Surround yourself with Bagpuss memories or snuggle into a Bagpuss duvet.23 x 35 inch poster from Allposters.co.uk Ship in a Bottle Earn 14 Clubcard points Delivery options will be shown at checkout (or enable JavaScript to show on this page).Curtains DesignsCurtains ImagesDrapery DesignCurtain IdeasUnique Curtains IdeasInteresting CurtainsCurtain DecorationCreative CurtainsHome Sweet HomeForwardWhat a lovely pattern - wish I had the daring to execute this idea in one of the rooms #curtains #wt The Woodentops is a children's television series first shown on BBC Television in 1955.[2] Created by Freda Lingstrom and Maria Bird, it featured on the Friday edition of Watch with Mother.[1] The main characters are the members of a middle-class family living on a farm. The aim of the programme was to teach pre-school children about family life. The children, Jenny and Willy, were twins. They spoke, walked and did many things together. Scripts and music: Maria Bird

Puppeteers: Audrey Atterbury, Molly Gibson and Gordon Murray Voices: Eileen Browne, Josephina Ray, Peter Hawkins 1. Introduction (9 September 1955) 2. Boats and Pigs 9. Bird Set Free 17. Belling the Cow 19. Horse Shoe (14 March 1958) The Woodentops was filmed in a tin shed at the BBC's Lime Grove Studios.[1] The narrator/storyteller for all episodes, who also provided the dialogue for Mummy Woodentop, was Maria Bird who, typical of BBC presenters of the time, spoke with Received Pronunciation. Daddy Woodentop, being a farmer, spoke with a noticeable West Country accent. Although set on a farm, at an unspecified location, each episode began with the whole family being introduced as they sat in front of a tall curtain, apparently on a stage. Episodes closed with the family grouped in the same pose, with the word "GOODBYE" superimposed above. The music at the beginning and end of each story is taken from the 22nd piece ("So lokka me over den myra") of the set of 25 Norwegian folk songs and dances for piano, Opus 17 by Edvard Grieg.

This music, which is quite short in duration, is called "Kulokk", which translates to "Cattle-Call". It is divided into two sections, the first of which is used for the introduction and the second part for the end of each story. It occasionally appears as a leitmotif in the stories, hummed by Mummy Woodentop from time to time.reina grommet curtains In 1983 the original puppets were stolen from the BBC. circo happy flower shower curtain hooksThey were spotted a year later in an auction room in London and returned.mcelhinneys curtains ballybofey[1] The puppets are now in the Museum of London's permanent collection.silver nova blackout lined eyelet curtains

In 2009 the Woodentops appeared in The Official BBC Children in Need Medley music video[5] which reached No.1 in the UK singles chart. Daddy & Mummy Woodentop appeared in the video, Jenny appears on the front cover of the CD & DVD but not in the music video.eclipse thermaweave blackout curtains ^ a b c d BFI Screen Online: The Woodentops (1955-1957)dunelm black suede curtains ^ a b Toonhound - The Woodentopsgalaxy curtains joondalup ^ The Historical Association ^ String puppet: Mother Woodentop ^ Children in Need: Stars help charity to raise £20.3mThe requested URL /Village%20Panto%202012.htm was not found on this server. As a child in 1980s Britain, several books and TV shows captured my imagination with their little people and tiny houses.

Tottie – the Story of a Doll’s House. And my very favourite, The Borrowers. Imagine being so small, the whole world being so big. I imagined these people existed, under my floorboards, amongst my toys. My dolls came alive when I wasn’t looking. By extension, I just love doll’s houses. Being able to see into a whole building is really rather voyeuristic. Like walking down a residential street at dusk, the front rooms brightly lit but the curtains not yet drawn – a brief glimpse into strangers’ lives. But with a doll’s house, you don’t just see it, you get to control it. Every room, every character. And you see everything that goes on – the wealthy lords and ladies up in the drawing room and the lowly cooks and maids below stairs – it’s all a bit Downton Abbey.Source: Deventer Musea, CC BY-SA 4 poppen, 2 mannen, 1 vrouw en 1 kind. And all those tiny pieces of furniture. How do fat-fingered grown-up human beings even make them? Maybe it’s part of the training programme to become a keyhole surgeon?

I mean, look at these minute baskets – who can weave that small?Source: Museum Rotterdam, CC BY. On Europeana, I’ve found some really beautiful and clearly well-loved doll’s houses along with some gorgeous furniture, crockery, dolls and clothes to match. I love the old-fashioned ones the best, like this lovely highchair and what’s billed as ‘the world’s smallest medicine chest’.Source: Museum Rotterdam, CC BY World’s smallest medicine chest in Queen Mary’s doll house. Source: The Wellcome Library, CC BY I was also quite amused to find some sixties-inspired doll’s house furniture – like a pink toilet (we have one just like it in our real house!), a plastic dining set, and retro white dresser. Roze toiletblok met verlaagde stortbak. Source: Museum Rotterdam, CC BY Ovale tafel en zes stoelen. Wit plastic dressoir, met serviesgoed. Here’s a collection of beautifully crafted doll’s houses that you can find on Europeana. I love these ones because the quality of the photographs is so good – particularly those from Deventer Musea, Amsterdam Museum and the Rijksmuseum.