Follows on from where the original series left off, except Trumpton is now ruled by Lord Trump, who arms the fire brigade, promotes Colonel Snort to Field-Marshall and converts the soldier boys to mechanized cavalry, rebuilds Windy Miller's mill as a watchtower with searchlights, and lines the sides of Lord Belborough's private railway with five metre high razor wire fences to keep illegal migrants from sneaking aboard ...
-- 8th of 7, Sep 28 2016

Trumpton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpton
Nice little town [8th of 7, Sep 28 2016]

Camberwick Green https://en.wikipedi...ki/Camberwick_Green
Nice little suburb [8th of 7, Sep 28 2016]

Chigley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chigley
Nice little business development district. [8th of 7, Sep 28 2016]

Common Form http://www.kiplings.../poems_epitaphs.htm
He got a trifle bitter, did Rudyard ... [8th of 7, Sep 28 2016]

Wombles http://wombles.wiki...m/wiki/Wombles_Wiki
Uncle Bulgaria, Tomsk, Orinoco, damn foreigners [not_morrison_rm, Nov 03 2016]

Bagpuss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpuss
..aye, proper kids tv, not like that rubbish they have these days... [not_morrison_rm, Nov 03 2016]

B.P. Ridgfield http://www.dailykos...rtoon-no-comparison
He cares so much it hurts... [RayfordSteele, Nov 03 2016]

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-- 8th of 7, Sep 28 2016


Hey, don't mess with Trumpton..<wonders how many of them voted Leave..> I know the Wombles were in the Remain camp, mostly because of their sympathy for Madame Cholet's uncertain immigration status .

NB Having some difficulty with one review of Bagpuss "The reason for its enduring appeal is its depth of meaning, cultural resonance and intellectual weight....Bagpuss certainly is an existentialist hero in terms of his constraints, if not his actual philosophy....Riiiight.
-- not_morrison_rm, Nov 03 2016


// Bagpuss certainly is an existentialist hero in terms of his constraints, if not his actual philosophy. //

No, they're getting him confused with Professor Yaffle ...
-- 8th of 7, Nov 03 2016


Hasn't that stupid fucking election gotten over yet?
-- blissmiss, Nov 03 2016


I'm just waiting for the cache of emails to cast some light on the Clangers extremely off-shore (in fact, off-planet) banking practices, all run by a shadowy figure only known as "The Soup Dragon".
-- not_morrison_rm, Nov 03 2016


She didn't exactly put up much of a fight, though ...
-- 8th of 7, Nov 04 2016


which stupid election, blissy?
-- po, Nov 04 2016



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