freddie, have you got anything to add to the rules? not really. 1, 2, 3, go! before we find out who s won, it s time to go back to the beginning of the story. they dropped their sticks in when rabbit said, go. and then they had all hurried across to the other side of the bridge, and now they re all leaning over the edge, waiting to see whose stick would come out first. but it was a long time coming, because the river was very lazy that day. it was in the house at pooh corner, published in 1928, that winnie the pooh first played the game of pooh sticks. and this is the original bridge, built in 1907, that inspired aa milne to dream up pooh sticks, which he would play on the bridge with his son the real life christopher robin. the bridge had become so worn out, that in the late 1990s it was dismantled. for years, the wood was left in a pile before being rescued
that winnie the pooh first played the game of pooh sticks. and this is the original bridge built in 1907 that inspired aa milne to dream up pooh sticks, which he would play on the bridge with his son the real life christopher robin. the bridge had become so worn out that in the late 1990s it was dismantled. for years, the wood was left in a pile before being rescued and reassembled in this field in kent. it had been taken down by the health and safety whoevers and just dumped in a pile in the forest. i mean, covered with a sheet of material but obviously it would rot away and someone s got to do something with it. unfortunately, it fell to me. but it is such an iconic item. you know, it s so many people s childhood pictures of pooh and christopher robin peering over the rails. it s great stuff. mike repaired it and
is because you re not even sure if it s got stuck or it might have just sank. also there s always loads of different sticks falling into the water. freddie, have you got anything to add to the rules? not really. one, two, three, go! before we find out who s won, its time to go back to the beginning of the story. they dropped their sticks in when rabbit said, go. and then they had all hurried across to the other side of the bridge and now they re all leaning over the edge, waiting to see whose stick would come out first. but it was a long time coming because the river was very lazy that day. it was in the house at pooh corner, published in 1928, that winnie the pooh first played the game of pooh sticks. and this is the original bridge built in 1907 that inspired aa milne to dream up pooh sticks, which he would play on the bridge with his son