Sooty the bear celebrated his 60th birthday this week.
Sooty who appeared on our screen 60 years ago was bought in a magicians shop in Blackpool by Harry Corbett for 7 shillings.
He soon became a firm favourite with young viewers. He and master Harry Corbett had thier own show on children’s TV and when Harry Corbet finally retired his son Matthew Corbett tok over the act.
Sooty was also given a birthday card and Soo baked him a special birthday cake.
Sooty was sold on to Mr Cadell, 39 - who has been presenting the Sooty show since 1998 - bought the rights to the puppet for a reported £1 million after it was put up for sale by HIT Entertainment in October 2007
Does this make him the world’s most expensive bear?