Fiction    From 1958 

Paddington Bear

Our picture is one of the illustrations by Peggy Fortnum.

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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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