Sticky situation: World's tallest ever marmalade sandwich attempt in Leeds

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PIC: James Hardisty

HE famously travelled thousands of miles to England from darkest Peru as a stowaway on a cargo ship.

And this weekend Paddington Bear was on the move again, heading north from London to call in at the Stockeld Park visitor attraction, near Wetherby.

Staff and young visitors tried to secure a Paddington-inspired place in the record books on Saturday by building the world’s tallest ever marmalade sandwich.

They fell just short of setting a new record but still did themselves proud, piling up 53 slices of bread before the sandwich toppled over.

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