Puppet of a pig made by puppeteer and T.V presenter Joy Laurey. Made of felt and carved wood. Used alongside Mr. Turnip on BBC programme Whirligig in the 1950s.

This hand puppet depicts a caricature of a pig. The pig is made of pink coloured felt and has hand stitched joints. It has a firm stuffed head with black stitched nose and mouth features and carved and black painted wooden eyes, stitched on. There are two upper legs with carved wooden trotters, painted brown and a wire and fabric curly tail on the back also covered in pink felt. The puppet has access for a hand and hollow spaces to operate the head and the legs with fingers. There are the remains of two stitched on popper fastenings on the top and back of the head presumably once used to hold the puppet up without the use of a hand.

Given by David Harrison

This puppet, part of a set of four farmyard animals was used on the iconic BBC children's programme Whirligig in the 1950s. The animals featured as some of the friends of the main puppet character, Mr. Turnip. The puppets have been made by the puppeteer, Joy Laurey, who also operated the puppets on the show. She later went on to work on puppets with Gerry Anderson, who is perhaps most famous for his Thunderbird puppets.

B.73-2009