Paddington meets Nanny Scout
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “So you see Paddy, with not many planes flying around the world, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’d better just stay here, even when they do increase frequency.”
PADDY: “Oh that is good news, Cousin Paddington. I can’t wait to te…”
SCOUT: *Wheeling pram.* “Sssshhhhhh!” *Puts paw to mouth.* “You’ll wake my baby!”
PADDY: “You’re what, Scout?” *Looks at pram Scout is wheeling.*
SCOUT: “My baby, Paddy!” *Points to small teddy in the pram. “And I’ll thank you not to call my charge a what. He’s a whom. It’s Caramel Teddy, thank you very much. And today I am Nanny Scout, thank you!”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “Oh, so today you are playing at being a nanny, Scout… er… I mean Nanny Scout?”
SCOUT: “That’s right Cousin Paddington.” *Nods affirmatively.*
PADDY: “And why are you wearing your yellow cape, Nanny Scout?”
SCOUT: “Well, all good nannies need a cape, Paddy. Just look at Mary Poppins! She had a very fetching blue and red cape.”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “That’s true Paddy.”
SCOUT: “Oh!” *Looks at Caramel Teddy.* “Now my baby is awake with all your loud chatter.”
PADDY: “Our loud chatter, Nanny Scout? You’ve been ch…”
SCOUT: “Sssshhhhhh!” *Puts paw to mouth.* “Baby is saying something to me. What’s that, Caramel Bear?”
PADDY, SCOUT and COUSIN PADDINGTON: *Lean over the pram to listen.*
PADDY: “I can’t hear anything.”
SCOUT: “And that’s why you aren’t a nanny, Paddy! I can hear him perfectly.”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “I must confess, Nanny Scout, that I can’t hear anything either.”
PADDY: “What does he say, Nanny Scout?”
SCOUT: “My baby says that now he is awake he has a grumbly tummy.”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “Well, did you bring a bottle of milk for him?”
SCOUT: “No I didn’t, Cousin Paddington. However, he says he doesn’t want any milk.”
PADDY: “Well, what does he want, Nanny Scout?”
SCOUT: *Looks longingly at bowl of Easter Eggs next to Paddy.* “He wants a chocolate Easter Egg, Paddy.” *Walks over and takes an Easter Egg from the bowl.* “And come to think of it, I have a grumbly tummy too, so I’d better have one as well.” *Selects a second chocolate Easter Egg.* “Thank you Paddy and Cousin Paddington.” *Puts Easter Eggs in the pram.* “Goodbye!” *Wheels pram away.*
PADDY and COUSIN PADDINGTON: “Goodbye Nanny Scout.” *Look bewilderingly at one another.*
My bears Paddy and Scout have made very good friends with two bears in Holland called Peter and Oleg (www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/galleries/721577154558...) and their Mummy (Marian Kloon (on and off)) . Peter and Scout are very similar and have become best friends. Peter recently found a pram in the doll house that he lives in and it was just the perfect size for his teddy bear. (You can see the picture here www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/51111796504/in/datepos..., or in the first comment below). Scout has decided to follow suit, with his own agenda about Easter Eggs in mind.
This beautiful nursery tea set is made by the Shell China company in the 1910s. It features six cups, saucers (not all the set is being used today) as well as a teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl, all gilt and featuring different nursery rhymes including: "See Saw Margery Daw", "Jack and Jill", "This Little Pig Went to Market", "Taffy was a Welshman", "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross", "Little Jack Horner", “Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake”, "Old Mother Goose", "Little Miss Muffett" and "I Saw a Ship a Sailing" amongst others. It is the prequel set to the Shell China nursery and faerie tale tea sets I have from the 1920s and 1930s. The designs are very Edwardian and the set is made up of smaller pieces. I also came across a large, adult sized sugar bowl with the same "Taffy was a Welshman" pattern from an unknown maker on EBay, which is what the Easter Eggs are contained in. There are also doll (bear) sized tea spoons which are sterling silver salt spoons.
The blue and white metal pram and the teddy are 1:12 size miniatures from my miniatures collection. The pram is made of metal with a retractable hood made of fabric and decorated with lace. The teddy has reticulated arms and legs and is beautifully made. Both are made in England and come from a specialist 1:12 miniature dollhouse stockist in the United Kingdom.
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
Travelling all the way from London, Cousin Paddington was caught in transit thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, so it looks like he is stopping with us for a long while. That makes me happy, as the more I look into his happy, smiling face, the more attached I am becoming to him. This seems to be a good thing, as it now appears that Cousin Paddington has decided to make our home his forever home!
Scout's pretty yellow and white cape has been kindly knitted by a close friend's mother-in-law especially for him. I even had to measurements so that it would fit nicely. It is based on a Jacobean Puss in Boots design.
Paddington meets Nanny Scout
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “So you see Paddy, with not many planes flying around the world, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’d better just stay here, even when they do increase frequency.”
PADDY: “Oh that is good news, Cousin Paddington. I can’t wait to te…”
SCOUT: *Wheeling pram.* “Sssshhhhhh!” *Puts paw to mouth.* “You’ll wake my baby!”
PADDY: “You’re what, Scout?” *Looks at pram Scout is wheeling.*
SCOUT: “My baby, Paddy!” *Points to small teddy in the pram. “And I’ll thank you not to call my charge a what. He’s a whom. It’s Caramel Teddy, thank you very much. And today I am Nanny Scout, thank you!”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “Oh, so today you are playing at being a nanny, Scout… er… I mean Nanny Scout?”
SCOUT: “That’s right Cousin Paddington.” *Nods affirmatively.*
PADDY: “And why are you wearing your yellow cape, Nanny Scout?”
SCOUT: “Well, all good nannies need a cape, Paddy. Just look at Mary Poppins! She had a very fetching blue and red cape.”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “That’s true Paddy.”
SCOUT: “Oh!” *Looks at Caramel Teddy.* “Now my baby is awake with all your loud chatter.”
PADDY: “Our loud chatter, Nanny Scout? You’ve been ch…”
SCOUT: “Sssshhhhhh!” *Puts paw to mouth.* “Baby is saying something to me. What’s that, Caramel Bear?”
PADDY, SCOUT and COUSIN PADDINGTON: *Lean over the pram to listen.*
PADDY: “I can’t hear anything.”
SCOUT: “And that’s why you aren’t a nanny, Paddy! I can hear him perfectly.”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “I must confess, Nanny Scout, that I can’t hear anything either.”
PADDY: “What does he say, Nanny Scout?”
SCOUT: “My baby says that now he is awake he has a grumbly tummy.”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “Well, did you bring a bottle of milk for him?”
SCOUT: “No I didn’t, Cousin Paddington. However, he says he doesn’t want any milk.”
PADDY: “Well, what does he want, Nanny Scout?”
SCOUT: *Looks longingly at bowl of Easter Eggs next to Paddy.* “He wants a chocolate Easter Egg, Paddy.” *Walks over and takes an Easter Egg from the bowl.* “And come to think of it, I have a grumbly tummy too, so I’d better have one as well.” *Selects a second chocolate Easter Egg.* “Thank you Paddy and Cousin Paddington.” *Puts Easter Eggs in the pram.* “Goodbye!” *Wheels pram away.*
PADDY and COUSIN PADDINGTON: “Goodbye Nanny Scout.” *Look bewilderingly at one another.*
My bears Paddy and Scout have made very good friends with two bears in Holland called Peter and Oleg (www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/galleries/721577154558...) and their Mummy (Marian Kloon (on and off)) . Peter and Scout are very similar and have become best friends. Peter recently found a pram in the doll house that he lives in and it was just the perfect size for his teddy bear. (You can see the picture here www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/51111796504/in/datepos..., or in the first comment below). Scout has decided to follow suit, with his own agenda about Easter Eggs in mind.
This beautiful nursery tea set is made by the Shell China company in the 1910s. It features six cups, saucers (not all the set is being used today) as well as a teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl, all gilt and featuring different nursery rhymes including: "See Saw Margery Daw", "Jack and Jill", "This Little Pig Went to Market", "Taffy was a Welshman", "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross", "Little Jack Horner", “Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake”, "Old Mother Goose", "Little Miss Muffett" and "I Saw a Ship a Sailing" amongst others. It is the prequel set to the Shell China nursery and faerie tale tea sets I have from the 1920s and 1930s. The designs are very Edwardian and the set is made up of smaller pieces. I also came across a large, adult sized sugar bowl with the same "Taffy was a Welshman" pattern from an unknown maker on EBay, which is what the Easter Eggs are contained in. There are also doll (bear) sized tea spoons which are sterling silver salt spoons.
The blue and white metal pram and the teddy are 1:12 size miniatures from my miniatures collection. The pram is made of metal with a retractable hood made of fabric and decorated with lace. The teddy has reticulated arms and legs and is beautifully made. Both are made in England and come from a specialist 1:12 miniature dollhouse stockist in the United Kingdom.
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
Travelling all the way from London, Cousin Paddington was caught in transit thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, so it looks like he is stopping with us for a long while. That makes me happy, as the more I look into his happy, smiling face, the more attached I am becoming to him. This seems to be a good thing, as it now appears that Cousin Paddington has decided to make our home his forever home!
Scout's pretty yellow and white cape has been kindly knitted by a close friend's mother-in-law especially for him. I even had to measurements so that it would fit nicely. It is based on a Jacobean Puss in Boots design.