Captain Snort
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. Captain Snort was in charge of Pippin Fort, the local military academy.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Captain Snort (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Moulded plastic and glued fabric |
| Brief description | Toy figure of Camberwick Green character Captain Snort 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 is dressed in a uniform of black trousers and red jacket with yellow buttons and a white belt with yellow buckle. The figure has a brown handle-bar moustache and a white pig-tailed wig. A black helmet with gold braid and a white feather is mouded onto 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. Captain Snort was in charge of Pippin Fort, the local military academy. |
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| Accession number | B.125-2014 |
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| Record created | June 4, 2015 |
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