Over 35s: Blue Peter question - TV Programmes

Vite.dfeemtoon · 10-04-2007, 15:05

Over the years when discussing Blue Peter and the toys with various people, there is one toy that EVERYONE hated: poor Hamble. I have to admit I didn't like that doll much either despite being a poof and into girly things as a little boy (now grown out of them!). I was always a Big Ted man myself.

Did anyone here actually LIKE Hamble when they were younger? And if not, who was was your favourite toy?

I saw Lesley Judd on YouTube the other day. What a class act. I always remember when she did that lighthouse thing and was hanging on to the rope saying, "Greb meh, greb meh." She sounds quite posh by today's standards, but to me was Blue Peter's golden girl.

cobaltmale · 10-04-2007, 15:06

Aren't you thinking of "Play School" ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_Sc...K_TV_series%29

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LightningIguana · 10-04-2007, 15:07

Blue Peter and Hamble? You mean Playschool.

diddygirl · 10-04-2007, 16:00

on the subject of PlaySchool, I was always a Humpty or Jemima girl

cathh70 · 10-04-2007, 16:01

To answer the OP's question, no I really didn't like Hamble either, not sure why though.

jojo01 · 10-04-2007, 16:06

Hamble always looked a bit skanky to me, like she needed a good clean and a new dress. I was never much of a fan of the horse, Dapple, either.

I liked Humpty best, and Big & Litle Ted and most of all, liked trying to guess which window they would go through

Claratana · 10-04-2007, 16:20

Playschool is still on in Australia. They've ditched Hamble though (quite rightly) but still have Humpty and the Teds.

The Windows are still there too....

smudges dad · 10-04-2007, 16:32

Lesley Judd on Monday and Thursday, and Jenny Hanley on Tuesday and Friday Magpie) - what a way way to get teenage boys to watch TV around 5pm (I think we played football in the street on Wednesdays)

Claratana · 10-04-2007, 16:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by smudges dad

Lesley Judd on Monday and Thursday, and Jenny Hanley on Tuesday and Friday Magpie) - what a way way to get teenage boys to watch TV around 5pm (I think we played football in the street on Wednesdays)

Do you remember the Magpie Christmas appeals where they would show how much they had raised by a line going round the walls of the backstage corridors?

I don't know why that stuck with me....

solare · 10-04-2007, 17:49

Hamble - Playschool's equivalent of Chucky.

Espresso · 10-04-2007, 18:47

I never liked her, she was like a little old lady dolly, I always thought. Big Ted was my favourite, though I think that might have had more to do with my dad being called Ted.
And he was big! Well, he was when I was a kiddy.

rolergirl · 10-04-2007, 18:48

i had a hamble

stud u like · 10-04-2007, 18:55

Poppy was better. I always thought Hamble was meant to be Jewish. Not sure where I got the idea in my head.

Vite.dfeemtoon · 11-04-2007, 18:07

Blimey, I'm becoming forgetful already - yes, Playschool. How could I have forgotten?!

Love the "old lady dolly" comment!

masterchef_girl · 11-04-2007, 18:38

I always thought Hamble just looked a but boring.

I was a Jemima girl!

fleet · 11-04-2007, 18:38

i just love the word Hamble, dont ask me why.

sarahcs · 11-04-2007, 18:49

I thought this was going to be a thread about Joey Deacon.

topdoris · 11-04-2007, 18:50

Hamble was my absolute favourite. She had the nicest clothes.

Little Ted was a close second, followed by Dapple the rocking horse.

DICKENS99 · 11-04-2007, 18:54

My only flirtation with celebrity was 20 odd years ago when I was working at the Bradford tv and film museum whilst we had a special play school exhibit. I'm not saying we abused the bbc's trust after hours but some of the positions that gang were posed in would make a horse blush.

Not as bad as this though

" it wasn't just the audience who detested Hamble. None of the presenters could stand her either, so she'd get drop kicked across the studio, and once, when she wouldn't behave, Chloe Ashcroft took a dreadful liberty.

"I did a terrible thing to Hamble. She just would not sit up...so one day I got a very big knitting needle, a bit wooden one, and I stuck it right up her bum, as far as her head. So she was completely rigid, and she was much much better after that.""

gonnaenodaethat · 11-04-2007, 19:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Claratana

Do you remember the Magpie Christmas appeals where they would show how much they had raised by a line going round the walls of the backstage corridors?

I don't know why that stuck with me....

OH GOD!! Yes I do remember. I remember Mick Robertson vivdly doing it.

diyqueen · 11-04-2007, 20:32

hated hamble with a passion

I think it was the name "Hamble" who calls there doll hamble

10-04-2007, 15:05	#1
Vite.dfeemtoon Banned User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5,083	Over 35s: Blue Peter question Over the years when discussing Blue Peter and the toys with various people, there is one toy that EVERYONE hated: poor Hamble. I have to admit I didn't like that doll much either despite being a poof and into girly things as a little boy (now grown out of them!). I was always a Big Ted man myself. Did anyone here actually LIKE Hamble when they were younger? And if not, who was was your favourite toy? I saw Lesley Judd on YouTube the other day. What a class act. I always remember when she did that lighthouse thing and was hanging on to the rope saying, "Greb meh, greb meh." She sounds quite posh by today's standards, but to me was Blue Peter's golden girl.

10-04-2007, 15:06	#2
cobaltmale Inactive Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dunfermline ♂ Services: Freeview, T-Mobile, MacBook Leopard, twitter.com/cobaltmale Posts: 17,913	Aren't you thinking of "Play School" ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_Sc...K_TV_series%29 G

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LightningIguana Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Under your bed... Services: VM Posts: 6,470	Blue Peter and Hamble? You mean Playschool.

10-04-2007, 16:00	#4
diddygirl Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Jam Butty Mine Posts: 3,893	on the subject of PlaySchool, I was always a Humpty or Jemima girl

10-04-2007, 16:01	#5
cathh70 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Services: Lee's Personal Shaver Posts: 2,169	To answer the OP's question, no I really didn't like Hamble either, not sure why though.

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jojo01 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Services: VM BB, TV & Phone Posts: 4,344	Hamble always looked a bit skanky to me, like she needed a good clean and a new dress. I was never much of a fan of the horse, Dapple, either. I liked Humpty best, and Big & Litle Ted and most of all, liked trying to guess which window they would go through

10-04-2007, 16:20	#7
Claratana Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 4,573	Playschool is still on in Australia. They've ditched Hamble though (quite rightly) but still have Humpty and the Teds. The Windows are still there too....

10-04-2007, 16:32	#8
smudges dad Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,804	Lesley Judd on Monday and Thursday, and Jenny Hanley on Tuesday and Friday Magpie) - what a way way to get teenage boys to watch TV around 5pm (I think we played football in the street on Wednesdays)

10-04-2007, 17:49	#10
solare Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,086	Hamble - Playschool's equivalent of Chucky.

10-04-2007, 18:47	#11
Espresso Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,958	I never liked her, she was like a little old lady dolly, I always thought. Big Ted was my favourite, though I think that might have had more to do with my dad being called Ted. And he was big! Well, he was when I was a kiddy.

10-04-2007, 18:48	#12
rolergirl Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,455	i had a hamble

10-04-2007, 18:55	#13
stud u like Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Gender: Male Location: The Sunny Side Of The Street Services: masculine men with passion! Posts: 18,825 Blog Entries: 14	Poppy was better. I always thought Hamble was meant to be Jewish. Not sure where I got the idea in my head.

11-04-2007, 18:07	#14
Vite.dfeemtoon Banned User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5,083	Blimey, I'm becoming forgetful already - yes, Playschool. How could I have forgotten?! Love the "old lady dolly" comment!

11-04-2007, 18:38	#15
masterchef_girl Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 460	I always thought Hamble just looked a but boring. I was a Jemima girl!

11-04-2007, 18:38	#16
fleet Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: herts Services: btinternet Posts: 4,630	i just love the word Hamble, dont ask me why.

11-04-2007, 18:49	#17
sarahcs Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 6,079 Blog Entries: 4	I thought this was going to be a thread about Joey Deacon.

11-04-2007, 18:50	#18
topdoris Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,158	Hamble was my absolute favourite. She had the nicest clothes. Little Ted was a close second, followed by Dapple the rocking horse.

11-04-2007, 18:54	#19
DICKENS99 Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,052	My only flirtation with celebrity was 20 odd years ago when I was working at the Bradford tv and film museum whilst we had a special play school exhibit. I'm not saying we abused the bbc's trust after hours but some of the positions that gang were posed in would make a horse blush. Not as bad as this though " it wasn't just the audience who detested Hamble. None of the presenters could stand her either, so she'd get drop kicked across the studio, and once, when she wouldn't behave, Chloe Ashcroft took a dreadful liberty. "I did a terrible thing to Hamble. She just would not sit up...so one day I got a very big knitting needle, a bit wooden one, and I stuck it right up her bum, as far as her head. So she was completely rigid, and she was much much better after that.""

11-04-2007, 20:32	#21
diyqueen Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,514	hated hamble with a passion I think it was the name "Hamble" who calls there doll hamble