Sad to see the death announced of the great Peter Firmin, the co-creator with Oliver Postgate of Noggin the Nog, Pogles Wood, Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and the Clangers. I grew up with them. Didn't know he had co-created Basil Brush.
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Hello there,Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostSad to see the death announced of the great Peter Firmin, the co-creator with Oliver Postgate of Noggin the Nog, Pogles Wood, Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and the Clangers. I grew up with them. Didn't know he had co-created Basil Brush.
I was never a fan of Basil Brush tbh but I well remember Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and the Clangers from the 1970s with great fondness. Indeed seeing the Clangers is one of my first early childhood memories circa 1970. I still have a soft spot particularly for Bagpuss and indeed it was a favourite of our daughter's when she was younger. Nowadays regrettably she is into Barbie. O tempora O mores !!
RIP Peter Firmin and thank you for the wonder...
Best Wishes,
Tevot
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Happy memories of watching Noggin the Nog and Clangers as a family; the latter was one of only a small handful of programmes my mother could bring herself to watch as she loathed TV. Ivor the Engine I only saw occasionally and Bagpuss passed me by completely. I think the time of airing may have been a factor as Clangers must have been an evening thing for us all to be watching. Daytime TV was not allowed at home and I didn't have my own TV as a student.Comment
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Pogles Wood and Noggin the Nog were just wonderful parts of growing up.
And reading Noggin stories to my own kids was very special.Still love those stories.
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