Full Version: Clangers
Do you remember the Clangers? They were small knitted creatures that spoke with swannee whistle voices. I used to love them.
I do 
I do
Don't laugh......, but I have a toy clanger that makes that oh so amusing sound. Use to be a big fan of them, hence me owning a toy of one.
QUOTE(flute fanatic @ Apr 29 2007, 08:10 PM) 
Don't laugh......, but I have a toy clanger that makes that oh so amusing sound.
I have two... and a soup dragon.......
Little toy is probably a collector's item now. Are they still on tv?
I do too - Tiny Clanger...... 
I remember them, but they weren't a particular favourite. 
I have a Tiny Clanger too. When they were first on TV a friend and I used to borrow the swanee whistles from the school music room and have clanger conversations. 
We used to do that in college orchestra with our cellos!
I remember them! A childhood favourite!!!!
hillyb
hillyb
<dons anorak>
The Clangers programmes were properly scripted, and the film makers followed the approximate sounds of the intended speech with the swanee whistles. In one programme, a Clanger had to say "oh ****, the ****** door's stuck again", and the BBC rejected this because they didn't allow swearing in children's programmes. It had to be changed before the recording could take place.
Then a talking Clanger toy was produced, and by way of revenge the film makers used the "oh ****, the ****** door's stuck again" line for that instead
<removes anorak, satisfied with a job well done>
The Clangers programmes were properly scripted, and the film makers followed the approximate sounds of the intended speech with the swanee whistles. In one programme, a Clanger had to say "oh ****, the ****** door's stuck again", and the BBC rejected this because they didn't allow swearing in children's programmes. It had to be changed before the recording could take place.
Then a talking Clanger toy was produced, and by way of revenge the film makers used the "oh ****, the ****** door's stuck again" line for that instead
<removes anorak, satisfied with a job well done>
I remember the Clangers with great affection. When my kids started watching them (showing my age now) I was shocked to discover that they are pink - I could only remember them in delicate shades of grey!!
- I could only remember them in delicate shades of grey!!
QUOTE(sonataform @ Apr 29 2007, 10:48 PM)
Then a talking Clanger toy was produced, and by way of revenge the film makers used the "oh ****, the ****** door's stuck again" line for that instead
You realise that now I shall be spending fruitless hours trying to find the dratted thing to see if I can "hear" that
QUOTE(sarah-flute @ Apr 29 2007, 11:04 PM)
QUOTE(sonataform @ Apr 29 2007, 10:48 PM)
Then a talking Clanger toy was produced, and by way of revenge the film makers used the "oh ****, the ****** door's stuck again" line for that instead
You realise that now I shall be spending fruitless hours trying to find the dratted thing to see if I can "hear" that
My work here is done.
I've heard that they're going to make a guest appearance at the next forum concert in Chester ... or was it Gloucestershire 
Wonderful, WONDERFUL Clangers!
And of course, they had a music tree...
And of course, they had a music tree...
QUOTE(Cyrilla @ Apr 29 2007, 11:59 PM)
Wonderful, WONDERFUL Clangers!
And of course, they had a music tree...
Yes, they did, didn't they?.....
Great programme. From the same stable as Bagpuss and Ivor the Engine. They don't make 'em like that any more......
QUOTE(sonataform @ Apr 29 2007, 11:17 PM)
QUOTE(sarah-flute @ Apr 29 2007, 11:04 PM)
QUOTE(sonataform @ Apr 29 2007, 10:48 PM)
Then a talking Clanger toy was produced, and by way of revenge the film makers used the "oh ****, the ****** door's stuck again" line for that instead
You realise that now I shall be spending fruitless hours trying to find the dratted thing to see if I can "hear" that QUOTE(barry-clari @ Apr 30 2007, 12:15 AM)
Great programme. From the same stable as Bagpuss and Ivor the Engine. They don't make 'em like that any more......
Ahhh Ivor! psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k... he wasn't that hot at double tonguing
No, they don't, more's the pity...I just ADORE Oliver Postgate's stuff... .
Anyone else here old enough to remember Noggin the Nog and The Pogles??? And as you all know, my sis is a great fan of Bagpuss (she loves Ivor the Engine too ).
.Anyone else here old enough to remember Noggin the Nog and The Pogles??? And as you all know, my sis is a great fan of Bagpuss (she loves Ivor the Engine too
).
I just about remember Noggin, or at least remember hearing about him... The Pogles, not sure...
Bagpuss and Ivor were childhood staples for me though........
psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k..........
Bagpuss and Ivor were childhood staples for me though........
psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k..........
Oh, yes! psh-t-k indeed!
I was really scared by Nogbad the Bad - and when I spotted my first cormorant on the Thames a couple of years ago, I thought, 'Goodness, it's Grackle!'
I was really scared by Nogbad the Bad - and when I spotted my first cormorant on the Thames a couple of years ago, I thought, 'Goodness, it's Grackle!'
QUOTE(sarah-flute @ Apr 30 2007, 12:21 AM)
I just about remember Noggin, or at least remember hearing about him... The Pogles, not sure...
Bagpuss and Ivor were childhood staples for me though........
psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k, psh-t-k..........
Pogle's Wood I think was '60s. I don't remember ever watching it....
You do realise I'm now going to go to bed with an image in my mind of Ivor the Engine making that 'psh-t-k' noise now Sarah?...
Playing a flute, I hope!
Hmmm, yes, me too...
Pogles were indeed 60s which means that you are far too young to remember it, Barry! The Pogles used to feed Plant bilberry wine...Noggin was also 60s...
*feels ancient*
Pogles were indeed 60s which means that you are far too young to remember it, Barry! The Pogles used to feed Plant bilberry wine...Noggin was also 60s...
*feels ancient*
QUOTE(Cyrilla @ Apr 30 2007, 12:30 AM)
Hmmm, yes, me too...
Pogles were indeed 60s which means that you are far too young to remember it, Barry! The Pogles used to feed Plant bilberry wine...Noggin was also 60s...
*feels ancient*
THE POGLES!!!
I remember them - my panda was even called Pogle in honour of them!
and I remember Noggin the Nog too
(and I am not THAT old!)
Clangers We used to have a Clanger advent calendar which made noises
We used to have a Clanger advent calendar which made noises
Ah, well, you are obviously remembering a previous incarnation when you were a Mother Superior...
We have Clangers, Ivor the Engine and Bagpuss on Video tape. I felt it important not to deny the children such an important part of my childhood.
I still think they're wonderful even now...Oh and the Bagpuss version of "I saw a ship a sailing" is still regularly sung to the children as a bedtime song. I don't care if the tune is not the traditional one, its such a beautiful tune that that's the one I sing.
I still think they're wonderful even now...Oh and the Bagpuss version of "I saw a ship a sailing" is still regularly sung to the children as a bedtime song. I don't care if the tune is not the traditional one, its such a beautiful tune that that's the one I sing.
QUOTE(Cyrilla @ Apr 30 2007, 09:29 AM)
Ah, well, you are obviously remembering a previous incarnation when you were a Mother Superior...
Ah yes - I have become more saintly every time I am re-incarnated...
edit: the pogles must be very late 60's / early 70's otherwise I wouldn't remember them (tries desperately not to reveal her real age
)
Noggin the Nog and Nogbad the Bad. It was one of my favourites. Does anyone remember Silas the Seahorse? He had a friend calle Bartholomew Shrimp. None of my friends do.
The subject of Clangers comes up with every beginner flute pupil I take on - as soon as they can blow the headjoint (unattached from the rest of the flute) I get them to put a finger in the open end and move it in and out to make 'Clanger' noises - makes it a bit more interesting to practice at home!
who could not love bagpuss its the ring tone on my phone i thought this thread might be about percussion ( clangers) but little pink mice like creatures on a monday morning are most welcome
its the ring tone on my phone i thought this thread might be about percussion ( clangers) but little pink mice like creatures on a monday morning are most welcome
Not quite old enough to have watched "The Clangers" as a child, but I have a knitted Clanger my mum made for me
I did watch Bagpuss though. My mum made me one of those too, though the mice were my favourites!
I did watch Bagpuss though. My mum made me one of those too, though the mice were my favourites!
QUOTE(ad_libitum @ Apr 30 2007, 11:45 AM)
Not quite old enough to have watched "The Clangers" as a child, but I have a knitted Clanger my mum made for me
I did watch Bagpuss though. My mum made me one of those too, though the mice were my favourites!
It was the songs I really remembered, and now get passed on.
Yes I too remember Noggin the Nog, but not the Pogles. I know I'm not touchy about my age, but I remember the early 70's ones the first time they were broadcast.
QUOTE(ad_libitum @ Apr 30 2007, 11:45 AM)
Not quite old enough to have watched "The Clangers" as a child, but I have a knitted Clanger my mum made for me
I did watch Bagpuss though. My mum made me one of those too, though the mice were my favourites!
oh yes janey and charlie mouse the original clangers were knitted be the chap would wrote its wife
What about the Herbs?
I don't know the Herbs. The Bagpuss mice used to sing to the tune of Sumer is Icumen in.
QUOTE(sbhoa @ Apr 30 2007, 12:27 PM)
What about the Herbs?
I remember The Herbs. Parsley the Lion, Dill the dog
Also Pogles' Wood. Erm.......Hector's House.." I'm a silly old dog called Hector". In that was also Kiki the frog. There was a cat too,m called Zsa Zsa.Button Moon anyone?? Joe ( who lived in a transport cafe ), Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Tinger and Tucker???
Bev.
QUOTE(The Old Lady @ Apr 30 2007, 12:45 PM)
QUOTE(sbhoa @ Apr 30 2007, 12:27 PM)
What about the Herbs?
I remember The Herbs. Parlsey the Lion, Dill the dog
Also Pogles' Wood. Erm.......Hector's House.." I'm a silly old dog called Hector". In that was also Kiki the frog. There was a cat too.Button Moon anyone?? Joe ( who lived in a transport cafe ), Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Tinger and Tucker???
Bev.
More from our trivia correspondent. Joanna Lumley was the voice of Kiki the frog, and the scriptwriter on Trumpton is now running a newspaper on the island of Arran (not far, in a straight line, from the village of Ardentinny, where Eric Thompson wrote the original English-language scripts for the Magic Roundabout).
*retreats into hole, lurks, waiting for opportunity to crash in with more Interesting Facts*
QUOTE(sbhoa @ Apr 30 2007, 12:27 PM)
What about the Herbs?
THE HERBS
Haha used to love that... "I'm a very friendly lion called Parsley" Infact I have a rather worrying knowledge of older childrens TV programs... in English we're studying Of Mice and Men and our teacher said something about Weed... WEEEEEED!!! *waves arms*. No one else had a clue what I was on about...
Yes I remember the herbs, hector's house, trumpton, camberwick green, chigley etc. What really dates me is remembering Andy Pandy, but they were repeats that were shown in the 1970s.
QUOTE(The Old Lady @ Apr 30 2007, 12:45 PM)
QUOTE(sbhoa @ Apr 30 2007, 12:27 PM)
What about the Herbs?
I remember The Herbs. Parlsey the Lion, Dill the dog
Also Pogles' Wood. Erm.......Hector's House.." I'm a silly old dog called Hector". In that was also Kiki the frog. There was a cat too.Button Moon anyone?? Joe ( who lived in a transport cafe ), Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Tinger and Tucker???
Bev.
Yes yes yes!! Plus Mary, Mungo and Midge, Fingerbobs, Rhubarb and Custard, Crystaltips and Alistar, and The Woodentops......I loved the ending of Camberwick Green (or was it Trumpton?) where Windy Miller kept winding down the credits...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0eZjJZzNB4
QUOTE(sonataform @ Apr 30 2007, 12:56 PM)
More from our trivia correspondent. Joanna Lumley was the voice of Kiki the frog, and the scriptwriter on Trumpton is now running a newspaper on the island of Arran (not far, in a straight line, from the village of Ardentinny, where Eric Thompson wrote the original English-language scripts for the Magic Roundabout).
*retreats into hole, lurks, waiting for opportunity to crash in with more Interesting Facts*
should that not be "interesting" facts?
Impressive trivia though
(I bet all the girls say that to you... )
QUOTE(The Old Lady @ Apr 30 2007, 12:45 PM)
Button Moon anyone?? Joe ( who lived in a transport cafe ), Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Tinger and Tucker???
I remember Button Moon and Trumpton etc
QUOTE(chocolatedog @ Apr 30 2007, 01:47 PM)
Yes yes yes!! Plus Mary, Mungo and Midge, Fingerbobs, Rhubarb and Custard, Crystaltips and Alistar, and The Woodentops......I loved the ending of Camberwick Green (or was it Trumpton?) where Windy Miller kept winding down the credits...
Fingerbobs! Yes, remember that!
I liked those credits too - don't recall which one it was.
I also liked the credits where the characters rose out of a musical box
Mum is a big fan of Rhubarb and Custard
Several years ago I held a 'nostalgia' party - everyone came dressed up in school uniform and we sat and watched videos of Watch With Mother, The Herbs, Bagpuss, Camberwick Green and Trumpton whilst eating egg sandwiches and jelly and ice-cream (all very nice until someone spilt a bottle of cherryade all over the sarnies 
). Brilliant.
I often spend long car journeys working out the solfa to the music from these wonderful programmes (I know, I'm a Sad Woman ).
I think Sandra Kerr was Madeleine the rag doll in Bagpuss and I think did a lot of the music. She is a Big Cheese in Folkworks in the North of England and is a great folk expert .
The music for these programmes was SO wonderful!
When I started teaching one of the 'Bootleg Beatles' last year I was delighted to find out he is of the same vintage as myself (one month older) - so our Kodály lessons tend to be interspersed with serious discussions about Spotty Dog .
And why do you think my little sis goes under the name of 'Bagpuss' on the forums?!
). Brilliant.I often spend long car journeys working out the solfa to the music from these wonderful programmes (I know, I'm a Sad Woman
).I think Sandra Kerr was Madeleine the rag doll in Bagpuss and I think did a lot of the music. She is a Big Cheese in Folkworks in the North of England and is a great folk expert
.The music for these programmes was SO wonderful!
When I started teaching one of the 'Bootleg Beatles' last year I was delighted to find out he is of the same vintage as myself (one month older) - so our Kodály lessons tend to be interspersed with serious discussions about Spotty Dog
.And why do you think my little sis goes under the name of 'Bagpuss' on the forums?!
QUOTE(Devil_Fiddler @ Apr 30 2007, 01:00 PM)
QUOTE(sbhoa @ Apr 30 2007, 12:27 PM)
What about the Herbs?
THE HERBS
Haha used to love that... "I'm a very friendly lion called Parsley" Infact I have a rather worrying knowledge of older childrens TV programs... in English we're studying Of Mice and Men and our teacher said something about Weed... WEEEEEED!!! *waves arms*. No one else had a clue what I was on about...
Parsely the lion is fantastic..
Weeeeeeeed
QUOTE(Cyrilla @ Apr 30 2007, 02:47 PM)
Several years ago I held a 'nostalgia' party - everyone came dressed up in school uniform and we sat and watched videos of Watch With Mother, The Herbs, Bagpuss, Camberwick Green and Trumpton whilst eating egg sandwiches and jelly and ice-cream (all very nice until someone spilt a bottle of cherryade all over the sarnies
). Brilliant.I often spend long car journeys working out the solfa to the music from these wonderful programmes (I know, I'm a Sad Woman
).I think Sandra Kerr was Madeleine the rag doll in Bagpuss and I think did a lot of the music. She is a Big Cheese in Folkworks in the North of England and is a great folk expert
.The music for these programmes was SO wonderful!
When I started teaching one of the 'Bootleg Beatles' last year I was delighted to find out he is of the same vintage as myself (one month older) - so our Kodály lessons tend to be interspersed with serious discussions about Spotty Dog
.And why do you think my little sis goes under the name of 'Bagpuss' on the forums?!
Well the tunes used and singing had an influence on a 30 something soprano to the effect that her children also like all the songs and want mummy to sing them to them. Good job singing is so important around our house.
Jo
QUOTE(chocolatedog @ Apr 30 2007, 01:47 PM)
Yes yes yes!! Plus Mary, Mungo and Midge, Fingerbobs, Rhubarb and Custard, Crystaltips and Alistar, and The Woodentops......I loved the ending of Camberwick Green (or was it Trumpton?) where Windy Miller kept winding down the credits...
Did anyone actually call poor Crystal by her proper name?
My sister in law is called Crystal... no prizes for guessing how we refer to her when she's not around.
Oh all those programs bring back memories!!
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