what a character! responsable for many of our childhood favs, from 'nogin the nog' to 'bagpuss'.

 

to me he was the last link with traditional childhood stories, his characters were one of distant memories, drawing on the past, drawing on the unknown, touching on fairy stories, all coming from a long dead era of childhood innocence.

 

the pogles..... just about believable, to a child... were there little people who lived snuggly under a tree in a wood?... well... no, but sometimes its nice to dream . i dont know about younger people, but as a small child we were painted an almost believeable picture of fairies.. and suchlike, after all... what did live in them woods?.. in that hedgerow?.. these were the sort of things that children for centuaries wondered, now technology has all but killed such imaginative thoughts.

 

nogin the nog... a cartoon viking, who again was almost plausable, a character created on sound mystical knowlege of vikings.

 

bagpuss.... think it was set in postgates own childhood, harking back to the early years of the last centuary, a splendid idea and one that small children could relate too.... inanimate objects coming to life... didnt we all as infants play with our toys like they were real?..lol.. fascinating little stories, interlaced with traditional folk songs..

 

in the late 60's everything was watching the skies, the space race was on, and america was landing on the moon... postgate turned his interest skywards too... the clangers. possibly the most fav postgate creation (though not mine) these space toys certainly transfered postgates instict for fueling the imagination successfully into the future and the moon.

 

so, from the moon, to the woods, from the distant norse past to late victorian england... oliver postgate really was a master at childhood inspiration. keep yer harry potters... gimmie nogin, or a pogle, anyday!

 

what other favs have you got?..

suppose this has to be bumped now