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Pooh The Winnie

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The Beginning of Winnie The Pooh.
At the beginning of WW I, lieutenant Harry Colebourn, of the Fort Gary Regiment from Winnipeg, found an abandoned bear cub near White River in Ontario. It became a mascot of the regiment. Harry named it Winnie after his hometown Winnipeg.
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Oct 12 2005 03:55 GMT Respirante
is it true..? ok it doesn matter anyway... i like it
Oct 12 2005 04:25 GMT Laurie
I heard this to be true, but can't recall where. Maybe I read it when I was in Winnipeg.
Oct 12 2005 06:35 GMT sallypuppy PRO
Nice photo and story too.
Oct 12 2005 13:31 GMT jomoud PRO
yes it is true:)
The cub went with the regiment when it shipped over to Great Brittain. When the regiment was dispatched to the European war theatre, the cub tsayed in Great Brittain. From there the story was picked up and it became Winnie the Pooh as we now know it.
Oct 12 2005 13:42 GMT Ini
Een mooie serie!!
Oct 12 2005 17:08 GMT Lensvision
Leuk zo'n stukje historie.
Oct 17 2005 00:33 GMT jimbow67
I love the pic John
For the others YES it is a true story.
John a bit more history is A.A. Milne would take his son/nephew Christopher to the London Zoo and his two favorite animals were winnie the bear and pooh the swan.