Mr Lee is among a group of around 200 active volunteers who give up their own time to keep the county clean - or as clean as ...

There were official Wombles, stuffed toys, some were ones that were made by fans and sent to her. “Some were the originals from the Seventies, she had them in her office all lined up, there were ...

'Adult toys, machetes - litter wombles find it all' 9 March 2025. Share Save. Dan Martin & Ady Dayman. BBC News, Leicester. Share Save. Leicestershire Litter Wombles.

Wombles mania took hold during the 1970s and 80s, spawning all sorts of merchandising including soft toys, mugs, annuals, soaps and stationery – a relatively rare feat at the time.

Wombles creator's daughter gives family's cherished toys to charity decades after she inspired name for the cuddly TV favourites because she couldn't pronounce 'Wimbledon' as a little girl ...

Despite the most high-tech Christmas ever, with huge sales of PlayStations and Xboxes, 2015 is set to be the year of the retro toy, with The Wombles, Danger Mouse and more returning to our screens.

So it is entirely appropriate that the superfan who owns the world's largest collection of Wombles memorabilia is ... for which she had a particular soft spot, and which had come from her childhood.

SALES of Womble toys have rocketed after the group’s appearance at Glastonbury. Money. mirror Administrator and Ruki Sayid Consumer Editor. 23:18, 12 Jan 2012 Updated 16:56, 29 May 2012.

Old favourites returning to our screens include The Wombles, the Clangers, Thunderbirds and Danger Mouse with his sidekick Penfold. SuperTed will also be back in 2016. A toy fair at Olympia in ...

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