It’s the year 2013, and The Herdy Company is just 6-years old. We’d just launched a brand new website, supported Ranulph Feinnes’ Coldest Journey expedition, donated £800 of Herdy goodies to the Burneside Village brass band practice room fundraiser, and produced a Golden Herdy for the Stage 2 winner of the Tour of Britain. We were having a lot of fun.
Behind the scenes, plans were being made.
We had wanted to create a very special soft toy Herdy for quite some time. By the winter of 2013, the wheels for such a Herdy were set into motion. We knew that this special Herdy had to be made to the highest exacting standards of quality and craftsmanship and British made. That lead us to Ironbridge in Shropshire, home of the Industrial Revolution, World Heritage site, and the site of Britain’s oldest teddy bear manufacturer, Merrythought Ltd.