today the world is a poorer place for the loss of Oliver Postgate, by all accounts a man as kind and gentle as his voice indicated. For those of us who watched Pogles' Wood on Watch With Mother after dinner (as lunch was called in those days), Ivor The Engine or Noggin the Nog immediately before the news every night immediately prior to the News and teatime, his voice is one of the most comforting and reassuring on the planet. It takes me back to the days when life was simple- and children's tv progammes had some substance, and his stories were more substantial than most.
It has been interesting today to read of his lifestyle,beliefs and principles, and comforting to know that a voice I trusted as a child, remained steadfast and true to himelf.
on a sadder note, and watching and reading tributes today, I wonder what will happen come the (inevitable, but please long way off) day that Brian Cant leaves us. An entire generation will require therapy, and demand a day of mourning declared.
click on 'play intro'
http://www.pogleswood.org/
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