The best childrens TV programme ever...

[sbisson]

...was not Bagpuss, though it did come from the same stable.

It was the wonderful Ivor The Engine.

"...Not very long ago, in the top left-hand corner of Wales, there was a railway. It wasn't a very long railway or a very important railway, but it was called The Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited, and it was all there was. And in a shed, in a siding at the end of the railway, lives the Locomotive of the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited, which was a long name for a little engine so his friends just called him Ivor..."

What more could you want? Ivor had everything: North Wales, choirs, coal mines, narrow gauge steam railways, elephants, and (of course) dragons!

And now, if you have a colour printer (and a toilet roll), you can make your very own Ivor!

Comments

[fraserspeirs.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh!

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

James (who's 4) got the complete Ivor on video for Xmas. A hit, I think :)

And James' Dad (me) enjoyed watching it as much as he did! Every link in this post was in the vlink colour already :)

[swisstone.livejournal.com]

Ha! Ye who shun the faith of the One True Noggin!

[quercus.livejournal.com]

I always wondered why it was "in the top left hand corner" of Wales. It's clearly in the middle, or even the South of Wales - the scenery, the coal and gold mining, and not a slate quarry in site.

[colours.livejournal.com]

I have an Ivor the Engine book :oD It's from about 1950 or something, and will probably soon be placed on ebay to fund my theatre-habit.

[lproven.livejournal.com]

Nooo! It was as tedious as drying paint and patronizing and juvenile to boot. I thought, when I was like... 3 or something. Tsk.

The Clangers rocked. And Morph. Ludwig and (?) Mr Cuddles were fun. And Blue Peter and Jackanory and even John Craven's Newsround if I was bored. And Swapshop.

But any Tex Avery or good Warner Bros cartoon beat 'em all. Or early Tom & Jerry, before they started talking. [Yuck. Just WRONG.]

But I think I preferred the Goodies to all of them by the time I was back from Africa 1st time around...