High Street, TN7 4AE Hartfield, East Sussex
Although the building was originally built in 1703, and know as Sackville Cottage (after the famous Sackville/Delaware Family) It wasn’t until the late 1970’s that the property officially became ‘Pooh Corner’. Founder, Mike Ridley and his wife June created the gift and tea shop in 1978, a year earlier having used his skills as a potter to manufacture Winnie-the-Pooh ceramics under licence from Disney – with whom he eventually held a licence for over 10 years and met Christopher Milne on a number of occasions as Christopher looked back with fond memories of the property in his book The Enchanted Place. “Subsequent trips included our weekly visit to Hartfield, a mile away along a main road, up a steep hill, down a steep hill and in at the first shop on the left hand side. Jessica (his donkey) needed no urging and the woman behind the counter no instructions. It was a pennyworth of Bullseyes for each of us.” Christopher Milne from The Enchanted Places As of January 25th 2019, the property was purchased by current owner’s Neil and Samantha Reed who saved the business from closure and brought a focus on ensuring the work of their predecessor Mike was respected and built upon whilst appreciating the importance of adding new parts to the puzzle including a museum and a focus on A.A. Milne and E.H.Shepard. Ensuring their tenure at the property adds an educational value for the community and worldwide fans alike. Pooh Corner has now become a worldwide phenomenon with over 150,000 visitors a year. This, together with social media posts reaching 3million + on some occasions thanks to an active social visitor base and products that drive traffic due to it's efforts with Winnie the Pooh. In July we are launching a book at Pooh Corner with DK Publishing and Disney at Pooh Corner by bringing some of the leading WtP vloggers together in one space. This sets a new level of access to those who lead the social sphere with Winnie the Pooh and hope to build a local base of new and existing Lorcana players with evening and weekend events in the unique and exciting settings of Pooh Corner.
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