Bearly Believable: My Part in the Paddington Bear Story
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (600 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1905641729 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 210 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A heart-warming, inspirational tale of a woman trying to run a business while having me as a son"- Jeremy Clarkson"heart-warming and hilarious"- The Offical Paddington Bear Website
Shirley Clarkson is a 73-year-old tour-de-force who continues to live life to the full. Her family, friends, and tennis are now Shirley's greatest sources of pleasure. As well as creating the physical Paddington Bear from Michael Bond's stories, she also produced TV presenter Jeremy and corporate lawyer Joanna who, in turn, have provided Shirley with five grandchildren.
Shirley employed a professional manager to rescue the situation - who turned out to be illiterate, dishonest, and incompetent. You either have it or you don't."- Michael Bond, author of the Paddington Bear stories'Bearly Believable' is the hilarious story of how Shirley Clarkson grew her company, Gabrielle Designs, from a tiny spare-room business selling tea cosies in Doncaster into an international business shipping Paddington Bears all over the world and then watched it collapse.With no business experience, no capital, just £100 of backing, and a copy of Michael Bond's book for inspiration, Shirley came up with the original - now classic - Paddington. Manufacturing from a collection of ramshackle farm buildings, she was hit by a wave of orders from retailers, as the world went Paddington-crazy. Some things, like Concorde and the Jaguar XK120, look right from the word go. It was created with love and it was born with that indefinable something known as star quality. The '70s moved on, the craze faded, and the tide went out on Paddington as fast as it had come in.Shirley tells her rollercoaster story with warmth, modesty and a blunt Yorkshire wit. Meanwhile, storm clouds gathered. The workforce went on strike, 50,000 bears had to be recalled because of faulty eyes, Eddie was ill in bed for a year, and the pipes at the factory burst. For fans of Paddington, her book provides a delightful insight into how a simple bear b
Robert C. Rowland said Completely Believable. Thoroughly enjoyed this autobiography by the late Shirley Clarkson which focused on the creation and development and eventual dismise of Cabrielle Designs. I was drawn to this book in the aftermath of viewing the new "Paddington" movie which had led me into exploring the wonderful world of Paddington Bear books by author Michael Bond.While Shirley gi