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What are/were your favourite cartoons

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BradfordLass72 Fri 23-Aug-19 11:21:03

When my sons were small, they used to love watching cartoons on Grandma's television.

Their favourites and mine were Krtek the Mole and the animations Camberwick Green, Chigley and Trumpton.

Who can forget Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb?
trumpton3.homestead.com/Index.html

Then came The Herbs (with dear old Parsley the Lion)
and The Magic Roundabout (originally Le Manège enchanté).

But best of all there was Morph who was adopted in 2016 by Aardman for a whole new series.

What are or were your favourites?

pamdixon Sat 24-Aug-19 14:54:17

just love the present Clangers. Its beautifully narrated - love watching it with my grandchildren!
Bill and Ben gives me happy childhood memories - and Muffin the Mule - showing my age!!

Spudtm Sat 24-Aug-19 14:32:16

Scooby Doo
Pink Panther

grandtanteJE65 Sat 24-Aug-19 14:29:23

I had never heard of the cartoons in the headline.

My favourite was Bugs Bunny, later I fell for the Road Runner

When I was three I loved Donald Duck, mainly because he had temper tantrums and got away with them, which I didn't.

TrendyNannie6 Sat 24-Aug-19 14:14:09

For me it was always bill n Ben woodentops n Andy panda n noddy they don’t make em like those









For me the best will always be, Andy Pandy n teddy noddy n big ears the woodentops n bill n ben

Saggi Sat 24-Aug-19 13:31:17

..... years later I had a ‘spotty dog’

Saggi Sat 24-Aug-19 13:30:47

Wooden tops and Popeye for me

Magicnonna Sat 24-Aug-19 13:26:28

Don't forget Tales of the riverbank, I can still remember and hum the tune.. lol!

Musicgirl Sat 24-Aug-19 13:22:42

As a very small child l loved Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley. I was also a big fan of The Herbs. I had a Herbs annual and in the frontispiece there were two large flowers that you had to sniff in order to enter the magic garden (the rest of the book). I did this every single time. Does anyone else remember the Pogles of Pogles Wood or Bizzy Lizzy? Sooty with Harry Corbett was great fun and l went twice to see him at the theatre. As l grew older there was Playaway, Animal Magic, Vision On and l was a big Blue Peter fan with the immortal John Noakes, Peter Purves and Lesley Judd.

inishowen Sat 24-Aug-19 13:09:56

I loved Top Cat. My daughter liked The Flumps. I remember one episode were one of the Flumps had a cloud over her head because she was in a bad mood. It helped me explain about moods.

Urmstongran Sat 24-Aug-19 12:59:04

Huckleberry Hound! Loved the American drawl.

MawB Sat 24-Aug-19 12:21:07

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ky9bRFG24

Not strictly a cartoon, but I loved this!
Also “Dungeons and Dragons” and the “Three Mouseketeers”

Whitewavemark2 Sat 24-Aug-19 12:20:01

The first cartoons I saw in a book owned by an Uncle as a child was Felix the Cat. Always used to read it whilst on holiday in my aunt and uncles house.

The first cartoons in the cinema was Cinderella - Walt Disney

The first cartoons on television was Popeye.

Tillybelle Sat 24-Aug-19 12:08:04

Lovely thread!

Bagcat, or as my DD said; "Cat Bag". We still say "Heave, heave heave" when moving things and can sing "We will fix, we will fix it" (or "We will mend it" as appropriate!)

Jessity Sat 24-Aug-19 12:03:35

Bagpuss - "saggy and a bit loose at the seams". I know the feeling.....

Margs Sat 24-Aug-19 11:52:03

Bagpuss and Noggin the Nog. Simple times.....

winterwhite Sat 24-Aug-19 11:36:54

When I read Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew I was reminded of Hairy McClary of Donaldson's Dairy, much loved by all my GCs.

quizqueen Sat 24-Aug-19 11:10:26

I loved Rag, Tag and Bobtail, but I was always an animal lover. I was brought up in a big town in the West Midlands so not much chance to see nature there and wished I could live in the countryside. I do now.

Juliet27 Sat 24-Aug-19 10:59:54

And Shari Lewis’s Lambchop?

Juliet27 Sat 24-Aug-19 10:58:44

Anyone remember Prudence Kitten?

Amagran Sat 24-Aug-19 10:46:36

Trumpton, Chigley, Camberwick Green, Bagpuss (big fat furry cat-puss), Ivor the Engine, Mr Benn - snuggled up on the sofa with my two children - happy days. Sorry - different generation, but I also loved watching Timmy Time with the GCs - a lovely gentle programme.

Nortsat46 Sat 24-Aug-19 10:43:59

Lupin I forgot about Top Cat .... which I loved and remember in the mid 1960's.

Nico97 Sat 24-Aug-19 10:37:51

How could I forget Captain Pugwash grin. I actually have the theme tune as my ringtone grin

Applegran Sat 24-Aug-19 10:28:02

Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine and Mr Benn - wonderful!

Lupin Sat 24-Aug-19 10:22:18

Yogi Bear and Booboo anyone? We had fun imitating the voices. My grandsons like a Yogi Bear DVD I have.
The Flintstones.
Noggin the Nog.
Being a cat lover I liked Tom and Jerry. When did Top Cat start?

GrannyMosh Sat 24-Aug-19 10:16:30

My two granddaughters aged nearly 2 and nearly 4 are both fans of Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley. My son bought the DVDs for them, and their limited TV time is divided between those 3, Peppa Pig and a German cartoon about a little dormouse called Bobo.