Roger Varley
Figure
1967 (manufactured)
1967 (manufactured)
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Camberwick Green was the first in series of three children's television programmes set in the fictional Trumptonshire and broadcast on the BBC in the late 1960s as part of its Watch with Mother series. The other two programmes were Trumpton and Chigley. Each episode featured a story about one of the village's characters who appeared at the beginning out of a musical box. The five characters here each had their own story. Roger Varley rode a motorbike and may have been based on the Dick Van Dyke character in the film Mary Poppins, released the year before work started on the TV series.
Object details
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| Title | Roger Varley (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Moulded plastic and glued fabric |
| Brief description | Toy figure of Camberwick Green character Roger Varley the Sweep made in Hong Kong by Marx in 1967 |
| Physical description | Dressed plastic male figure with large black feet and mitten shaped hands. The ears and nose are moulded as part of the head and the eyes and eyebrows painted on. There is no mouth. The arms, legs and neck are of thin tubular plastic which can be bent. The figure has brown mouded hair and is dressed all in black with a red scarf and two green stitches closing the jacket. A slightly squashed black hat is moulded on top of the head. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Peter Button |
| Summary | Camberwick Green was the first in series of three children's television programmes set in the fictional Trumptonshire and broadcast on the BBC in the late 1960s as part of its Watch with Mother series. The other two programmes were Trumpton and Chigley. Each episode featured a story about one of the village's characters who appeared at the beginning out of a musical box. The five characters here each had their own story. Roger Varley rode a motorbike and may have been based on the Dick Van Dyke character in the film Mary Poppins, released the year before work started on the TV series. |
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| Accession number | B.121-2014 |
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| Record created | April 29, 2015 |
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