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Come and remind me of your fav characters from children's television when WE were children

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DANCESwithLordPsGhost · 27/10/2008 21:50

Still fab:
Windy Miller
Bod
Farmer Barleymow
The Wombles

Best forgotten:
Bagpuss (Oh don't care if you flame me...flea ridden bag)
Hamble (scary)
Bungle

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GiraffeAHolic · 27/10/2008 22:08

sad sack from the raggy dolls
the Y bird
the riddlers
stopit and tidyup

Lilyloo · 27/10/2008 22:09

liked cockleshell bay and rainbow

RottenOtter · 27/10/2008 22:10

i loved Hamble

DoubleToilandTroubleBluff · 27/10/2008 22:12

Hong Kong Phooey was dclassic

MintChocAddict · 27/10/2008 22:12

Chorlton and the Wheelies (except the very scary witch who disappered through the floor)

notnowbernard · 27/10/2008 22:12

Pigeon Street

Let's Pretend

frankbestfriend · 27/10/2008 22:13

Cockleshell Bay here too, and Rainbow. Were we born in the same year Lilyloo ('79)?

Remember the lovely poem at the beginning of the programme? I'm off to YouTube it now

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DANCESwithLordPsGhost · 27/10/2008 22:14

You loved hamble?? 'the hate figure of the under-fives'

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DANCESwithLordPsGhost · 27/10/2008 22:15

Hong Kong Phooey? well he was quicker than the human eye...

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BoysAreLikeZombies · 27/10/2008 22:17

Krystaltips and Alasdair

Lilyloo · 27/10/2008 22:17

frank i bit earlier 77 rainbow was on sky tonight ds watches it lol at Jane singing it's no ITNG!

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DANCESwithLordPsGhost · 27/10/2008 22:17

some further additions to the list:

Still fab:
Dangermouse
Penfold
Batfink

Best forgotten:
hmm...still thinking...can't get past the mangey flea bag)

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Lilyloo · 27/10/2008 22:18

Liked button moon too!

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DANCESwithLordPsGhost · 27/10/2008 22:19

Not sure about button moon. It was no trumpton...

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Rolacola · 27/10/2008 22:19

Mr Ben....Fab!

BoysAreLikeZombies · 27/10/2008 22:20

Where is MMJ when you want her ???

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DANCESwithLordPsGhost · 27/10/2008 22:20

Oh yes. Mr Ben was GENIUS.

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Lilyloo · 27/10/2008 22:20

Mr Ben wow now he really did have a life !

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DANCESwithLordPsGhost · 27/10/2008 22:22

LOL boys - she's probably out fighting crime in her alternative guise

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misselizabethbennet · 27/10/2008 22:22

You can't lump all the wombles together. Orinoco, Tomsk, Tobermory, fair enough. Even Madame Cholet at a push

But Wellington and Bungo were just boring.

Best forgotten: The Smurfs

BoysAreLikeZombies · 27/10/2008 22:23
Grin
frankbestfriend · 27/10/2008 22:24

Pigeon Street!

notnowbernard · 27/10/2008 22:24

King Rollo

misselizabethbennet · 27/10/2008 22:25

Fab now but not then:
Basil Brush (original not modern).

Also best forgotten:
Sooty and fecking Sweep.

notnowbernard · 27/10/2008 22:27

OMG!

Pigeon St intro... talk about trip down memory lane! Weird