Nows and Forevers

Several awesome things happened in 1958. One was the beginning of the beloved children’s series, “A Bear Called Paddington.”

Got to see “Paddington in Peru” at the movie theatre, I am revisiting saying goodbye to the Paddington statue at Paddington Station in my last moments in London last time around.

I love Paddington the books, Paddington the movies (the first two were sublime and “Peru” was better than I was expecting), and Paddington the Railroad Station. Why the station? Well, they filmed part of the first movie there of course. Plus, Paddington is how you get from Heathrow to Wales. I’ve been to Paddington Station six times, actually, and it was nice to see a glimpse of the station again in this movie, too.

They went and moved the Paddington Statue between 2020 when I was there just before Covid-19 and 2022 when I was there last. And frankly, it was harder to find. Not the best way to treat a Marmalade-loving bear, is it?

Anyway, we loved the movie and it’s great. Missed Sally Hawkins as Mrs. Brown, but everything else was as it should be.