Spotted! – Vintage Willo the Wisp (yes, honest, the real version!)

Posted on 24 Feb 2010 | 4 comments

 

(Sadly, Willo The Wisp is no longer available, but Camberwick Green and Jonny Morris are still there!)

In true ‘Spotted!’ fashion, this is one that made my heart beat a teeny bit faster, and an actually ‘Oooh!’ escape me. At first glance, it’s not that much – just yet another page in the BBC shop, yes?

Heck, No!

Click on that ladybird, and you’ll arrive at the Vintage Audio section of the BBC shop, that’s where. And nestled in its pages are some of the very best memories of my childhood. Johnny Morris Bedtime Stories (Gladys the Warthog has never left me y’know), Camberwick Green (I’m not going to tell you how long I have been sitting here trying to type Psshh-Cah-kerchunk… but if you know what I mean, then this disc is for you! And I dare you to leave a comment typing it any better…), The Magic Roundabout (My Mum made me an ace Dougal cake for my 5th birthday y’know) and besty-best of all, my own absolute favourite EVER – Willo The Wisp (I’ll pause there to allow your gasp of excitement).

Willo the Wisp… sigh… remember it? Narrated by Kenneth Williams, and featuring Mavis Cruet, the Fat Fairy; Arthur, the Cockney Caterpillar; Evil Edna, the Wicked Witch; Carwash, the Prissy Pussy; and The Moog, the Droopy Dog. Of course, we mustn’t forget ‘the Beast’, who is really Prince Humbert the Handsome, changed into various shapes and sizes by Evil Edna’s spells.

(There was a brief delay here for an inter-office competition of the best Kenneth Williams drawl  “oh, Ma-a-ave” “Oh, Aa-a-rthur”. Mr Laura wins it, hands down. But that’s okay, as he was so good he made me very happy).

And as if that is not all, just to topfill your day with joy (as if it could get any better) each disc is a copy of the original vinyl LPs – no, really, they actually LOOK like the vinyl LP! – and they come in vintage packaging to look like the original album cover.

*swooning*

(Thanks to @Keris for the tip off. You made me very happy. And a weeny bit poorer. )

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