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Tiddles (1970–1983), also known as the Paddington Station cat, was a tabby-and-white cat who spent most of his life in the ladies' room at Paddington Station, in London. Constantly fed choice meats, including tidbits from his admirers, he became famously fat.
Paddington station was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The permanent building opened in 1854. Paddington Bear was also named after the station; in Michael Bond's 1958 book A Bear Called Paddington, Paddington is found at the station by the Brown family. He is lost, having just arrived in London from "darkest Peru."
"Please Look After This Bear" – The Browns first meet Paddington at Paddington station. "A Bear in Hot Water" – Paddington's first attempt at having a bath is a disaster. "Paddington Goes Underground" – Paddington's first journey on the Underground causes chaos. "A Shopping Expedition" – Paddington gets lost during a shopping trip.
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There is a fictional underground Paddington station on the North London System in the novel The Horn of Mortal Danger (1980). [112] Paddington station was the subject of William Powell Frith's 1862 painting The Railway Station. The portrait was viewed by over 21,000 people (paying a shilling each) in the first seven weeks of its being publicly ...
On 13 February, a 30-pound (14 kg) bomb was found in a small case at Oxford Circus station and was defused. [7] 0 0 4 March 1976 - Cannon Street station On 4 March, a 10-pound (4.5 kg) bomb exploded on an empty train at Cannon Street station, injuring eight people in a passing train. 0 8 15 March 1976 Metropolitan line (on Hammersmith & City ...
Among the options it rejected were a triumphal arch on the approach to Paddington station (which would have been in keeping with the London and South Western Railway's memorial at Waterloo station), a mural on a wall at Paddington, a series of tablets at stations on the GWR network, or an engraving on Paddington's pedestrian footbridge ...
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