Vague memory of a children's show

[Jeffboy]

Lurked around but I don't think anyone has mentioned this one; late 80s/early 90s? All I can recall is a seagull mobile, the kind you would find in old knick-knack shops, where you pull the string on the torso, and it would bob up and down to give the impression that the gull is flying. May have featured Bill Oddie. Sorry, it's a really fuzzy memory, but the seagull mobile is haunting me.

[rossobantam]

Re: Vague memory of a children's show

tv show? or toy?

Dave

[Heather74]

Re: Vague memory of a children's show

It is the T.V section under "Childrens show" so I'd go with errrr toy? Dave ROFL

[rossobantam]

Re: Vague memory of a children's show

eh? It describes a mobile/toy? But its under 'tv shows'?

Which is it?????????

I presume then that a 'seagull mobile' FEATURED in this show then?

I need a drink!

[Heather74]

Re: Vague memory of a children's show

I assume its a tv show featuring a mobile seagull played with by Bill Oddie

Phew!! Glad thats all clear now

[peteuplink]

Re: Vague memory of a children's show

I have a very vague memory of this, but for some reason I'm thinking of Brian Cant... I think the person would pull on the seagull to make it fly if he was going to tell a story about birds, the sea or flying... Perhaps it was Bric-a-Brac?

[lizzydripping2004]

Re: Vague memory of a children's show

I think i know which one you mean as it has been bugging me too. Did Bill Oddie sit next to a counter with a little model village on it? I have no clue what it's called though. Sorry. Maybe someone else will remember if this is the same one.

[Chameleon Factor]

Re: Vague memory of a children's show

That sounds like 'Our Back Yard'.

It was presented by a woman whose surname may have been Gardner or Garner, or something like that. She had a daughter called Laura who had Down's Syndrome, and who had appeared in a few episodes of Crossroads.

The show involved the woman playing in their backyard with Laura and reading stories. I think they had a neighbour who was involved as well.

The wooden seagull hung from a tree or a shed and had a string. When Laura pulled the string the seagull's body moved up and down making it look as if the wings were flapping. The seagull had a name but I can't remember what it was. Might have been 'Gull' or somesuch.

It was on ITV.