The Wombles

[andymk]

When r they on please?

[Gnomicide]

I hope they play Moving To New York.

[King Kong]

Mr Eavis apparently is none too pleased about the Wombles playing

Get orf moi land !

[Pinhead]

PMSL with this - he waits until now to say anything as well. Tbh, its probably going to increase the number of people who will go there now to see them for that dose of irony and nostalgia.

[robalotalob]

Mr Eavis must be confusing The Wombles with The Wombats.

[dost]

Best Story involving a womble by John Peel

Mallory Park is a motor racing circuit in the East Midlands of England and was among the venues used for Radio One “Fun Days” in the 1970s. A favourite story of John Peel was about attending such an event on May 18, 1975.[1]

Fun Day With The Rollers

(from The Radio One Story)

The finest event that I’ve ever been to with Radio One was a Radio One Fun Day at Mallory Park. The Mallory Park circuit has a large lagoon in the middle of it and a couple of small islands at one side, and the Bay City Rollers were billed to appear, so hundreds and hundreds of small people in very expensive and badly fitting Bay City Rollers chic – if such a thing is not a contradiction in terms – turned out there as well.

The Bay City Rollers were being helicoptered onto the small island one at a time. Now the only security available were – for reasons that I have never known, but I don’t want to know really, it’s just the whole thing is so wonderful – were members of the BBC sub-aqua club.

So you got these rather short and stubby, sort of like tree trunks dressed up in tartan, and they are coming across the grass, and they start wading across this weed-filled water, which was disgusting. And the sub-aqua people were sort of standing there in their rubber outfits, with flippers and stuff like this, catching these strange children and carrying them back and sort of dumping them on the other side of the bank, who were pushing them back in the water. And the helicopters coming overhead and Bay City Rollers and lots of car noise and screaming.

While all of this was going on, Tony Blackburn was speeding backwards and forwards on the lagoon in a speedboat, driven by a Womble. And I just thought, “If I live to be 200 years old, I am never going to experience anything like this again in my life.”

[robin]

He's a strange one that Eavis bloke.

[strudders]

Seeing as Steeleye Span where once The Wombles

[thelizardking]

14:00 - 15:00 on the Sunday according to the Avalon website

[thelizardking]

Damn, bet that clashes with Paul Simon

[Ponyegg]

Ah, so it's not a thread about AFC Wimbledon then :-)

See you all up the Avalon field though.

[DeanoL]

Wish there was some more context for that quote as it really doesn't make any sense. The Wombles are a novelty act too far but Rolf Harris, and Beyonce are just fine?

[ltfckimbo]

Wish there was some more context for that quote as it really doesn't make any sense. The Wombles are a novelty act too far but Rolf Harris, and Beyonce are just fine?

[ian the worm]

At least my collegues can now quote "The wombles are playing" along with "the mud", "the toilets" and my personal favorite "who are the headliners this year!"

[so_wot]

Wish there was some more context for that quote as it really doesn't make any sense. The Wombles are a novelty act too far but Rolf Harris, and Beyonce are just fine?

Edited June 9, 2011 by so_wot

[tolywoly]

He does really seem to dislike the Wombles. Poor Wombles.

[King Kong]

Daily Telegraph Wombles article

Wombles interview

[Guest]

I spoke to Michael about this and he laughed and said 'I wonder who benefits most from this story'

Make of that what you will.

[gravejr]

Scanned this from the back of a Wombles album going to use it as the template for a mask. I'll be making some "cool" W badges too. Will post that pic when done if anyone wants it.

[Kowalski]

Any footage of The Wombles surfaced yet?

[Greenish]

only bit i've found so far

i loved this gig, so much fun

[geebus]

Unfortunately videos up so far don't show the masses of womble masks in the crowd (given away before it started) - though most just on the top of people's heads.

Good atmosphere generally.

[eFestivals]

The Edge was wearing Wellington's costume.

[jimmyt]

The Edge was wearing Wellington's costume.

[Pinhead]

I was there and caught one of the drumsticks flung into the crowd after the set. Pride of place on wall back home now already. My, t'was hot in there though that morning.