Hi Frederick,

That's some great ideas in there!

I've bought their 1st album now, and am now considering one of
those annuals you suggested. I did try Mike Batt's office a
couple of weeks ago (I think it was his secretary I emailed)
although sadly no response as yet.

Hehe - I'll definitely have to have a word with the caterer
about something appropriate in the way of food. Bramble pudding
would be just fantastic!

Best regards,
Richard


--- "Frederick W. Harrison" <harriwom@...> wrote:

> See if you can find a copy of their first album "Wombling
> Songs" (back
> cover) or third album "Keep On Wombling" There are individual
> drawings of
> the Wombles on each of those. A bit small but they might be
> doubled in size
> without too much graininess.
> For pictures, there is the "Remember You're A Womble" cover
> which has a
> line-up of the characters on the back cover. The inside cover
> of the 1998
> Annual has individual pictures of the new look Wombles. The
> BBC/World "The
> Wombles Book" has Edgar Hodges drawings of the extended family
> of Wombles -
> Miss Adelaide, Cousin Botany, etc. Of course the annuals may
> be hard to find
> in good condition, if at all. There's always Tess Read's "The
> Wombles Guide
> to Life" which is likely in the remainder bins right now (I'm
> assuming this
> as I can't order it through Amazon) and gives you the option
> of choosing
> Edgar Hodges' drawings or stills from the TV series. Mind you,
> she does
> mistake Cousin Yellowstone for Cousin Botany!
>
> The Wombles dominoes had nice pictures on them but were
> missing a few
> characters - and misnamed one!
>
> You might try Mike Batt's office (it's on his website
> www.mikebatt.com ) and
> see if they have any photos they could spare. Or music, for
> that matter. You
> might even invite Orinoco or the others to pay a personal
> visit - just
> mention food and Orinoco is sure to be there, especially since
> it's in
> Wimbledon.
>
> I don't know if the Womble theme could be extended to the food
> - a mushroom
> dish (soufflé perhaps?) would be quite in keeping with the
> Womble diet.
>
> Actually you could get quite inventive in that regard. Scones
> with parsley
> topped with a little garlic butter might make a good
> approximation for daisy
> buns. Dandelion greens and other edible plants in the salad
> would add a
> "common touch". I don't know if wild mint is a native species
> but it makes a
> great tea - simply pick the green leaves and infuse in the
> teapot. Bamboo
> shoots, water chestnuts, and bean sprouts are readily
> available from any
> Chinese grocer to add a certain exotic flavour to casseroles
> (Shansi would
> approve.)
>
> And for afters you simply must have ...... bramble pudding!
> (Any pudding
> made with raspberries or blackberries will do.)
>
> Frederick W Harrison <><
> ==================================
> "A stone may determine the course of the river." C.S. Lewis
>
>
>


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