The Woodentops opening sequence (1956)

[SuperTigger1957]

I love this, I was born in '57 but remember it so well.

[penfloyd]

No Dysfuntional families back then.......Everyone pitched in and knew there place, but i must admit we could never afford home help!

[jivekitten1]

.....Ahhhhh how lovely....I'm little again....(born in 1955) I loved Spotty Dog!

[bondsee]

sam got splinters from missus scubbit when he tried to get his leg over !!

[Bevoin1970]

Oh man, I was just getting into this when it ended... Nooooooo - Many happy memories spent watching this. Loved Spotty dog :-)

[ajudeit1]

Yep I was born in 1948 and I remember watching this as a little girl - left England in the early sixties.

[id655sounds]

i´M TRYING TO FIND THE THEME MUSIC FROM (THE ORIGINAL)" wATCH WITH mOTHER" PROGRAMMES .aNY suggestions??

[dingwalljames2006]

@id655sounds

The piano music on this ( woodentops ) one is 25 Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances, Op. 17 - Kulok

[bondsee]

when is this stuff going to be on dvd !!!

[philbailey2311]

Yes! I was born in 1955, and I watched this before the sixties arrived.

[allan5428]

@c925sct The music is The Cow-keepers tune by Grieg Opus 63 No.2

[bbellab]

Mid 50's definitely, this was always on Fridays - I loved it!

[haybee12]

@bbellab thought it was wednesday

[shrivel1]

@haybee12 Bill and Ben was on on Wednesdays. It was Picture Book - Monday, Andy Pandy - Tuesday, Bill and Ben - Wednesday, Rag Tag and Bobtail - Thursday and The Woodentops - Friday.

[BritNostalgia]

@shrivel1 Blimey! Somebody's got a good memory! I'm a child of the 60's myself, so I grew up with Trumpton, Chigley & Camberwick Green...but I couldn't tell you what days they were screened!

[shrivel1]

@BritNostalgia I know, it's weird but if you look at some of the other Watch with Mother posts on here, you'll see I'm not the only one.

[Katfishh]

OK BritNostalgia. Thanks 

[Katfishh]

Not quite just post war. Thsi is from the mid 60's ahhhhh

[BritNostalgia]

@Katfishh I think you will find that this originally ran from 1955 - 58, but was repeated until the early 70's.

[waldenhouse]

@BritNostalgia Definately the 50's - I was born '55 and remember this. I've also got the video now and they're just wonderful memories; (apart from memories of going to the Dentist, Doctor, School Nurse and the teacher who used to knuckle me on the temples because I couldn't do my "arithmetic" - she would be in prison if she did it now-a-days! - scarred me for life that did). Thanks for posting

[BritNostalgia]

@waldenhouse No problem. Yeah, I had the knuckle treatment too! I'd like to see them try it now. I live in a small town - and so do most of the teachers who used to bully us back then. They didn't stop consider that we would eventually be on an even footing with them! Payback's a bitch!

[Mrfairchap]

@waldenhouse The school nurse! Wow, what a memory that conjured up! I remember we used to have to line up outside her office to see her, and she always gave us a spoonful of some ghastly, black medicine to take - what on earth was that and what good was it supposed to do? How times have changed....

[haybee12]

@Katfishh mid 50s

[haybee12]

@Katfishh  3.30 pm wednesdays mid 50s

[Ann3shoes]

@Katfishh Actually, it's from the 50's, because I used to watch it as a child.

[ballynafeighbluedog]

Theres a traindriver with NIR called woodentop.

[wsusanne61]

Makes you feel very old!

[arrghgarry]

Brings back happy memories of the england team

[Melodysk]

Marvellous :) I watched this and rag tag and bobtail etc when I was little!

[damienmildury]

@Melodysk Rag, Tag & Bobtail is just slightly before my time (I was born in 1963), but I have seen clips, so I know what you're referring to. The Woodentops was made in the 50's, but played on the BBC until well into the 70's.

[hawkmoon03111951]

@Melodysk Rag Tag and Bobtail were my favourites. Have found an episode of them on You Tube too.

[patches53]

From three years after I was born. Thanks so much.

[damienmildury]

@patches53 . You're quite welcome. I just wish I had more Woodentops footage to put on here. Who needs 3D computer graphic cartoons when you've got good ole' Spotty Dog!!

[patches53]

@damienmildury How true.

[bondsee]

@damienmildury woof woof to that !!