Are Wombles real??

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Just had an argument with a friend... is there an actual species called Wombles or were they made up creatures?

Thank you

I suspect JRM of being Great-uncle Bulgaria.

Good morning, Womblers. We're moving this to Classics now. And in celebration... One more time...

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@HebeMumsnet yayyyy!!!! Thank you. Remember you're a Womble

They are real cos' I saw them landing in a helicopter in the early 80's.

One of them had matted fur. Think it was Orinoco.

what disturbs me is they were whisked away by Jimmy Saville, but it was the 80's and he was best mates with the Royal family then

Yay! Have a wombling merry Tuesday everyone!

I am deeply honoured to find this thread has wombled into Classics.

My Wimbledon Wombles and I will be celebrating with a breakfast of daisy cream buns, toadstools in moss sauce and Madame Cholet's extra-special fermented dandelion broth.

Thank you, Mumsnetters ... and remember, remember, remember you're a Womble!

Bulgaria Coburg Womble.

Happy days.

Do Wombles have fur or hair?

I've always thought hair rather than fur.

They have sort of coarse hairy fur. Sort of a cross between a Labrador and a cocker spaniel in texture. I used to have a pet one as a child before I realised it was cruel and released him back into the wild.

@reallybadidea thank you for being a responsible Womble owner.

They have hair more like a rough collie, I think you’ll find. Like Lassie.

Yaayyyyyy classics thanks MNHQ!!

Love the video, Orinoco is STILL my FAVOURITE!

Tyne I always thought that, now I know! To be fair, I didn't know there was a Wimbledon Common when I was a child as we had never been to London. Just never questioned it since.

They are Definitley Real. When I was little we used to drive past Wimbledon Common and my parents would see loads of them. They were always too quick and hid before I could spot them but I swear I saw Uncle Bulgaria's cape disappear behind a bush once so it must be true!!

I'm bloody offended there were no Wombles at the royal wedding. For a diverse wedding there was a noticeable lack of Wombles

I think there were a few there, fuckety. It's just that we couldn't see them as they went incognito. Perhaps they were hiding in the Quire with the choir? Or for those of the congregation who wear wigs, then maybe the wigs were actually Wombles?!! Or they managed to hide under the long skirts/robes of the clergy?!

The chapel was an absolute tip after the wedding guests had left; water bottles, fag ends, broken parasols, a pair of round, pink spectacles ...

Who do you think tidied that lot up?

Bet they were there, hiding on the Long Walk in the bushes to watch the parade!

@Shockers I agree, must have had Wombles servicing the royal wedding

Maybe that's why the American Bish kept jumping around ? He was getting tickled by a Womble

I’d like to be tickled by a womble...

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"People don't notice us
They never see
Under their noses
A womble may be"

Windsor was crawling with wombles. We just didn't see them.

Perhaps that's why one of the horses got spooked?!

They are trying to teach us their ways

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