Animal Music

[muddy]

Anyone remember this ? 

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[klondike]

I remembered it but wasn't sure if it was me watching or one or other of my children so I looked it up. First aired 72-74 so it would have been repeats and could have been any of them. My bet it was one of my daughters as it's more a girly thing.

My parents got a TV when I was 9. My father held out til ITV was launched as he didn't want to splash out what was probably a fair amount at the time for just one channel.

[GrannyMac]

I was 14 when we got a telly, 1960. My dad realised by then that he would enjoy it, and my mum certainly did. She loved Crossroads! I remember watching snooker with her, jn black and white. 

I remember the Black Beauty music, my daughter may well have watched it.

[muddy]

Here another ( I was a horse loving  girl )- now I'm a horse loving old girl !

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[Alex]

I remember that music too.   I went next door to watch the coronation in 1953 as we didn't have a telly.

[Mups]

I remember both of those pieces of music.
I loved Black Beauty when I was young,  and believe it or not,  I still clearly remember the first paragraph of Anna Sewell's book, too.   I loved that book.

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"The first place  I can well remember is a large field with a pond of clear water in it.   
Rushes and water lily's grew at the deep end."

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Funny isn't it,  how we can remember things from 50 yrs ago,  but can't remember where we put our keys this morning! 

[muddy]

I still have a little copy of Black Beauty that was won as a school prize  by my aunt , who died young shortly before I was born .
She was artistic too , I am her namesake .

[1955vintage]

Now that is the Animals

[muddy]

Er yes well.........

[Alex]

Now that is the Animals

ooooh yes one of my favourites, left his beloved Newcastle 40 years ago and never came back.

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[klondike]

[muddy]

It's gets worse .....

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[Mups]

Cor,  that takes me back, Muddy.   
I used to love that . . . .  and Lassie Come Home.  

It's sad those sort of things don't seem to be on for telly for small kids any more..

 

[klondike]

They have entire channels for kids now. Probably not showing those though.

And certainly not this....

[Mups]

Muffin the Mule,   I used to love that as well.

I had a little  Muffin puppet on strings.   He was made of metal.  I used to take it everywhere with me.

I remember we had some relations living some way away who Mum & Dad used to take us to visit every few weeks.
 One day I realised I had  left my Muffin puppet over there by mistake,  and I was so upset, Mum had to ask them to post it back to me rather than wait until the next time we visited them!   

I used to love my Golliwog too, and always take him to bed with me, along with a Tiger soft toy..
Happy days.