A plastic bag attic find that contained original Winnie the Pooh manuscripts and drawings and other papers linked to the bear's creator AA Milne has sold at auction for £95,000. The rare archive was discovered in Malvern, Worcestershire, among private possessions belonging to Leslie Smith, who had a lifelong career in publishing.

A UNIQUE archive of lost letters and unseen sketches relating to childhood favourite Winnie the Pooh is set to fetch thousands after being unearthed.

A son said he was "gobsmacked" to discover a collection of correspondence between Winnie the Pooh creator AA Milne, his illustrator and his publisher in his late father's private possessions. Simon Smith came across the correspondence,

Christmas Eve edition of The London News, English author A.A. Milne published “The Wrong Sort of Bees,” the first story that mentioned his lovable bear Winnie The Pooh by name. The following October,