IIRC, the Paddington Bear in the glass case at Paddington Station was
removed "for the duration of the renovations", but doesn't seem to have ever
reappeared?

Bob Martin wrote:
IIRC, the Paddington Bear in the glass case at Paddington Station was
removed "for the duration of the renovations", but doesn't seem to
have ever reappeared?

Asylum process fell through and he was shipped back to Peru.

Bob Martin wrote:

IIRC, the Paddington Bear in the glass case at Paddington Station was
removed "for the duration of the renovations", but doesn't seem to have
ever reappeared?

He was on Al-Jazeera. Apparently, the RMT union kidnapped the bear
threatening to behead it unless Arthur Scargill could be given an honorary
GCSE. But then Bob Crow started an intimate relationship with our Peruvian
friend that will no doubt be made one day into a block-busting tear-jerker.

And they put Eros back facing the wrong way too. *******s!
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And they put Eros back facing the wrong way too. *******s!

Didn't he used to point at Shaftesbury? Where does he point now?

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John Rowland wrote:

"Al" wrote in message
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And they put Eros back facing the wrong way too. *******s!

Didn't he used to point at Shaftesbury? Where does he point now?

As an aside, 'Eros' is actually the christian angel of charity rather than
the greek god.

He did use to face Shaftesbury Avenue, but now faces Lower Regent Street.
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John Rowland wrote:

"Al" wrote in message
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And they put Eros back facing the wrong way too. *******s!

Didn't he used to point at Shaftesbury?

He did use to face Shaftesbury Avenue

Oh, I thought he pointed at Shaftesbury (the town in or near Dorset)

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"Al" wrote in message
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John Rowland wrote:

"Al" wrote in message
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And they put Eros back facing the wrong way too. *******s!

Didn't he used to point at Shaftesbury? Where does he point now?

As an aside, 'Eros' is actually the christian angel of charity rather than
the greek god.

He did use to face Shaftesbury Avenue, but now faces Lower Regent Street.

Also, the arrow that he carries points downwards, as if to bury the shaft
(shafts-bury, get it?) - maybe it wasn't such an appalling pun when the Eros
statue was originally designed!

In message , Al
writes
John Rowland wrote:

"Al" wrote in message
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And they put Eros back facing the wrong way too. *******s!

Didn't he used to point at Shaftesbury? Where does he point now?

As an aside, 'Eros' is actually the christian angel of charity rather than
the greek god.

He did use to face Shaftesbury Avenue, but now faces Lower Regent Street.

Just to add to your (correct) observations.

The statue was sculpted by Alfred Gilbert and is the first public statue
made from Aluminium.

To re-inforce the point (pun intended) there is *no* arrow in the bow to
signify 'the shaft is buried'

Mike

--
Mike Hughes
A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton
at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England

"Mike Hughes" wrote in message
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In message , Al
writes
John Rowland wrote:

"Al" wrote in message
...

And they put Eros back facing the wrong way too. *******s!

Didn't he used to point at Shaftesbury? Where does he point now?

As an aside, 'Eros' is actually the christian angel of charity rather
than
the greek god.

He did use to face Shaftesbury Avenue, but now faces Lower Regent Street.

Just to add to your (correct) observations.

The statue was sculpted by Alfred Gilbert and is the first public statue
made from Aluminium.

To re-inforce the point (pun intended) there is *no* arrow in the bow to
signify 'the shaft is buried'

Mike

--
Mike Hughes
A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton
at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England

Just a thought if EROS is facing the wrong way does that mean that you have
to propell slowly??? ;-)

Jim

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"Bob Martin" wrote:

IIRC, the Paddington Bear in the glass case at Paddington Station was
removed "for the duration of the renovations", but doesn't seem to have ever
reappeared?

Last time I was there (in March) the bronze statue was there. But I've
never seen one in a glass case.
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