When kids were kids and not into bombing people on computer games or zooming 20,000 years into the future getting zapped by tranformers (whatever that means). Can anyone remember:
Charlton and the wheelies
Banana splits
Pipkins
Rubarb and custard
H.R puff `n` stuff
Hectors house.
Great stuff
xx
My boy is still very much a kid and he loves Transformers. This programme has been going for nearly 30 years in various incarnations and has entertained millions of other kids. It is generally well produced and well written and has a sound "good is better than evil" message.
He also enjoys Button Moon, Sooty, Tales of the Riverbank, Scooby Doo, Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds.
name='faginsgirl']When kids were kids and not into bombing people on computer games or zooming 20,000 years into the future getting zapped by tranformers (whatever that means). Can anyone remember:
Charlton and the wheelies
Banana splits
Pipkins
Rubarb and custard
H.R puff `n` stuff
Hectors house.
Great stuff
xx
Ahem. It's CHORLTON and the Wheelies. Admittedly, the broad Manc accent doesn't help.
Have to agree with you, but all those programs on your list were clearly created by people who had too many flirts with chemicals. Especially Banana Splits which was an acid trip made real.
Missing from your list is Willo the Wisp, Ivor the Engine, The Flumps, Bagpuss... I could go on for ages. I own most of them on DVD and my own children are watching them too.
name='Captain Casper']Ahem. It's CHORLTON and the Wheelies. Admittedly, the broad Manc accent doesn't help.
Have to agree with you, but all those programs on your list were clearly created by people who had too many flirts with chemicals. Especially Banana Splits which was an acid trip made real.
Missing from your list is Willo the Wisp, Ivor the Engine, The Flumps, Bagpuss... I could go on for ages. I own most of them on DVD and my own children are watching them too.
Bagpuss is a big favourite in our house too .... along with The Singing Ringing Tree. Four Feather Falls, Twizzle and Torchy also spring to mind.
name='batman']Bagpuss is a big favourite in our house too .... along with The Singing Ringing Tree. Four Feather Falls, Twizzle and Torchy also spring to mind.
My god, you dont let Junior Bat near The Singing Ringing Tree do you?? It scarred me for life!!!
Why isn't Pogle's Wood better remembered?? Or Trapdoor?? Or the genius that was The Herb Garden???
name='penfold']My god, you dont let Junior Bat near The Singing Ringing Tree do you?? It scarred me for life!!!
Why isn't Pogle's Wood better remembered?? Or Trapdoor?? Or the genius that was The Herb Garden???
No, no, no .... TSRT is reserved for me and Mrs Bat. He certainly isn't ready for that yet! Mrs Bat still gets uncomfortable watching it.
I still say Boooooooooooooo! To transformers.
But then I`m a girl(middle aged admitetly!)
xx
name='faginsgirl']I still say Boooooooooooooo! To transformers.
But then I`m a girl
xx
Optimus Prime - TRANSFORM!
name='Captain Casper']Ahem. It's CHORLTON and the Wheelies. Admittedly, the broad Manc accent doesn't help.
all these years and I never knew that!
name='Captain Casper']Ahem. It's CHORLTON and the Wheelies. Admittedly, the broad Manc accent doesn't help.
Have to agree with you, but all those programs on your list were clearly created by people who had too many flirts with chemicals. Especially Banana Splits which was an acid trip made real.
Missing from your list is Willo the Wisp, Ivor the Engine, The Flumps, Bagpuss... I could go on for ages. I own most of them on DVD and my own children are watching them too.
Today's kids' programmes aren't exactly drug-free if the fabulous In the Night Garden is anything to go by.
Hectors House??
Now, yer Basil Brush....................
name='Harleybloke']Hectors House??
Now, yer Basil Brush....................
I thought HH was great!
Remember rent a ghost? With Audrey off corri?
xx
name='faginsgirl']I thought HH was great!
xx
Why was it called Hector's House? They never went in the house ... they were always in the f-----g garden!
Well he had a greenhouse!
Naughty old hector !!
paulus the gnome now that was weird and scary
YouTube - Paulus the Woodgnome
cheers Ollie.
One I remember is Lizzie Dripping, which was about two city children, in war- time Britain, who were evacuated to the countryside . There was a character in it called Mrs Gotobed, who lived in a place called Druids Bottom. I remember Lizzie's younger brother was always chanting "Go to bed on Druids Bottom".
name='Able Abel']One I remember is Lizzie Dripping, which was about two city children, in war- time Britain, who were evacuated to the countryside . There was a character in it called Mrs Gotobed, who lived in a place called Druids Bottom. I remember Lizzie's younger brother was always chanting "Go to bed on Druids Bottom".
Isn't Mrs Gotobed from Carrie's War which was about the same time? Or did that just use the same joke? I remember being completely amazed when Lizzie Dripping turned up as a Blue Peter presenter and revealed she'd been 20ish when she'd done the show but I suspect anyone over the age of 12 wouldn't have been fooled for a second
name='CaptainWaggett']Isn't Mrs Gotobed from Carrie's War which was about the same time? Or did that just use the same joke? I remember being completely amazed when Lizzie Dripping turned up as a Blue Peter presenter and revealed she'd been 20ish when she'd done the show but I suspect anyone over the age of 12 wouldn't have been fooled for a second
I believe you are correct, Captain. It's been so long since I saw either of these, that I got them mixed up....sorry.
Was there an undermining theme with Hector,his wife and the girl next door.name='Harleybloke']Hectors House??You gotta be kidding? it was awful.....!!
"I am a randy old Hector."
I agree with you HB - I couldn't stand it either. Also,I never,ever liked The Magic Roundabout.
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Marky B
I remember a series set in Tyneside during the war,called The Gunners (?),about a bunch of kids finding a gun. It was very good!
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Marky B
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