JANE’S JOTTINGS
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Fluffy Fellow
As 
children are opening their watching him “on the
Christmas presents this year, box”.
a friend of mine will be celebrating his As with all us fifty-
50th birthday. somethings, my Sooty
is showing signs of age
This fluffy fellow arrived peeping out of with frequent darnings
the stocking at the end of my bed and required to hold him
has been a favourite companion ever in one piece. But his
since. charm is still as bright as
his golden fur as I found
A special connection for me is that his recently when showing
creator Harry Corbett lived only a few him off to a class of
miles from my home in Yorkshire at youngsters.
Guiseley, also well-known as the home
of his uncle, Harry Ramsden, he of the The good news is that
world famous fish and chip shop. Later a new generations of
museum was opened in Sooty’s honour, Sooty fans are still being
not bad for a glove puppet! born. He’s to be seen on CiTV
wielding magic wand and water pistol
It’d be good to think that some of the
Corbett had bought him to amuse his and once again in the Fairfield Halls’
presents being unwrapped by our
son Matthew who grew up to follow in panto with Richard Cadell, who reworks
children on Christmas Day will still be
his father’s footsteps-or rather put on Matthew’s stageshows.
bringing them pleasure 50 years hence.
his father’s gloves.
I wonder. No doubt it’ll be
And a neighbour spotted the puppet
an “Izzy Wizzy, Let’s Get
I was delighted to hear recently that sitting with sad looking Sweep on Peter
Bizzy!” Christmas for most
many folk in south east London have Kay’s shoulders during this year’s BBC
of us. So until the New
their own happy memories of the TV ‘Comic Relief’. Sooty was waving his
Year “Bye bye everyone,
mischievous puppet, making the magic wand to the tune of “Is This the
Bye bye!”.
annual trip to Fairfield Halls in Croydon Way to Amarillo?” but, as ever, could not
to see him “live”. I had to make do with be heard to utter a word.
Jane Webb has lived in Eltham since '85 with her husband and daughter. She has taught at several local primary schools'
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