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Your favourite character as a child?

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LRavenscroft Tue 06-Jun-23 13:03:44

When I was little, my favourite character was Rupert Bear because he always had so many magical adventures. Who was your favourite character and why?

welbeck Tue 06-Jun-23 18:33:25

Biggy Ears, and his side-kick Noddy.
they kind of went together.
and the red n yellow car, beep-beep.
i looked up to Biggy Ears, and identified with Noddy as the junior partner.
it was obvious that Biggy Ears owned the car, but Noddy was the driver, like a chauffeur. beep-beep !

Kate54 Tue 06-Jun-23 19:30:08

Molly Molly Mandy. And the Naughtiest Girl
In the School (name escapes me… Elizabeth?)

Septimia Tue 06-Jun-23 19:33:48

Callistemon - Tamzin from Wish for a Pony (and the rest of the series of books) for me, too!

BlueSapphire Tue 06-Jun-23 20:26:20

Katy from What Katy Did, and Jo from Little Women.

Shelflife Tue 06-Jun-23 20:37:46

I was in love with Dickon from The Secret Garden- I loved that book.

BridgetPark Tue 06-Jun-23 20:37:52

Down to Earth, me too with the Chalet School books, i so wanted to go to a finishing school overlooking the Matterhorn, but as one of 10 children living in poverty, was never likely to happen!!!!

Juno56 Tue 06-Jun-23 21:24:25

Lyn from The Swish Of The Curtain Pamela Brown. Growing up I desperately wanted to be an actress.

sodapop Tue 06-Jun-23 21:33:17

George from The Famous Five for me as well Grannybags also loved the Katy books.

downtoearth Tue 06-Jun-23 21:49:55

Bridgèt park,we could have been partners in crime.
The books where escapism for me also.

SachaMac Tue 06-Jun-23 22:48:29

Little Grey Rabbit and Penelope Pitstop

Callistemon21 Tue 06-Jun-23 22:57:05

SachaMac

Little Grey Rabbit and Penelope Pitstop

I wanted to call our youngest DC Penelope but the others said they'd call her Penelope Pitstop 😀

3dognight Wed 07-Jun-23 01:58:32

I loved Spotty Dog from the Woodentops, Watch With Mother series.
When abit older it was Heidi.

Clawdy Wed 07-Jun-23 08:59:01

Veronica Weston, the little girl who becomes a famous ballerina and marries the lovely Sebastian! Heroine of the Sadlers Wells books by Lorna Hill. I so wanted to have ballet lessons - never could have happened in my family, but I made sure my daughter did!

Witzend Wed 07-Jun-23 09:14:47

Timmy, the Famous Five dog. 🐶

A bit later, Robin Hood - the B&W TV character who was ‘riding through the glen’.

Wyllow3 Wed 07-Jun-23 09:21:11

Titty from Amazon books, Jo from Little Women, and Georgina from the Famous Five.

luluaugust Wed 07-Jun-23 09:22:09

I can only join those wanting to be Georgina from the Famous Five.

Esmay Wed 07-Jun-23 09:27:46

Years ago , I thought that it was nice to watch Heidi with my small daughters .

One afternoon , I had some baking to do and left them watching the TV .

Lingering in the doorway thinking how sweet they were - I heard the older one say ,
" Not bloody boring Heidi again . "

To which , her two year old sister ( who rarely spoke ) replied ,
" Ruddy Heidi ,"
furiously sucking her thumb and hugging her teddy .

Bella23 Wed 07-Jun-23 09:29:32

Kate54

Molly Molly Mandy. And the Naughtiest Girl
In the School (name escapes me… Elizabeth?)

Milly also had her friend" Little Friend Susan.".
I once had a colleague in fits of laughter for a day. Our bossy head turned up with a new haircut, thinking she was the bee's knees. My friend whispered "What the hell", and I whispered back" Little friend Susan."
One of the favourites I found teaching Infants was My Naughty little sister by Dorothy Edwards with Illustrations by Shirley Hughes. I kept quite a few generations quiet and my GC loved them too.

Kate1949 Wed 07-Jun-23 09:46:12

Not a character but Hayley Mills and the characters she played in all her films such as The Parent Trap. I SO wanted to be her.

Callistemon21 Wed 07-Jun-23 10:03:56

Esmay 😂😂😂

MayBee70 Wed 07-Jun-23 11:42:48

Kate1949

Not a character but Hayley Mills and the characters she played in all her films such as The Parent Trap. I SO wanted to be her.

Oh yes. Pollyanna! I’ve got a solar powered rainbow maker in my kitchen as I always loved the scene in Pollyanna with the chandelier.

ninamoore Thu 08-Jun-23 11:21:10

Mine were Milly Molly Mandy. The Four Mary’s as I got older

SillyNanny321 Thu 08-Jun-23 11:25:26

As I was a tomboy My hero was always Biggles. Had all the books & reread many times!

HeatherMH Thu 08-Jun-23 11:29:02

I loved the Twins at St Claire’s by Enid Blyton. Loved the tales of boarding school. Written in the 1940s and I read them in the 1960s but didn’t feel old fashioned to me

Damdee Thu 08-Jun-23 11:29:46

Paddington I suppose. I loved him and the silly scrapes he got into.

Someone mentioned The Swish of the Curtain. I loved that book and the sequels. Pamela Brown was only 15 when she wrote it.