So, who are we, what is Barbears, why's it got that name and why are you
doing it? Sensible questions really and I will try and answer them.
We are a family of six (Dad-Brian, Mum-Sue, Daniel, Thomas, Luke and
Sophie) living in Coventry, England. Nothing special about us, nothing
particularly exciting, just a normal family.
Barbears is a combination of names to create a title which is no longer
directly related to us, fortunately the domain names for barbears.co.uk
and barbears.com were also free back in 1998 and as this is a web site
about one family, seemed a logical step to call it Barbears House. So
there you have it the title of the web site was born.
So why create a web site for the world to see about us. Well, the main
reason is to introduce the children to the big world wide web and give
them their own little place in that world where they can express
themselves. To also show others that it can be done and how to set about
it. This has led us involving them over the years in things like the
BlueTit BirdCam where they have helped make
the bird box and watched the babies grow and fly the nest. This has led
to them presenting at their local school and showing other children the
BirdCam which they have followed in class.
It has encouraged them all to use the computers more and to try out new
ideas like Luke's stop motion movies
and with the help of me (Dad) given them the
opportunity to create their own page using the software, so teaching
them new skills.
It also allows us to show others who are interested a small bit about
our home town Coventry and some of the
amazing places we have been fortunate enough
to travel.
We really hope you take the time to browse around and feel welcome
during your stay, if you feel the urge it would be really great if you
could sign our Guestbook also. Also if
you do have a question, then use the Contact
form to ask us and we will do our best to get back to you as quickly as
we can.