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Moderator note: This post and the subsequent decidedly light hearted discussion has been split from this thread: http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=11098.0 The thread drift was entirely my fault. In my defence the lack of response from the bouncing bunny and his co-hosts affected me deeply as a child. Eight years and not one measly bunny-hop - I'd've killed for a magic button  bignosemac
The grass should be kept short, and any holes that appear should be dealt with at once.
And the creators of those holes? What happens to Moley or Gus Honeybun?  
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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2013, 22:20:27 » |
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Ah Gus Honeybun! I remember him switching the studio lights off to celebrate childrens' birthdays during my tin miner days in Cornwall, and always wondering why! But to answer the question, it would probably be similar to what used to happen to deer who persisted in crossing the runway at a recently closed airfield I shall not name.
Venison, anyone?
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2013, 00:26:21 » |
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Gus Honeybun was residing in Flambards Theme Park in Helston last time I went there, that was a fair few years ago now though. Not too far away from St Just. |
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« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2013, 01:32:56 » |
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For the benefit of forum members who didn't grow up in the 1970s and 1980s in the Westward Television then Television South West (TSW) ITV franchise area*:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Honeybun* I grew up in Taunton which was ostensibly in the HTV West ITV region. But my Grandma could only get Westward/TSW in her part of Taunton. She wrote in to Gus Honeybun every year for my birthday from when I was aged 4 until 11. The human co-hosts alongside the wonky-eyed, floppy eared, probably myxomatosis ridden ball of fur never once read out a birthday dedication for me. Am I bitter? Damn right I am.  |
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« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2013, 02:14:26 » |
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* I grew up in Taunton which was ostensibly in the HTV West ITV region.
I, on the other hand, grew up in Ilfracombe which was - in theory - Westward territory, but living down by the harbour meant we only got HTV Wales; until 1974 I didn't know who Gus Honeybun was. But I do still have a 'Tinkertainment' badge somewhere, which I earned by having my birthday read out in 1970-ish. |
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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2013, 02:46:45 » |
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Perhaps I should have got my Grandma to point her aerial at Wenvoe.....
I think though the Quantock Hills were in the way.
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« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2013, 07:36:55 » |
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But I do still have a 'Tinkertainment' badge somewhere, which I earned by having my birthday read out in 1970-ish. Was that the Tingah and Tucker Club? I seem to remember being a member of that briefly. |
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« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2013, 08:47:41 » |
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I am Berkshire born and bred, but my mother hails from Plymouth, so I spent many a Christmas and Summer holiday through my childhood years (70's and early 80's) in "Gus Honeybun" territory.
It's a good job he was a puppet, as every other entertainer from that period is probably now subject to an investigation for "inappropriate behaviour with children".
The bunny hops were special, but he always seemed to me to be a bit pi55ed when we was doing them!
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« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2013, 19:21:24 » |
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Perhaps I should have got my Grandma to point her aerial at Wenvoe.....
My granddad used to point his aerial at Wenvoe, although that was a euphemism. Was that the Tingah and Tucker Club? I seem to remember being a member of that briefly.
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« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2013, 19:25:04 » |
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« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2013, 19:33:43 » |
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But I do still have a 'Tinkertainment' badge somewhere, which I earned by having my birthday read out in 1970-ish. Was that the Tingah and Tucker Club? I seem to remember being a member of that briefly. A bit of Google-ing shows that ' Tinkertainment' was something to do with HTV Wales whereas 'Tingha and Tucker' appears to have been associated with ATV in the Midlands. |
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« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2013, 19:14:30 » |
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As a small aside, while we're talking Westward, have a look at this, the Westward TV start up in the days before 24 hour TV. Small clip of the Torbay Steam Railway (as it was then) and a virtually empty A38 at Marsh Mills (at around 2.49). Great music as well. http://youtu.be/4LL09E9IZ0MStick with the test card until 1.10 then the pictures start! |
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« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2013, 19:22:52 » |
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Gus Honeybun was residing in Flambards Theme Park in Helston last time I went there, that was a fair few years ago now though. Not too far away from St Just. I visited Flambards in the summer and he has gone, in his place is a selection of stuffed animals. |
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