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. and, 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 replaced some of the bridge with old oak from the weald of kent. there s one of the original planks that we got and this is one of the replacements, which we milled here on site. and that s from a tree that s been growing here a couple of hundred years. so it certainly predates the original bridge and it certainly predates christopher robin. later today, the bridge will be sold at auction. it s expected to fetch at least £a0,000.
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
with his son, the real life christopher robin. the bridge had become so worn out that in the late 19905 it was dismantled. for years they woodward left in a pile before being rescued and reassembled in this field in kent. it had been taken down by 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 has got to do something with it. unfortunately, it fell to me. it is such an iconic item. you know, so many people s childhood, pictures of pooh and christopher robin peering over the rails, great stuff. mike repaired it and replaced some of the bridge with old oak from the weald of kent. there s one of the original planks that we got and this is one of the replacements, which we milled here on site. that s from the tree that s been growing here a couple of hundred years. so it certainly predates the original bridge and it certainly predates christopher robin. later today the bridge will be s
the real life christopher robin. the bridge had become so worn out that in the late 19905 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 replaced some of the bridge with old oak from the weald of kent. there s one of the original planks that we got and this is one of the replacements, which we milled here on site. and that s from a tree