Hiya - and PLEASE help me with this memory!

[beccabear67]

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I found my elephant... it was called Mumfie. Later it was an animated cartoon but was some kind of puppet or Rupert or Noddy-type dolls when I saw it...

[Istvan]

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Hello. I remember some kind of blue elephant

ermm you remember BLUE Elephant, yeah, how can I say this without upsetting you, er keep taking the medication

[Heather74]

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Hello. I remember some kind of blue elephant on tv, but I think it was a marionette, not stop-motion. 1970s or earlier. It had split off from something earlier with other characters.

http://downtothecellar.blogspot.co.u...on-barbar.html ?

[beccabear67]

Re: Hiya - and PLEASE help me with this memory!

Hello. I remember some kind of blue elephant on tv, but I think it was a marionette, not stop-motion. 1970s or earlier. It had split off from something earlier with other characters.

[Istvan]

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sorry a bit after my time, about 30 years after my time

[Heather74]

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Welcome to doyouremember, hope you enjoy your say and find your answer

[Johnny B]

Hi everyone
This is my first post on this fascinating forum. I have enjoyed reading many of the threads and it has brought back a lot of wonderful memories. I was born in 1966 and have a treasure trove of memories of British children’s TV in the 70s and 80s. Plus I still have many books and annuals from the time (must scan a few and post them here). But I was hoping someone could help me identify a programme from one of my earliest childhood memories. I’ve searched the web for ages but with no luck!
This programme must have been shown in the early 70s. It might have been Play Away, Pipkins or Play School or something like that. It wasn’t the whole show, just a section where the presenter would say something like “Let’s see what’s been going on in the playground”. The camera would cut to a small outdoor playground with swings, a slide and a roundabout. The playground was circular and on a hill, so you could see buildings in the background (possibly London – Primrose Hill??).
It was not a cartoon but stop-animation. There was an elephant (possibly pink – hope I’m not hallucinating here!). And also a large block in the style of a children’s ABC block. This block would slowly move around the playground, rolling forward to a tune I can still remember as clearly as the wonderful music from Robinson Crusoe, White Horses and the Double Deckers. It’s difficult to express the tune here but I’ll have a go – de dom de dom, de dom de dom, de dom de diddle diddle dom de dom. The block used to fall flat onto its next face with each beat of the music.
Can anyone remember this, shed any light on it or perhaps even supply a photo??
Johnny B