Paddington Bear proudly stands 50ft high on the Cheshire plains. The structure has been brilliantly designed and fabricated in metal by Mike Harper from Harbrook Engineering. The Snugbury’s team stuffed Paddington with straw and clad him with hand painted shingles.
His famous hat and suitcase has been expertly woven by Sarah Gallagher from Twigtwisters with two different varieties of sustainable willow from Somerset; flanders red and black maul.
The planning and designing for this straw sculpture started in January 2024. There is a lot to consider when trying to make a 50ft Paddington Bear from planning what materials to use, we decided on straw, willow and larch shingles but we even considered leather and recycled coats! We have to take into consideration the weight and angles to ensure the structure is sound. The hat proved to be the most testing part as the surface area is so large!
In Paddington Bear’s honour we have created a marmalade ice cream, it’s an orange zest ice cream with a Seville marmalade curd ripple. Its refreshing and very zesty. We think Paddington would approve.
Supporting the MPS Charity
In 2022 Phil & Hannah Goodwin received the devastating news that their son, Freddie had been diagnosed with MPS III-A (Sanfilippo Syndrome), a rare genetic metabolism disorder, otherwise known as childhood dementia. As the disease progresses, it will take away Freddie’s ability to walk, talk and eat, eventually taking his life before he reaches his teenage years.
As it stands the MPS Society is the only UK Charity that supports families with children who have the disorder.
We are so grateful for any donation made to the charity, all donations can be made in the shop.
Snugbury’s are donating 10p for every single, double and triple cone purchased.
