#Chigley

[drmopp1966]

yall

flea market haul

[cultfaction]

Preview- Trumptonshire: The Complete Collection (Bluray Box Set)

Thanks to Fabulous Films you can enjoy Gordon Murray’s timeless classics in the Trumptonshire Trilogy: Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley boxset containing all 39 original episodes fully restored from the original negatives. Starting in 1966 with Camberwick Green, then Trumpton in 1967 and finally Chigley in 1969, this iconic British animation trilogy was aired repeatedly on the BBC until…

[mariocki]

Infinite list of favourite lyrics: 221/?

Half Man Half Biscuit - Stuck up a Hornbeam (2014)

"I'm so desolate, I'm so all alone.

I feel arthritic in every single bone.

I've got a mynah bird -

It does nothing but moan.

For you, I'd lose

My self-esteem;

For you, I'd lose

My self-esteem;

For Crewe, I'd use

Junction 16."

[pastedpast]

Next stop on my grand tour of Britain: Canterbury.

Home to England's first cathedral, and that "Most Important, Most Beautiful, Most Magical Saggy, Old, Cloth Cat", Bagpuss, plus all his chums, including most memorably for me, 'The Mice on The Mouse Organ', and those lovable, knitted pink creatures known as The Clangers, who lived on a small planet in space and communicated in a musical language of ethereal whistley sounds. (The 'Smallfilms' studio, ran by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate who created these classic children’s programmes, was based near Canterbury and I've been wanting to visit the museum for years!)

'The Clangers' was narrated by Michael Palin, 'Bagpuss' by Postgate himself and other favourites of mine, 'Teddy Edward' and 'Mary, Mungo and Midge' were narrated by Richard Baker. These men had such a lovely, kind quality to their voices. And not forgetting Brian Cant either, who narrated 'Camberwick Green', 'Trumpton' and 'Chigley'.

Canterbury has long been a site of pilgrimage, centuries before Bagpuss fans heard about it. The cathedral is the place where Thomas Beckett was murdered (long story - see earlier post here - may need editing). And no doubt heaps more history to boot. (E.g. 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer, about which or whom I know virtually zero). I will investigate and report my findings when I return.

Hoping to add a trip to the coast and visit Whitstable as well, but it may not be possible this time round. We shall see.

[danteskygod]

“A sleepy Oxfordshire village called Chigton Green”

I see that Russell Lewis's childhood television viewing habits are showing again.

[chaotic-hypnotic-erotic]

Time flies by when I'm the driver of a hearse. When you ride in the back, things can't get any worse!

Undertakers bear you to your final destination, Slowly through the countryside so that you can be seen. Multitudes witnessing your incineration. Look - the crematorium signal is on green!

Time flies by when I'm the driver of a hearse. When you ride in the back, things can't get any worse!

There's no lighting down that tunnel; Life is just a one-way track! Grieving bearers, wreaths and flowers; Trust me - there's no coming back!

Time flies by when I'm the driver of a hearse. When you ride in the back, things can't get any worse!

[standarddesigns]

Welcome to #Trumpton everyone. #gordonmurray #classic #bbc #tv #chigley #camberwickgreen #animation #retro #nostalgia #notatallconnected

[edgarmoser]

thanks@chigley-two

kent neffendorf

[su-whisterfield]

I was a Watch With Mother kid. The Woodentops, Andy Pandy, Flower Pot Men, Rag, Tag and Bobtail.

Later it was The Herbs, Noggin the Nog, Camberwick Green, Trumpton, Chigley, Tales of the Riverbank and The Magic Roundabout, of course.

Disney kid? Nickelodeon kid? No, I’m sorry; I was a PBS Kids kid. I’m talking Arthur, Cyberchase, Ruff With Ruff Ruffman, Read Between the Lions, Sesame Street, Clifford, Dragon Tales, Martha Speaks, Maya and Miguel, Word Girl, Zoboomafoo, Sagwa, Mr. Rogers, Reading Rainbow, Zoom, Bob the Builder, Boobah (ngl don’t know why I liked that one so much), Postcards From Buster, Caillou (which I recognize now is actually terrible but I loved it as a kid), Curious George, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, The Berenstain Bears, Thomas, It’s a Big Big World, Noddy. And don’t even get me STARTED on the website! Those games were FIRE! and I was learning something?! I played on the PBS Kids Go website well into middle school, past when I stopped regularly watching the shows.

[drmopp1966]

sometimes i think about the camberwick green cow prop

something happened to it between 1966 and 1970 and i don’t know what

what atrocities were committed upon this cow

[cultfaction]

Preview- Trumpton: The Complete Series (Bluray)

Here is the clock, The Trumpton clock, Telling the time…steadily, sensibly; never too quickly, never too slowly…Telling the time for Trumpton. So take a trip to Trumpton and join Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub and the rest of the Trumpton townsfolk in Gordon Murray’s timeless animation classic. Enjoy all 13 original episodes once again, fully restored from the original film…

[ripplesofthefirmament]

The late great Gordon Murray - Creator of Camberwick Green, Trumpton & Chigley !! WHOLESOMENESS MAXIMUS 😁 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc3mH9kLUUr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[chugleychimp]

SUCCESS THROUGH SUFFERING

https://boxcast.tv/channel/yuyyyftbksyppzhnl3il I am privileged to bring you these challenging sermons by Pastor Wayne Edwards, of Heritage Baptist Church, Perry, Georgia, USA. These are not messages of “easy believism”, but are meaningful, thoughtful, messages for the serious believer who needs guidance in these end days. Gibber! Gibber! Chigley

[doctorwhonews]

Brian Cant 1933-2017

Latest from the news site: Actor and Children's presenter Brian Cant has died at the age of 83. Brian Cant appeared in two Doctor Who stories. In 1965 he played Kert Gantry, a Space Security Agent, in the first episode of The Dalek's Master Plan. He returned to the series in 1968 playing Chairman Tensa in two episodes of The Dominators However for most people in the United Kingdom Brian Cant will be lovingly remembered for his work on children's television. He was working for a BBC Schools drama on The Romans when, in 1964, he heard that the BBC was holding auditions for presenters on a new programme aimed at pre-school kids, Play School, due to launch on the new station BBC Two. His audition involved getting into a cardboard box and pretending to row out to sea. He joined the in its third week and stayed for twenty-one years. His work on Play School led him to be selected as the voice on three Gordon Murray puppet series: Camberwick Green in 1966, Trumpton in 1967, and Chigley in 1969. In 1971 the BBC launched a spin-off from Play School, Play Away, aimed at older children, featuring songs and jokes and airing on Saturday afternoons, with Cant as the main presenter alongside actors such as Toni Arthur, Derek Griffiths, Floella Benjamin, Johnny Ball, Carol Chell, Jeremy Irons, and Tony Robinson. In 2007 Cant topped a poll of presenters with the best-loved voices in children’s TV. The actor had been living with Parkinson’s disease in recent years and died at Denville Hall, a retirement home often used by those in the entertainment industry. A family statement said:It is with great sadness that we, his family, have to announce that Brian Cant has died aged 83 at Denville Hall. He lived courageously with Parkinson’s disease for a long time. Brian was best known and well loved for his children’s programmes Play School and Play Away and was honoured by Bafta in 2010. Donations would be most appreciated to Denville Hall and the Actors’ Benevolent Fund.Cant's Play School co-presenter Derek Griffiths paid tribute on Twitter, posting a reunion picture of the team. And former Blackadder star Sir Tony Robinson also tweeted: "Brian Cant was my mentor and friend on Play Away. We wrote and performed together for two years. Always patient, courteous and funny P-L-A-Y R-I-P." Brian Cant was married twice, and had five children, three by his second marriage to Cherry Britton. Doctor Who News http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2017/06/brian-cant-1933-2017.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

[the-victorian-wallflower]

British Cinematic Universes

I've been coming up with ideas for British cinematic universes since they're all the rage with Hollywood at the moment (MCU, DCEU, Dark Universe, MonsterVerse). Reblog with your own ideas.

Trumptonshire (Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Chigley) DC Thompson (Beano v. Dandy) Century 21 (e.g. Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, The Secret Service, UFO, Lady Penelope, Zero X) Woodland Animations (Postman Pat, Gran, Bertha, Charlie Chalk) Maddocks (The Family Ness, Jimbo and the Jet Set, Penny Crayon)

[danteskygod]

Brian Cant was my childhood.  As much as I had soft spots for other children’s presenters and narrators whilst growing up in the late seventies and early eighties, Brian Cant was the one who meant the most to me.

From Play School to PlayAway, from Trumpton to Chigley, via Camberwick Green, his voice, his manner, the way he never talked down to you, the way he made you feel that he was talking just to you, made him the best children’s presenter of the 70′s and 80′s, if not of all time.

Thank You sir for all the years of fun, laughter and, yes, education that you gave me.