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    Kids TV TV Shows - 1960s 3 Mins Read

    Trumpton

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    1 9 6 7 (UK)
    13 x 15 minute episodes

    Here is the clock – The Trumpton clock
    Telling the time, Steadily, Sensibly
    Never too quickly, never too slowly
    Telling the time . . .
    For Trumpton

    Not far from Camberwick Green is Trumpton, a bustling town deep in the county of Trumptonshire. A typical day in Trumpton will find Mr Munnings busily printing posters for the Fire Brigade’s Band Concerts – every Thursday at 2:30 pm at the bandstand in Trumpton Park.

    trumpton12Mrs Cobbit will be selling flowers in the market square and Miss Lovelace arranging the window display in her hat shop or taking her three ‘pekes’ (Mitzy, Lulu and Daphne) for a walk. As always, The Mayor will keep order from the Town Hall while Chippy Minton and his son Nibbs dash about mending things.

    But Trumpton is probably best remembered for Captain Flack’s roll-call of firemen outside Trumpton Fire Station: “Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb”. The Trumpton fire brigade never put out any fires but searched for missing artists, rescued the Mayor’s hat from a tree, removed fallen branches, unblocked the movement of the town clock and rescued a rocking horse containing Chippy Minton’s savings from a bonfire (which was unlit).

    This fictional town (A lovely little town with a statue of Queen Victoria in the middle of the square) was the creation of Gordon Murray and the capital of Trumptonshire, with nearby villages Camberwick Green and Chigley having their own separate series.

    trumpton14Debuting on 3 January 1967, Trumpton was a very quickly realised sequel coming in the wake of the success of Camberwick Green.

    Experienced children’s writer Alison Prince was brought in to help speed up production. Creator Gordon Murray acknowledged it was her input that enabled 13 episodes to be made within nine months.

    Brian Cant narrated all the characters in Prince’s script and sang Freddie Phillips’ songs, while Bob Bura and John Hardwick brought the puppets to life.

    Trumpton was first shown in black and white but later repeats revealed the bright colour in which it was made.

    Sadly, Murray burnt all the original figures and scenery from Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Chigley after production had ceased.

    The Mayor of Trumpton
    Mr Troop the Town Clerk
    Philby the Chauffeur
    Mr Crockett the Park Keeper
    Mr Munnings the Printer
    Miss Lovelace the Hat Maker
    Mitzy, Daphne & Lulu (her Pekinese dogs)
    Mrs Cobbit the Flower Seller
    Chippy Minton the Carpenter
    Dora Minton, his wife
    Nibbs Minton, his son
    Nick Fisher the Bill Poster
    Mr Antonio the ice cream man
    Mr Clamp the Greengrocer
    Mr Boult the borough engineer
    Raggy Dan, the Rag and Bone Man
    Captain Flack
    Fireman Pugh #1
    Fireman Pugh #2
    Fireman Barney McGrew
    Fireman Cuthbert
    Fireman Dibble
    Fireman Grubb
    Mr Craddock
    Mr Platt
    Walter Harkin the Painter

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