Fiction    From 1958 

Paddington Bear

Our picture is one of the illustrations by Peggy Fortnum.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Paddington Bear

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Paddington Bear - plaque and book seat

The seat below the plaque is in the form of a book with the Bear himself pain...

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Paddington Bear statue - Paddington Station, gone

{The statue has two integral texts: On a label stuck to the suitcase:} Wanted...

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Paddington Bear - statue, platform 1

Since arriving at Paddington Station from Peru this bear's journeys have not ...

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Mrs Gamp

Mrs Gamp

One of Charles Dickens' characters from Martin Chuzzlewit.

Fiction, Fictional

2 memorials
Mother Goose

Mother Goose

The interment register at St Olaves Hart Street records Mother Goose being buried on 14 September 1586. This is extremely strange so we did some digging.  The story of a goose laying golden eggs ca...

Fiction, Animals, Fictional

1 memorial
Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

Titular character in the novel by Daniel Defoe published in 1719. See also Friday.

Fiction, Exploring, Fictional, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
Les Miserables the musical

Les Miserables the musical

Originated in France as an album and then briefly as a show. Cameron Mackintosh got hold of it and the English show opened at the Barbican Centre in 1985.  Moved first to the Palace and then on 3 A...

Media, Fictional, Music / songs, Theatre

1 memorial
Dolly Varden

Dolly Varden

A character from Charles Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge".

Fiction, Fictional

1 memorial