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| Episodes |
| Series 1 (1966) |
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1. Peter the Postman 2. Windy Miller 3. Mr. Crockett, the Garage Man 4. Dr. Mopp 5. Farmer Jonathon Bell 6. Captain Snort 7. Paddy Murphy 8. Roger Varley, the Sweep 9. Pc McGarry 10. Mr. Dagenham, the Salesman 11. Mr Carraway, the Fishmonger 12. Mickey Murphy, the Baker 13. Mrs. Honeyman and her Baby |

| History |
The
show started in a unique way that kept the children watching the title sequence
and the credits. You see there is a clown and he turns a handle slowly to reveal
the title of the show and its creators. It sounds simple, but I know that I
would sit there and watch the whole of these sequences just to see the clown
turn the handle.Gordon Murray (click to see our interview with Gordon) was the creative genius for this series. He came up with the idea, wrote it and made the puppets. Supposedly years later, Gordon destroyed all the puppets. This was either to stop anyone making another series of the show or to clear out his house. Only 1 soldier boy remains in existence today. |
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The songs he sang to accompany each episode will stay in your head forever, such as: "Riding along in a Bakers Van, a rackety tackety Bakers Van" |
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He has even starred in his own TV commercials, with the latest being 'Oats So Simple' for Quaker Oats. |
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| Story |
Each
episode began with the words:"Here is a box, a musical
box. |
The
camera then zoomed in on a clockwork musical box, which played a tune
and rotated slowly.
The top of the musical box would gradually open up and the character that we would centre on for this story would rise up from inside of it. From there we would be treated to a day in the life of that Camberwick Green resident. |
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There are no advertising hoardings here and if the villagers think that this idyll is being threatened, then they rally together to fight any modern progress. |
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| Windy Miller |
At Colleys
Mill works Windy Miller. As suggested by his name, he is the local
Miller, who uses his windmill to grind corn into flour (in the old
fashioned way). Windy has excellent timing. The reason I say this is
because he keeps going in and out of the Mill and misses the windmill
sails by centimetres. I think he should get a '10' for artistic merit.
But he does realise that everyone else hasn't got the same timing, so (most of the time) he conscientiously stops the windmill sail when guests arrive. He keeps all the corn in the granary, which is a little hut next to the windmill. |
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really does enjoy his job and loves the distinct sound of the windmill's
sails going round. The windmill has been passed down to him over the
generations, as his father and grandfather used to work it.
In the past all the farmers used to bring Windy all their corn for him to grind, but times have changed and now most of them take it to the monster mechanical millers in town. |
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He is also into making homebrewed Cider. Its very strong and it can make you sleepy. Also he is a keen bird spotter. He keeps Ducks, Hens, 2 Cows (one called Bess) and Bees. |
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So when Mr Dagenham offered to put them back on with the help of his helicopter, Windy reluctantly accepted. Mr Dagenham was waiting for a signal from Windy when the sails were back in place, but Windy waved to Mary Murphy and he was whisked into the air on the end of a rope. |
| Jonathon Bell |
He is a
local farmer who still takes his corn to Windy Miller to get it ground
into flour. But that is the only old fashioned thing that he does, as he
has the most modern farm in Camberwick Green.
He is very proud of his truck, which is the latest model and he has a Chicken Battery where the hen's lay thousands of eggs. Because of this, he is constantly teasing Windy about his old fashioned ways and that he should modernise. His Forklift Loader makes a wonderful noise. |
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People liked the idea that the hens were free and happy. So Windy suggested that Farmer Bell should send his eggs to the packing station, it would be easier for Jonathon. |
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He likes to treat his farm hands to Walnut Cakes. Yum! |
| Mrs Honeyman |
She is
always walking round carrying her baby, maybe she's a bit too
protective. I'm sure she will have trouble trouble with the baby when it
grows up. Her husband runs the Chemist Shop.She is the village gossip and will tell you everything that is going on around the area. She talks so fast, its surprising that she comes up for air. So because of this, it is advisable to never tell her a secret. Maybe she likes talking to people so much because she is lonely? She does look after the baby all day and her husband is always working in the shop. |
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Even though Mrs Honeyman is the biggest gossip ever, she does have some uses. It is like she is the vocal newspaper for the area, so that everyone knows what is going on in Camberwick Green. |
| Peter Hazel |
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He especially likes delivering post to Mickey Murphy the Baker. I think its because he is hoping he'll get something in return. Once, when delivering mail to Windy Miller; Windy started the windmill sails up, but little did they know that Peter's postbag was sitting next to one of the sails. Next thing you know, the postbag is going round and round on the sail. |
| Mary and Paddy Murphy |
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On Saturdays, Paddy puts on his roller skates and zooms over to Thomas Tripp's Dairy, where he helps out with the deliveries. But there is one special delivery for Windy Miller, a special cake, pink icing with cherries on top. Windy is independent, but he doesn't like making cakes. |
| Mrs Dingle |
She runs
the Post Office and has a puppy called 'Packet'. Mrs Dingle likes to
gossip, but isn't in the same league as Mrs Honeyman. |
| Mr Carraway |
He owns
the Fishmonger in the middle of Camberwick Green Village. Every
Wednesday, half of the men in the village go out to the back of his
shop, where a stream passes by and they all enjoy a spot of fishing.He likes to get out in his van and visits his old friend Windy Miller, as he does get tired of the smell of fish. He likes to tell him stories about his Great Grandfather, who used to be the Captain of the finest steamship that sailed the seas - The Northern Prince. |
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One of his most treasured possessions was a very large painting of The Northern Star, but it accidentally fell off his truck after he has just got it reframed. To his horror, a number of passing cars ran over it and ruined it. |
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| Mickey Murphy |
He is the
local Baker, who bake buns, cakes and pastries.He is very busy on Saturdays, so on this day he makes lots of custard pies using the milk, Mr Tripp and his son delivers. |
| Dr Mopp |
He is the
local doctor who goes around wearing very large spectacles and a top
hat, so looks quite eccentric. Dr Mopp doesn't stop there with his
eccentricities, as he drives around in an extremely old car. So old,
that it should really be in a museum, well it does have a number plate
of 1901.
He lives in a massive house, in fact its more like a mansion. Plus he's very keen bird spotter and photographer. He writes a lot of his letters on Sundays. |
| Captain Snort |
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Every Tuesday the boys are taken swimming and every Wednesday after parade he make the boys (Armitage, Featherby, Higgins, Hopwood, Lumley and Meek) do odd jobs for the people of Camberwick Green. |
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He's a bit of a softie really, he threw Sergeant Major Grout a party for his birthday and even got Mickey Murphy to bake a fantastic cake in the shape of a cannon (even if it was pink!). |
| Sergeant Major Grout |
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He also helps out with the odd jobs on a Wednesday. |
| Mr Crockett |
He runs the
local garage, which repairs cars and has some petrol pumps. He even runs
a breakdown service and goes out to people with his tow truck. I'm not
sure how he can run his business, as I've never seen anyone pay for the
petrol (sounds like a great place to me!).I'm not sure I like how he resprays cars. Last time I saw him, he had a normal can of paint in his hand and he was using this to the paint the car (sounds dodgy to me!). |
| PC McGarry |
He is
Camberwick Green's local Policeman (number 452). He uses his police
motorbike to get around, and it even has its own phone. |
| Thomas Tripp |
He is
Camberwick Green's Milkman and is Jonathan Bell's biggest customer.Once all the milk bottles got broken when Paddy Murphy was distracted by Tabitha the cat, while he was directing Mr Tripp in his milk float. Most people would have gone mad at Paddy, but Mr Tripp didn't, because he likes cats and could understand that Paddy didn't want the cat run over (can I work for him, he sounds really nice). |
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| Roger Varley |
He is a
Chimney Sweep, who zooms around on his motorbike and sidecar.He makes lots of mess while cleaning out the soot from the chimneys of peoples houses. Windy Miller thinks its lucky to touch the collar of a sweep. I'm sure he could be done for this nowadays. |
| Mr Dagenham |
He is a
salesman, who sells vacuum cleaners, cookers, television sets, radios,
cars, bungalows, brushes, bicycles. Supposedly he could sell you
anything.Farmer Bell gets all his farm machinery from him. Once he even tried to sell Captain Flack and Farmer Bell a helicopter!! Now I bet the commission on that would have been good, but alas they didn't buy one in the end. |
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| Is that a baby? | Wakey, Wakey |
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| Attention! | What a lovely car |
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Uh Oh, someone else has broken down |
Time to get some flour |
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| Windy won the race! | Dr Mopp is |
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| on his rounds | Pippin Fort |
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| Mickey Murphy | The gang go fishing |