Gen X where are you ????

[JRHartleysmum]

What are you ‘I’m old’ references that younger folk might not understand ?
I’ll start: ‘too orangey for crows, it’s just for me and my dog’

My toys were called Big Ted, Hamble and Jenima. I wasn’t a very original child. Little Ted did get translated to Wee Ted though.

I wonder where the name Hamble came from?

I always liked “Katoo” the Cockatoo, too.

Weird fact - I read recently that the Rev Richard Coles has found love again after the death of his husband with the son of Brian Cant.

Did anyone else have this read to them as a child? I am now reading it to DS, who is 6. He never met my Mum so I love that I am reading him the same stories she read to me. I found a recording of Johnny Morris reading them, but DS says he prefers me

@ChocChipHandbag I soo badly wanted the rocking horse Dapple , sooo badly . I loved the clock , there is a little bit of footage on youtube but not much 😢.

@ChocChipHandbag I'm a little mortified to admit this but I went through a spell of thinking Hamble would be such a good baby name 🙈
Thankfully never told anyone so my children have fortunately escaped being named Hamble.

Hamble sounds German does it not ?

Ha ha that’s brilliant. It’s no worse than a lot of names! Someone should resurrect it, but most Play school watchers will be beyond child bearing age now!

@wildinthecountry I’d forgotten Dapple! Whoa boy!

Now you've said it yes I can see that too. Wonder if it is or if it's just a bit similar to Hansel.

No name origin info on Wikipedia but this is funny!

I don't if it is German, there is apparently a river hamble in UK . I've nominated this thread for classics by the way . It has been a nice trip down memory lane 🤗.

Well I never

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/oct/15/how-we-made-play-school

It was meant to sound like “Humble”, apparently.

Here is the clock, the Trumpton Clock

Here's the lovely thread about the annuals.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4727911-a-really-obscure-help-me-remember-this-book?reply=123376536

Here is a Box,a musical box

That piece in the Guardian is funny , triggered some memories of Brian Cant sitting in a box driving a car/lorry whatever 😊.

Does anyone remember the BBC1 kids game show called the satellite show in the late 80s? Our school went on the show a few of my classmates were contestants while the rest of us in the class were in the audience. it was a very exciting evening out. I'd love to see footage of that show now. I've scoured YouTube with no luck.

Any of the ones on this google search any use?

www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+satellite+show+bbc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari

@Inkypot Thank you but I've checked these episodes already and they are not the one. there were 26 episodes from 2 series in 88&89. Hopefully it will turn up one day.

Remember the Goodies parody of that? 😆

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2nvpvc

Jonny morris !!! Doing the voices on Animal Magic

I had a baby doll called Hamble and a soft/ rag doll type called Jemima - totally forgotten about that till this thread. Oh I loved my Hamble. I also thought it was German for some reason??

I don't know most of these so I'm assuming I'm not gen x? I was born in 1984?

1984 is solidly Millennial

Did anyone else read Look-in? I remember the ads 'Look in to Look-innnn'.

Mainly 70’s babies

I have a homemade Jemima, heavily mended Humpty, Big Bear and Little Bear in my loft…. I think Hamble was my sister’s Tiny Tears doll!