Fridge magnet created for Baffle the badger who fell through ceiling in Northampton

A company that makes fridge magnets of drawings of local buildings has created one to honour an iconic local badger.

The badger made headlines across the country when it fell through the roof of Superdrug in the Grosvenor Centre on Sunday February 9.Since the bizarre incident, the shopping centre has held a competition to name the badger, which was released back into the wild, as well as announcing it would be putting up a commemorative plaque.Baffle, which was the winning name, is now also the star of a new local fridge magnet created by FridgeStreet.

Kardi Somerfield, who drew the badger and owns FridgeStreet, said: “Several people asked for the badger magnet.

“I’ve been drawing local shops and businesses for a year or so now so I’ve got quite a following and I had a lot of requests.

“I don’t normally do big businesses as I like to support local ones, but who doesn’t love this story?

“It was actually one of the easiest drawings I have done and the least complex picture.

“The badger is the first living being to make it onto a FridgeStreet magnet, I normally do buildings, so now people can own their own commemoration of the event.”

Kardi made 16 of the fridge magnets that will be sold for £4 at Vintage Guru in St Giles Street.

The artist says she will make more if people want the magnets.