Tiddles

Tiddles (1970–1983), also known as the Paddington station cat, was a beloved cat who lived in the ladies' toilet of Paddington station in London from 1970 to 1983. Due to the cat's international fame, the ladies' room at the station turned into a tourist destination. Visitors offered the cat near-constant gifts of high quality meats, leading Tiddles to fatten into his famously large physique. Tiddles was recognised with a first place finish in the 1982 London Fat Cat Championship, and reached a weight of 32 pounds (15 kg), An American reporter for the La Crosse Tribune described the cat as being "as much of an attraction as the British Museum and the Tower of London" and a British Rail representative called the cat "an institution" upon his death. Tiddles has been compared to the fictional Paddington Bear character and was described as being "nearly as famous".

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