Another trip to Bradford on Wednesday, this time to visit the cathedral and the Science and Media Museum.
This shot was taken in the Science and Media Museum, in a gallery with a display linked to various TV shows, and shows Andy Pandy and his friends Looby Loo and Teddy 'who have endless fun in their candy-coloured world'.
Andy Pandy is a British children's television puppet series that premiered on BBC TV in the summer of 1950. The original episodes were shown live, but in 1952 a series of 26 filmed programmes was shown, and frequently repeated until 1970, when a new series of 13 episodes was made. A revival of the show was made in 2001 with 52 new episodes, this time using the stop-motion technique rather than puppets. The revival was shown on the CBeebies TV channel. This shot is a recreation scene from that series.
I adored the original Andy Pandy with Teddy and Looby-Loo! In fact, I am sitting here sitting the song "Andy Pandy's coming to play, tra la la la laaa la" as I type!! A highlight of my childhood.......in black and white on our rented telly!
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, which are very much appreciated!
Thank you too for the memories. My mum reminded me last night that back in the 1950's, Andy Pandy was on at lunchtime, and we had to catch a bus from my grandma's that only ran hourly, and I used to complain and protest about missing the end of Andy Pandy. We didn't have a TV at home at that time.
@fishers you didn’t have tv? We didn’t get ‘the electric’ until I was about 10 but Mr & Mrs Stocks bought a tv in advance of the great turn on. 9 inch screen in a big cabinet, came on at 6 after a long warm up. Silvia Peters read the news in an evening gown. Can’t remember the man who was co-news reader.
Again I do not recognize these TV characters, though they are cute and adorable.
South Africa only got TV in the late 70's, the last country in the world to allow TV
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, which are very much appreciated!
Thank you too for the memories. My mum reminded me last night that back in the 1950's, Andy Pandy was on at lunchtime, and we had to catch a bus from my grandma's that only ran hourly, and I used to complain and protest about missing the end of Andy Pandy. We didn't have a TV at home at that time.
Ian
South Africa only got TV in the late 70's, the last country in the world to allow TV
Ian
Ian
I'd never have though of TV being prevented in an apartheid context.
Ian