Marmalade Tea Room

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Introduction
BBC cameraman Michael Bond created Paddington Bear in 1958, who survived the long journey from Darkest Peru on a jar of marmalade (orange jam). He keeps a marmalade sandwich under his hat - for emergencies! PB seems to runs this cafe from home at 32 Wisteria Gardens, with what could be a highly productive marmalade tree at the front!

 32 Wisteria Gardens. Home to housekeeper Mrs Bird, Mr and Mrs Brown, Judy, Jonathan - and PB .

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Hazle Ceramics
Marmalade Tea Room
Limited Painting of 20 pieces
on Portsmouth

20th Anniversary 2010
Painted by Michele

UK/Europe £79.50
Rest of World £67.66

 Tea in Mr Gruber’s antiques shop along Portobello Road. PB stops for buns on the way. A close friend and confidante, Hungarian Mr G is an immigrant too!

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Paddington’s Home & Family
The large, semi-detached house with back garden in Notting Hill is run by Mrs Bird, who is kindly but strict. Mr Brown works in the City of London, treats PB as one of his own and never loses his temper with him. Mrs Brown helps PB and looks on the bright side of his mishaps. The children are intelligent, well-behaved and love PB, unlike their humourless neighbour Mr Curry. Aunt Lucy in Peru is still a mother figure and she and PB exchange postcards.

 PB and Golden Shred marmalade link to “save the British Breakfast” in 2010. Created 1864, 14 million jars are now sold annually. The first Royal Warrant in 1933 was by King George V.

 My Book of Marmalade for Paddington’s 50 years in 2008.
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