Why is paddington bear called paddington

When Paddington first went to live with the Browns they bought him a blue duffle coat which he wears most of the time. It has a hood and is fastened with wooden toggles.

Paddington is rarely parted from his battered, brown, leather suitcase. It has his initials P. Paddington is famous for his love of marmalade and he is particularly fond of it in marmalade sandwiches. He always carries a jar of it in his suitcase and he usually has a marmalade sandwich tucked under his hat 'in case of emergencies'.

It is also full of mementoes and the regular postcards which he receives from his Aunt Lucy in Peru. Paddington is a very polite bear.

He is very well-meaning and full of good intentions but his trusting nature can often get him into trouble. And, as if you didn't know, he gobbles marmalade whenever he can. Throughout titles, translated into 40 different languages, and at least six different illustrators, Bond wooed audiences with the bear's knack for touching fans of every age group and temperament.

It was impossible not to love the orphaned stranger as he mirrored our best and worst human characteristics, all whilst peering intently from beneath his bush hat. In celebration of the Paddington mania to come and that which has already arrived , we have a preview of the Museum of London exhibition.

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All rights reserved. Museum of London conservator cleans original s Paddington TV puppet. I knew he understood my compliment. Though Paddington has starred in dozens of books, TV shows, and films, his origins were revealed in his very first story, A Bear Called Paddington, published 60 years ago this month. His tale feels particularly timely—against the backdrop of undocumented children being detained at the U. At 8 years old, I was a latchkey kid watching after-school shows in the suburbs of Virginia.

Paddington was already a TV star, and his program was part of my regular lineup. In the series, Paddington lived in Windsor Gardens with the Brown family, which included two siblings named Jonathan and Judy. I saw myself as the bear—bumbling through the day as politely as possible; trying, and failing, to grasp the basics of London life.

Brown said, asking the classic immigrant question. I came all the way in a lifeboat. And I ate marmalade. Bears like marmalade. Thank you. It was then that I understood our kinship. In my early childhood, I boomeranged between North and South America. My mother was from Chile, my father was from the U. But political unrest and a military coup made it clear that America was both the safer option and the one where my father could find work.