Portobello Road the road in the song "Portobello Belle" on their second album "Communiqué". The cult British children's book character Paddington Bear, featured in the books written by Michael Bond, enjoys visiting Portobello Market on a daily basis. His friend Mr. Gruber owns an antique shop on the Portobello Road, with whom Paddington has his elevenses every day. The Portobello Road and its colorful restaurants, pubs, and local culture is featured prominently in Martin Amis's 1989 dark satirical novel "London Fields." The street and its name also appeared regularly on the hit TV series "Minder". The board game "Portobello Market" is named
Paddington from 1943 to 1962, and then at 124 Clarendon Crescent from 1962 to 1977. Paddington in the 17th century is one of the settings in the fiction-based-on-fact novel "A Spurious Brood", which tells the story of Katherine More, whose children were transported to America on board the Pilgrim Fathers' ship, the "Mayflower". Timothy Forsyte of John Galsworthy's "The Forsyte Saga" and other relatives resided in Bayswater Road. Paddington Bear, from "deepest, darkest Peru", emigrated to England via Paddington station. The films "The Blue Lamp" (1950) and "Never Let Go" (1960) depict many Paddington streets, which suffered bombing in World War