About Gills Lap

Gills Lap has been online since 1998 or was it 1999? My memory gets worse! When I try to remember I forget! This Classic Pooh site is named Gills Lap after the real Enchanted Place on the very top of Ashdown Forest, A. A. Milne called it Galleons Lap in his books.

I created the site to share my love of Classic Pooh. Pooh is not a Disney Cartoon creation. Pooh is very much an English Bear created by two talented and special English Gentlemen, they are of course A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard. Poohsticks Bridge and Gills Lap are real places in Ashdown Forest and they can still be visited today along with other places A.A . Milne mentioned in his books

All of the Pooh and friends pictures on this site (apart from those on books, posters etc. ) have been mouse drawn by me. I have never scanned any pooh and friends images from books etc. My drawings are based on the descriptions given in A.A Milnes Pooh books. All of the photos on this site were taken by myself or members of my family.

Gills Lap has been neglected for a while as I have some health and disability problems, which can course me some problems, and I have many trips to and stays in hospital. . I also have a Pet Loss site which I have been spending most of my time developing. Eventually I have been able to get back to Pooh and I have now condensed the site to make it much easier for me to maintain. All the information about Pooh, and his creators and the Pooh places can still be found here.

The true spirit of Winnie the Pooh lives here at Gills Lap. Pooh has become a world-wide symbol of love and friendship which are much needed qualities in today's world,

I hope you will enjoy your visit here, and before you leave I hope that you will take time to sign the Pooh Petition to have Pooh and friends returned to their home.

I have some shopping links on this site and any money raised will go towards the upkeep of this site.

The font used in my top menu is Dear Teacher and can be downloaded from http://www.momscorner4kids.com/fonts/dfonts.htm. The Java Applet used for the Pooh Word Search was downloaded from http://www.ericharshbarger.com/cgi-bin/j.cgi?seekaword/index.html I am sorry but I can't remember where I found the Jigsaw and Lake Applets seven years is a long time in the world of Pooh ! I made the downloadable jigsaw with Brains Breaker which I purchased from http://www.brainsbreaker.com

I do not offer any of my mouse drawn graphics for use on other sites, but if you wish to link to this site you may use the blinkie or stamp below. Please Link back to http://www.classicpooh.co.uk

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Winnie the Pooh and Friends are the copyright of A.A. Milne, E.H. Shepard and the Walt Disney Company.