That would indeed be a very interesting video! Wellington's solo single did not fare well chart wise, nor for the Wombles group wise. Caroline Coon reviewing...
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tonyclarkuk
Sep 21, 2011 7:56 am
I don't remember Wellington performing "Rainmaker" on Top of the Pops even though I'm sure I watched TOTP every week. It is not to say that he didn't appear. I...
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tarastockford
Sep 21, 2011 12:32 pm
Nice - I enjoyed Frederick's memories and the Rainmaker publicity photo. There's a useful Top Of The Pops episode list on the Popscene forum...
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damienmildury
Sep 21, 2011 1:36 pm
Interesting to note that Popscene doesn't mention Wellington Womble's Rainmaker being on Top of The Pops, although I distinctly remember seeing it on that...
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damienmildury
Sep 21, 2011 1:43 pm
Yeah, that's the machine he had on both Top of The Pops and Blue Peter. For the purposes of those two programmes (obviously because of all the electrical...
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Frederick Harrison
wellington_w
Sep 22, 2011 1:40 am
I never knew about the photo - or the TV appearances to plug the single. Nice bit of research that. Thanks for sharing. Wikipedia has an entry for Kate Bush's...
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tonyclarkuk
Nov 15, 2011 9:38 am
The Wombles are hoping for chart success again with a re-release of Wombling Merry Christmas. A new X Factor style video can be viewed on the Metro newspaper...
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nbarker72
Nov 19, 2011 1:54 pm
Hi Damien I always remembered seeing a solo Womble on TOTP in '76 when I was 4. However when the TOTP database went online and it wasn't listed I thought I...
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damienmildury
Nov 19, 2011 4:35 pm
... Thanks Neil, I definitely do remember seeing Wellington appearing on Top of The Pops alongside his 'rain machine', which was actually a bicycle with a...
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tarastockford
Dec 9, 2011 12:03 pm
Hi folks Sorry for the short notice, but in case you're not on Twitter or Facebook: The Wombles will be performing Wombling Merry Christmas on This Morning...
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tonyclarkuk
Dec 9, 2011 1:20 pm
Photos from The Wombles appearance on This Morning are here... http://www.rexfeatures.com/set/1517725?pg=5&pl=20&cr=1...
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tonyclarkuk
Dec 11, 2011 1:09 pm
Great to finally see the Wombles "in the fur" (so to speak) on Oxford Street today. I've been a fan of The Wombles since the first TV episode in 1973 (at the...
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peter spencer
orin_oco2003
Dec 11, 2011 6:26 pm
What is the CGI Tv series and will anyone ever produce the recent 1990 CITV series onto dvd!They did in Australia! ________________________________ From:...
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garton_mother
Dec 11, 2011 8:46 pm
Well it will be interesting to see the Wombles in CGI (Computer Generated Imagery)form. But I for one will miss the stop motion Film Fair puppets... Somehow...
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tonyclarkuk
Dec 12, 2011 10:32 am
Photos from yesterday here... http://www.rexfeatures.com/set/1518425 ..these were taken just after The Wombles appeared outside the shop, soon after mid-day. I...
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bingobongobungo
Dec 18, 2011 9:16 pm
I have quite a lot of Wombles toys - all of the 1998 25cms, two of the 36cms, the beanies, the McDonalds toys and a couple of the Ace Ltd. 30cms - and I'd...
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peter
orin_oco2003
Feb 11, 2012 8:46 am
Is any company going to release the 1990's episodes onto dvd for Britain....
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peter
orin_oco2003
Feb 11, 2012 8:47 am
Will the 1990's Womble episodes be released onto dvd in Britian ever!...
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raccoonfan
Feb 14, 2012 7:09 pm
At the moment, not likely. Currently, the only way to get the original and 90s series on DVD is by importing the 35th Anniversary Collection from Australia....
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tarastockford
Feb 14, 2012 8:05 pm
I've just checked my UK region 2 player, and it definitely can't play the Australian box set. (I've got a multi-region player as well though.) I'd forgotten...
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bingobongobungo
Mar 7, 2012 8:53 pm
Grrr, I loved the Canadian series! The music was great with all the references to Mike Batt's songs and it still had a quaint feel to it....
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neiltravel2002
Jul 4, 2012 8:14 pm
Hello all, Please forgive the following plug, I checked with Tara whether it would be OK to mention this... My book Journeys from Wimbledon Common, in which I...
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Gill Seyfang
gillseyfang
Feb 13, 2013 1:35 pm
Hello, here's a nice surprise for womble fans! I've been transferring my wombles memorabilia website over to wordpress. While getting out all the stuff to...
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tonyclarkuk
Feb 13, 2013 1:54 pm
That's great stuff Gill. I hope one day these two half-hour specials from the early 1990s will get a DVD release. They were never released on VHS even though...
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Frederick Harrison
wellington_w
Feb 14, 2013 5:10 am
Thank you for finding this and making it available. Very interesting indeed! The Rainbow Womble dolls must date from 1990 as I heard every phrase that my...
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James Fox
cyberfoxdigi...
Feb 15, 2013 7:39 pm
I was disappointed with this special The show was subtle with the environment message namely "Making good use of bad rubbish" (basically Recycle) This special...
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Frederick Harrison
wellington_w
Feb 16, 2013 5:44 am
As a citizen of the Great White North, I am used to misunderstandings about Canada's place in the world. While the western portion of the country is above the...
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Gill Seyfang
gillseyfang
Mar 10, 2013 6:36 pm
Hello everyone, I'm pleased to say that my new Womble Burrow website is now fully operational with a huge collection of wombles memorabilia for your perusal: ...
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raccoonfan
Apr 29, 2013 10:12 pm
Greetings, fellow members. I come bearing interesting news. Wombling Free, the movie, has been released on iTunes, in both Buy and Rent formats. The buy cost...
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James Fox
cyberfoxdigi...
Apr 30, 2013 6:17 am
It's available here in the US for Amazon Prime users for free for streaming I enjoyed the film even though David Tomlinson is eccoing his role from Mary...
