia club
I know Lynne, I did wonder that myself! ;)
10 years ago.
 H C
H C
These bears look lovely, but at that price I couldn't eat one I'd just keep it if I ever got one.
10 years ago.
autofantasia club has replied to H C
That's the problem with Bettys ... they make some lovely stuff, but everything is expensive! :(
10 years ago.
 Eunice Perkins
Eunice Perkins club
These are cute!!
8 years ago.
autofantasia club has replied to Eunice Perkins club
Glad you like them Eunice and thank you for the fave! :)
8 years ago.

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