"Geographers, turn your backs!"

Geographers are friendly folks. 

In the first 'Paddington' movie, which was released in 2014, there is a strong geographical element running through the movie, which starts with a geographical expedition with Montgomery Clyde encountering Paddington and his Aunt and Uncle. I am sure the film will get a viewing as we head towards Christmas.

Darkest Peru. A vast, unexplored wilderness shrouded in mystery. Until now! For I have been charged by my fellow geographers to leave the comforts of home and family and set off upon a voyage of discovery. I travel light, carrying only the absolute essentials. Maps, rations, modest timepiece and travel piano. And finally, deep in the undergrowth, I spot something extraordinary. An undiscovered species of bear. Time to collect a specimen for the museum.

In the Paddington movie, there is also a Geographer's Guild. The scenes in the movie were actually filmed at the Reform Club on Pall Mall.
I was reading James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti's book on London: 'The Information Capital' and it has a mention of the film.

It seems that some people believe there is a Guild building... at the Royal Geographical Society, according to Steve Brace. Some visitors are disappointed not to see the ornate and complex system of pneumatic messaging tubes which Paddington interferes with.

Geographers are friendly folks, we would never turn our backs on a bear in need...

I was reminded of Paddington, because of some work I am currently doing with Year 7 around the arrival of another migrant: Leonard, the protagonist of Benjamin Zephaniah's 'Windrush Child'.

There is a piece of music used in the film when Paddington arrives in London which was also popular in the 1950s and recorded by Lord Kitchener.