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The Wombles return to TV on Channel 5 in 2015". Digital Spy. London. 28 August 2013 . Retrieved 31 July 2018. Find sources: "The Wombles"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( July 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Nessie – a "Water-Womble", named after the famous Loch Ness in Scotland. Nessie is part of a declining sub-species of aquatic Wombles, a larger breed with webbed paws who prioritise the cleaning of their body of water. In the Womble world, Water-Wombles, specifically Nessie, are the basis for the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, and due to Wombles being a self-contained species, Nessie dislikes the attention surrounding the legend and wishes she were as unknown as the "Land Wombles". Nessie also has two young Water-Womble charges named Ross and Cromarty. All of them are under the protection of the McWomble, and Nessie refers to him as her "best friend". Plummer, David (13 May 2003). "Even the Wombles refuse to follow Wimbledon to Milton Keynes". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 14 August 2011. Madame Cholet – a very kind-hearted but short-tempered female Womble, and the cook of the Wimbledon burrow, styled on Beresford's mother and named after the town of Cholet in France. She affects a French accent, though she is actually no more French than any other Wimbledon Womble and simply likes to think of herself as French.

Wellington – scientifically inclined, but very insecure and absent-minded. Named after Beresford's nephew's school, Wellington School, Somerset, though Wellington himself later states that he chose his name from the city of Wellington in New Zealand.Siddique, Haroon (25 December 2010). "Wombles creator Elisabeth Beresford dies, aged 84". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 14 August 2011. Cairns and Perth – named after the respective cities in Australia and inhabitants of the Australian Burrow. Quetta – a womble whom Yellowstone met while travelling the world, who comes from a burrow on the Khyber Pass. Quetta is named after the capital of Balochistan. a b Childs, Martin (3 January 2011). "Elisabeth Beresford: Children's author who created the Wombles". The Independent. London . Retrieved 14 August 2011. Eucula – "cook-in-chief" of the Australian burrow, named after the easternmost town in Western Australia.

Wombles Netball Club – List of Committee Post Responsibilities". Angelfire.com . Retrieved 30 April 2012. Honourable Cousin Tokyo – the quiet and dignified leader of the Japanese Wombles, named after the capital of Japan. Tobermory – an engineer, based on Beresford's brother, a skilled inventor, and named after the capital of the Isle of Mull, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. He has a gruff and surly manner but like Bulgaria (with whom he has been friends for many years) he has a very kindly heart.Wombles care for and educate their young at a communal level. As with human children, immature Wombles are taught reading, writing and athletic skills, which they learn by playing a game called "Wombles and Ladders". Some older Wombles play this game too, though most regard it as childish. Below a certain (unspecified) age, all Wombles are nameless; upon being deemed to be of working age, a Womble chooses his or her name by looking through Great Uncle Bulgaria's large atlas until they find a name that suits them. Some, Bungo for example, "merely shut their eyes tight and point and hope for the best". [8] They then leave Miss Adelaide's "Womblegarten" and join in the communal work of the burrow, which is mostly clearing up and recycling human refuse. Shansi – named after the province of Shansi in China, she came to the Wimbledon burrow on an exchange from China, and is often paired with Alderney, as Bungo was with Orinoco. She is a shy and quiet womble who is much happier with Miss Adelaide in the Womblegarten than anywhere else, and has a decided talent for art. Alderney - Postage stamps - 2018 - Comics - The 50th Anniversary of the Wombles". www.stampworld.com.

Beresford also gave permission for a team of Wombles to run the London Marathon. [22] reboot [ edit ] A stop-motion animated series of five-minute episodes was made between 1973 and 1975, [9] along with two half-hour specials. Narration and all Womble voices for these were provided by Bernard Cribbins.The world of Wombles author Elisabeth Beresford". BBC. 10 November 2010 . Retrieved 14 August 2011. Bretta. "The Goodies Episode Summaries, (Special) No. 49 Goodies Rule –OK?". The Goodies Rule – OK! Fan Club . Retrieved 12 July 2017.

Beresford wrote a collection of short stories entitled The Invisible Womble and Other Stories (1973); these stories were based on episodes from the TV series, although they occasionally refer to events in the novels. L-R Great Uncle Bulgaria, Bungo and Stepney (plus Tobermory the handyman in picture on wall), in one of the rooms in the burrow. Photo taken at National Media Museum, Bradford, UK.

DHX Media to Acquire Cookie Jar Entertainment, Creating the World's Largest Independent Library of Children's Entertainment Content". Tomsk – an athletic but rather dim Womble, named after the city of Tomsk in Russia. He acts as the official "Nightwatch Womble" (and Daywatch Womble on occasion). He is an extremely keen golf player, and plays on the London Scottish Golf Club course situated on the common, where human visitors have occasionally noted his talent for the sport. He is the largest and strongest of the Wimbledon Wombles. Wombles are very careful to keep their existence secret from human beings – at least in the books and TV series – fearing that discovery of their existence will lead to the Great Womble Hunt. For the most part, adult human beings rarely take notice of them, or fail to distinguish them from humans. In the film Wombling Free this is reversed as the Wombles seek to get humans to listen to their pleas to "make good use of bad rubbish". In addition to these books, many annuals, picture books and children's early readers have been published over the years, some of which were also written by Beresford. Ms Atlanta – the cook of the American burrow, named after the city of Atlanta, Georgia. She holds great respect for Madame Cholet.