One for the kiddies……..Presenting Dudley Bear, and his friend Lucy. Dudley is a keen fan of the finest railway that ever existed, so fine it could have been run by the Royal Navy.

He is an acknowledged expert on the Weirs Feed Pump, a useful discipline he was able to transfer straight to his civilian job at Swindon, following his medical discharge from the R.N. having contracted a nasty case of soggy stuffing in a monsoon off Malacca just after being rated Chief Petty Officer Artificer Bear.

His hobbies now include gardening, drinking and sleeping.


Teaching Lucy about Kylechap lifting blast pipes


Helping in the garden


On holiday in Rosas, Spain


Looking at the hard work in the garden


Celebrating, just before his stuffing went all floppy……



Dudley's M.E.O. has several very young friends who enjoy pictures of different bears, and would be very pleased to send them to Molly and Evie, for example.

Cute Doug. I like it.

Very nice Doug.  As Dudley is clearly a fan of the GWR he must have known Paddington.

OK guys. I've long suspected it, but now I KNOW you've lost the plot!

You can eat the mince pies, but leave the sherry for Father Christmas!

:cheers Perry

I love it Doof!

How did I miss this? Bravo.
Time for a children’s picture book Doug.

 â€œDudley helps out on the preserved railway.”