Archie & the Strict Baptists

This story of Archibald Ormsby Gore, the bear, was written by John Betjeman for his family when they lived at Uffington in Berkshire under the shadow ofthe White Horse. Since childhood Archie, whose Christian name came from one of the George Robey’s music-hall songs, has been an inseparable companion – like his master he is now getting on in years.