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Blue Peter Badges

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ElizabethBest · 04/12/2022 11:07

Was watching the QI episode about the history of the beeb this morning, and they were discussing Blue Peter badges. I’ve realised that over the (many) decades since I got mine, they have somehow been lost, and I feel strangely bereft to no longer have them!

Did you ever get one, and what did you get it for?

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PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 04/12/2022 11:14

I got one when I was 9 for writing them a long letter about my hobby which had been mentioned on a programme; it was a three page letter so I guess they recognised the effort that had been put into it! Sadly, I kept it in a locked box and the locked box was stolen in a burglary about five years later.

BigSandyBalls2015 · 04/12/2022 11:17

I longed for one but didn’t get one. They were like gold dust in those days.

DDs both got them by writing a poem and drawing a picture … neither of which were great (without being unkind!).

Saved us a fortune in entry fees for attractions.

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 04/12/2022 11:21

I longed for one but didn’t get one. They were like gold dust in those days.

When I wrote to them, I didn't think of getting a badge - I was hoping they'd read my letter out 😃I can see now that they'd have been very unlikely to read out three pages of my detailed and probably very boring information,, but I was very happy when the badge arrived in the post!

elQuintoConyo · 04/12/2022 11:56

You can get them on eBay!

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 04/12/2022 12:26

It wouldn't be the same ....

ginghamstarfish · 04/12/2022 12:33

I had a normal one and then a silver one. Lost them over the years but wrote to BP when I was in my 30s and gave them my details, and they sent new ones!
At that time they could be used for free entry into things but I think that's now just for kids. Have lost them again.

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 04/12/2022 13:39

ginghamstarfish · 04/12/2022 12:33

I had a normal one and then a silver one. Lost them over the years but wrote to BP when I was in my 30s and gave them my details, and they sent new ones!
At that time they could be used for free entry into things but I think that's now just for kids. Have lost them again.

I wonder if I wrote to them, would they replace mine? I don't know if they'd still have a record - it was back in 1983 😄

elephantoverthehill · 04/12/2022 13:46

I won one for being a runner up in a design Val a dress competition. I was primary school age and had no idea DM has entered it. Of course I have lost it but I still have the letter from Biddy Baxter.

LlynTegid · 04/12/2022 13:53

Here is an answer I prepared earlier.

No I did not get one.

Tomikka · 06/12/2022 20:03

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 04/12/2022 13:39

I wonder if I wrote to them, would they replace mine? I don't know if they'd still have a record - it was back in 1983 😄

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Its worth a try.
They do keep records, it was mentioned on the Qi episode that they kept records to prevent children getting the same response twice

Handsnotwands · 06/12/2022 20:14

I lost mine too 😢 i always hoped it would turn up but 32 years and about 8 house moves later I guess it never will.

Mangolist · 06/12/2022 20:15

I got a one for sorrow badge from Magpie 🙂

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