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| Name: | kim bryant |
| E-mail address: | bryantkim@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | oh my god...again no one else remembered them. i had an annual with a recipe for pippin and tog biscuits long ago lost, again older wiser person binned it i guess. |
| Name: | tom barnes |
| E-mail address: | tomb1@talktalk.net |
| Comments: | Brings back long ago memories and childhood dreams.Books read and reread until they fell apart and with tears cast into the bin by people older and wiser Castles in the air come to mind but dont know why? |
| Name: | Phil |
| Comments: | Loved Pogles Wood as a kid, Tog still fascinates me to this day!
Great site, Cheers! |
| Name: | Dave |
| Comments: | This was one of the 1st webpages I looked at when I first got hooked up to the net ,about 10 years ago .
Glad it's still here , a most delightfull page !!!!!!!!!!! |
| Name: | john spence |
| E-mail address: | brianlynchmedium@btconnect.com |
| Comments: | HI Jennj i have also been looking for a dvd of noggin the nog , did you have any luck, sincerely john. |
| Name: | Tim Munton |
| E-mail address: | g4xms@talktalk.net |
| Comments: | Caroline & Linda (see below) were wondering what exactly Tog is :
I seem to recall that their Right Radiant Rainbownesses Mr Postgate & Mr Firmin said somewhere that he is a sort of cross between a Rabbit & a Squirrel. As most of you probably know; within the world of Pogles' Wood ( if memory serves me well ) Tog was originally a soft toy who Mr Pogle magic'd to life the 2nd time he had problems with the Witch. This wasn't on TV but was detailed in the second Pogles annual - "The Pogles Annual 1968" (published 1967), along with fantastic illustrations. Interestingly his fur is much the same colour as Bagpuss's ie pink & white - although apparently the frame of the Bagpuss puppet is covered with some sort of material dyed in those colours; while Tog's colouring is, for the most part at least, painted directly onto the body of the puppet (made of wood I assume - perhaps wrongly ). The Pogle puppets ( & Bagpuss & friends & a few Clangers )now live in Canterbury's Rupert Bear/Heritage Museum. I also live in Canterbury - & the Museum's only a minute from Canterbury Wholefoods, where I shop most weeks - so I occasionally stop by & say hello to them - which is always a pleasure. They're all great but the Pogles are my favourite, And especially Pippin & Tog. |
| Name: | caroline Brown |
| E-mail address: | carolinebrown14@msn.com |
| Comments: | My best friend and I were having a conversation on the phone this eveing about Tog and what was he, I said a squirrel but after looking at all the info on the internet we are still not sure, we both loved the programe and still do and we are both 46 and will never grow up
many thanks for you information Kind regards Caroline Brown and my best mate linda O'Brien |
| Name: | billee |
| E-mail address: | billees@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I thought it was a dream - nobody else seemed to remember this programme! |
| Name: | carl yates |
| E-mail address: | yates685@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | i remeber this as a boy i am 42 years old i love the old kids progs like parsley and the herb garden , |
| Name: | simon |
| E-mail address: | pogle1@sky.co.uk |
| Comments: | love the page. have been pogle since school. |
| Name: | Alan |
| E-mail address: | shodanofxchurc@aol.com |
| Comments: | this took me back to my childhood
I own a yellow and white rabbit which is 40ish years old named tog after the rabbit in pogles wood thank you very much for this wonderful web site |
| Name: | alison |
| E-mail address: | alisonhartley1965@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | I new tog was real and not in my mind, everyone just looks at me when i ask "DO YOU REMEMBER TOG" I loved his cute little face, my cat "stan" looks so like him. I had forgotten about the witch and magic plant. Its wonderful i now want the D.V.D, may put it on my xmas list even though i am now 42yrs old. thanks for the memories. Alison 24/11/2007. |
| Name: | Suzanne |
| Comments: | Wow, thank you for a real trip down memory lane for me (thanks to my mum for pointing me in the right direction). They don't make them like that any more. Bring back the magic and the mysteries - children (and adults) need it. |
| Name: | RUTH-ANN |
| E-mail address: | r.HYLAND@SERVICE2U.CO.UK |
| Comments: | THANKS FOR SHOWING MY FAMILY I AM SANE. NOBODY THOUGHT THE PIPE CLEANER FAMILY EXISTED. |
| Name: | Garret Smyth |
| E-mail address: | garret [at] smyth.co.uk |
| Comments: | For anyone one Facebook, we've set ups a Pogles' Wood Appreciation Society. Please drop by. There's a link to this site, by the way. If we get enough members, we are going to set up a PogleCon!
Garret |
| Name: | Moya |
| E-mail address: | moyaluckett@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I loved Pogles' Wood--it was my favourite program when I was little (I even had a Pippin and Tog dress). I'm about to get all the dvds and it was great to hear the Pogles sound clips again. |
| Name: | Mark |
| E-mail address: | mydross@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | Just had another look at the site and read my own comments! Have to apologise for the awful spelling! It was my lunch hour and I was rushing! Guess it was the excitement of reading about the Pogles! Long live this wonderful site... checked ebay and there are Pogles DVD's on there!!! |
| Name: | Mark |
| E-mail address: | mydross@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | Oh My ..... Lunch time and I 'googled' Pogles Wood and look what i found! Like Ian, this was my eariest memory of watching TV, AND i did infact 'watch with mother'!! I loved Bizzy Lizzie too, but the Pogles were my all time favourite and also shaped my taste in literature etc in the years to come!! Id forgotte all about the Pipecleaner family!! But siddenly those memories came flooding back! When I started school I remember being desperate to have a pencil case like the one they lived in! My grandma - bless her, went all over to get me one. I was so proud of it! This kids of today don't know what they are missing! |
| Name: | Debbie |
| Comments: | I have fond memories of Pogle's Wood (I'm now 43). I remember the episode with the pipecleaner family buidling a viaduct out of blocks.
I love this site. |
| Name: | Barbara |
| E-mail address: | BWEATHERWAX@COX.NET |
| Comments: | For some strange reason the Pogles came to mind. I Googled the name and was breathless to see those wonderful characters from so many years ago (I will be 41 next week). I would love to see a whole episode. |
| Name: | i bradley |
| Comments: | i read your page with screams of delight.all my memories came flooding back i was 5 again. |
| Name: | Tim |
| Comments: | This is one of the first websites I visited ,when I forst went "online" .
I found it "delighfull" then ,and I find it "delightfull" now . A lovely site ,I hope it is around for a long time to come !!! |
| Name: | John Hindley |
| E-mail address: | johnhindley@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Your site brings back lots of lovely memories. I loved the Pogles, even though my era of Watch with Mother was Andy Pandy, Rag Tag & Bobtail etc. Thanks for the memories! |
| Name: | Siobhan Reynolds |
| E-mail address: | e.reynolds@waitrose.com |
| Comments: | How lovely to find there are others who remember the Pogles with as much fondness as me! Every time I have mentioned them to any of my friends they all look at me like I am mad as no one else seems to remember them! Finding some Pogles wood websites has made my day, thank you! |
| Name: | Mark |
| Comments: | I knew I didn't dream it after all.
Thanks for building the site. Watch With Mother Rocks!!!!!! |
| Name: | Tim |
| E-mail address: | g4xms@onetel.net |
| Comments: | the one you mention Melissa is "Flowers" - & what a superb episode it is !
One of their very best in my opinion; what with the pipe cleaner people sailing across a lake & various animated paper animals as well as the groovy trees you mention. Its on the new Pogles Wood DVD called "Pogles Choice" which has just been released by the Dragons Friendly Society along with 2 other Pogles DVDs ( there is a link to the DFS from Jenny's Pogle site's mainpage ). Its also on vhs but as well as the better quality of DVD the DVDs also have a few more episodes ( 1 more in the case of "Pogles Choice" ). The Pingwings & Noggin dvds at DFS are also pretty wonderful - Though for me the settings, animation & characterization in Pogles Wood makes it still the most magical, organic & aesthetically pleasing of all Postgate & Firmin's many creations. Their other work is generally sublime also of course; but I've always felt that Pogles Wood is the ultimate, & also it gels so well with the flower power era in which it was produced ( 1965 - 1968 ) just as later the Clangers gelled with the era of the Moon landings. |
| Name: | Melissa Gray |
| E-mail address: | melissasinden@macunlimited.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.sindengray.com |
| Comments: | What a brilliant site. I too have the experiance of no one else I know being able to remember it! It was one of the first animations that really got me interested in animation. And the pipe cleaner people!! My God!! Does anyone remeber the story where ther were lots of trees ans stuff made out of paper (newspaper?)?!
Thank You1 |
| Name: | Kathy Murray |
| E-mail address: | kathleen.murray@students.plymouth.ac.uk |
| Comments: | The pipe cleaner people in the pencil were my favorites. Oh for happy childhood days. |
| Name: | Ian Black |
| Comments: | Pogles Wood is possibly my earliest memory of children's telly. The nature of the setting and the magical stories shaped my tastes in literature and films in later life.
I dearly hope that these will eventually be available on DVD. Dragons Friendly Society seem to think that will be the case in Summer 2006. |
| Name: | mike |
| E-mail address: | judgegaffey@bluewin.ch |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.judgegaffney.com |
| Comments: | thanx for this page :)
take care Mike |
| Name: | laura |
| E-mail address: | laura_mccreedy@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | hello - what a fab site. I just found a pogles annual from 1971 in great nick and was gonna ebay it, so was just looking for how popular it is!
can't quite remember it all but certainly can remeber pipin. |
| Name: | Steve |
| E-mail address: | info@photographyyorkshire.com |
| Comments: | Wow. Thanks for the wonderful site. A really pleasant trip down memory lane.
Got me thinking about what a great childhood we had back then. Pogles Wood may look basic and dated now but is filled with family values and innocent fun. |
| Name: | Cheryl |
| E-mail address: | pippinpuss@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | My very favourite childrens prog.
When I got married in 1986 I got a kitten & named him Pippin & as you can see the name is also part of my email address! Sign of a happy childhod & good unsmuttty kids programmes. |
| Name: | Gill |
| E-mail address: | gill.strudwick@dsl.pipex.com |
| Comments: | Finally someone who remembers Pogles Wood! No one I know can recall it... was beginning to think I dreamt it. Great pics, cant beat a bit of nostalgia!
Gill. |
| Name: | Neil |
| E-mail address: | triangle52@msn.com |
| Comments: | The Watch with Mother series - magical and innocent. The memeories of watching programmes like 'Pogle's Wood'. They have become more and more obscure over the years so thank-you for taking the time to rsurrect the memories. I also found a page on 'Joe' but nothing on 'Bizzy Lizzy'. Anybody remember! Any Watch with Mother sites let me know.
Along with Enid Blyton the 'Watch with Mother' series was the perfect catalyst for the imagination of a young child. The best! Thank-you |
| Name: | Paul Jay |
| E-mail address: | paulj@skunkbox.com |
| Comments: | At last! none of my friends would believe that the Pogles had a family of pipe cleaners in a pencil case! Thank you for that. |
| Name: | Ian |
| E-mail address: | ITAMM@qinetiq.com |
| Comments: | Splendid, to see Pippin and Tog again, I was looking for a DVD of Noggin the Nog, to give to my nephew, and spotted the Pogles also, I seem to recall a plant that had to be given a drink of wine before it would tell a story, the truth and significance of this I didn't quite understand when aged 5! |
| Name: | peter lee |
| E-mail address: | joey_lee943@yahoo.co.uk |
| Name: | Dave |
| Comments: | At last !
Proof not only that Pogles Wood DID actually exist but also that others can confirm I didn't make it up ! Thanks for the memories. |
| Name: | Jayne |
| E-mail address: | jayne.summers@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Pogles wood was my favourite. I always wished I lived in that tree and had a little wooden door just like the Pogles did. Whom ever I have mentioned it to never remembers this one but it is wonderful to read that so many other people remember and loved it as much.
I found Pogles Wood the most magical childrens programme when I was young and have such fond memories. As for the pipe cleaner people - that was so special. I will definately make them for my 2 year old son. Happy memories |
| Name: | Paul |
| E-mail address: | paul@scorpio13.freeserve.co.uk |
| Comments: |
WONDERFUL ! I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT THE PIPE CLEANER FAMILY UNTIL READING ABOUT POGLES WOOD. EXCELLENT ! |
| Name: | ROY ROBERTSON |
| E-mail address: | langspoon@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | After trawling the web for ages - at last...Pogles Wood!!
This was surely the telly for young children at its greatest (well - perhaps 'Tales of the Riverbank' is a close contender). You can't help but wonder how many children in today's cynical world would still be enchanted by this delightful series. My personal favourite was when Pippin and Tog visited a funfair and then inspired Mr Pogle to build a roundabout. Also, one of the 'side' stories in animation, in which Tog played the bassoon in a bandstand in a park. Seeing the stills in colour rather than black and white is amazing...I had always thought that Plant was a white tulip! |
| Name: | Mike Smallman |
| E-mail address: | mikesma1962@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | A great little site.The memories came flooding back.I had forgotten all about the Pipe Cleaner family.Absolutely brilliant |
| Name: | meako |
| E-mail address: | jmeakin@internode.on.au |
| Comments: | I have a book of pogle's wood. There is a story with a particularly nasty witch . She is vanquished by Mr. Pogle with the words "be a memory". |
| Name: | Dave B |
| Comments: | Found your page after watching 100 best kids programme on Channel 4 the other night. Most of my favourites were represented, but one or two were missing - including Pogles Wood! Happy childhood memories, though I'll be honest and say I can't remember the stories - must get the videos (DVD?). I still have my "Tog sees the World" book - Wonderful. I had another read of it and was enchanted again. Short tale - we were in Liverpool for the Flower Festival (1985-ish ?) and part of it was a BBC exhibition. Imagine my delight - there were the Pogles - in a case. But where was my "hero"- Tog? He was Facing the tent wall, not wanting to be seen, obviously. However, I managed to push my way between the wall and the case and "CLICK". I now have a photo of Tog. It's one of my prize possesions.
Thank you for very happy memories. Dave B |
| Name: | dave.tabberer |
| E-mail address: | dave.tabberer@lineone.net |
| Comments: | one from the past. great look back soon thnks |
| Name: | Russell |
| E-mail address: | sabbytut@aol.com |
| Comments: | Thank you for the memories of Pogles wood. I named my first cuddly toy after Tog who is a rabbit. I still have him after 39 years!! Somethings just can't be parted with...
Can we get the series on DVD? |
| Name: | laura hall |
| E-mail address: | princess_h_04@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | thank you for my great memories of pogles wood keep up the good work |
| Name: | Sue James |
| E-mail address: | susyjames18@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Your pictures bring back such lovely memories of the Pogles and Pogle's wood. No one I know remembers these little folk and I was beginning to think that they were all a dream. Thanks for bringing them back to life for me. A lovely trip down memory lane. |
| Name: | Trish |
| E-mail address: | trish.wilson@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | My experiences are exactly the same as so many others who have contributed here. I knew that Pogles Wood was real but nobody else remembered it - so frustrating!
I had forgotten the pipe cleaner family too so that was a great surprise. Loved hearing the voices again. We are the generation of Tales of the Riverbank with Hammy the hamster and Roderick and the wonderful vocal talent of Johnny Morris. Does anyone else remember Aninal Magic and Vision On and the original and the best - Flowerpot Men? My goodness I have just remembered Spotty Dog and the Woodentops - I am off to look them up right now!!! The internet is a wonderful thing!!!! Trish (42) |