l've got a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye watching this and l'm a 70 year old pensioner who watched this as a toddler with my late lovely mum and baby brother in the late 50's .
I used to cry when Andy Pandy show finished and Mum would say..never mind he will be here again soon.. Innocent days..I was well loved and very happy as a little girl... Miss my Mum..I'm 64..💖
I'm 64 too. Very happy childhood, lovely parents. Makes it so hard to live in this scary, violent, scam-filled, dishonest world now. I yearn for those winter days, with the deep snow outside, a roaring coal fire going in the grate, a little pile of 'things to make' kits that l got for Christmas, waiting to be done, and Watch with Mother on the tv. May be the lovely memories make it easier to cope with today's madness.
@@myapinion7532 I loved my Bunty annual etc , twinkle was first comic I got and upgraded to the Bunty , Judy etc , I would still bring them out years later , my brother got commando booklet , wish I had kept them too ,
Me too. I truly believe we were the last "children". There was genuine innocence and real privacy. We were encouraged to learn and explore ( safely). We were trusted. I'm so eternally grateful for my 60's childhood. Those precious memories have sustained me through the years. I would give anything to have one more day back there.......
I loved watching these shows back in the 1950s...I recall Bill and Ben, Rag, tag and bobtail, Sooty and The Woodentops....so very innocent and entertaining for kids. Life was very good in those days for children.
Oh, how I loved Teddy❤., innocent days, thank goodness for RU-vid., Enjoy today., the time goes so fast., From watching Andy Pandy to being 65., went by in a flash...❤❤❤
On hearing that opening theme tune, the hairs stood up on the back of my neck and I was transported back into the 1960's, snuggled up to my mum safe and warm. An age of innocence, totally free from the adult neuroses and angst associated with a lot of kids programmes today. Such a great shame that children aren't allowed to be just that any more.
I wish I had that relationship with my mother growing up in the 80s and 90s. And beyond. But I did with my dad. My mother was violent and neglectful abusive. But you made me think of the what ifs.
Loved Andy Pandy, cried when they sang Time to Go Home, Mum would cuddle me and say Andy Pandy and his friends will come back soon...Oh how I miss those blissful times and my lovely Mum....💞
I am from the US and was born in November of 1956. This is so innocent. My first experience with Andy Pandy was with my youngest son who I had when I was 45 years old in 2002. When he was 3 there was a newer version of Andy Pandy on the BBC as part of our cable package. I adored the show and so did he. He is almost 19 now. My oldest sons are almost 39 and 35. I also have 3 grandchildren who are almost 4, 3 and 3 months. I hope to share this with them.
😅Wonderful! I loved Watch with Mother when I was young...now I love the costumes,beautiful characters and the narrator's voice...oh and the very talented puppeteers! Andy Pandy,Teddy bear and Loubby Lou with a cup of cocoa at bedtime is pure bliss!
I’m 70 I watched Andy Pandy at my Grandmas, as we didn’t have a TV. I liked Looby Lou as she was mischievous, the time to go home song triggered memories. Thanks for this 😎
I used to wish the tv would swallow me up so I could be in Andy Pandy's garden. It just seemed so magical and was nicer than listening to mum and dad argue all the time. My nick name was Looby my brothers still call me it...I'm 66 now!! It was good being able to escape to that magical world, even if it was only for a short time...happier times and such innocence back then. I feel sorry for children...there is no innocence now!!
Yes, you've hit it on the head. Wonderful innocent times. Looking back and remembering grandparents now long gone. It's reduced me to tears many many times. Cheers, lolly.
Great memories of Andy Pandy I watched it at home before starting school, I remember my mum preparing my lunch. Happy inocent days with no worries ❤ ××× 🍪pocket.
Awwwww - This really is a taste of nostalgia and I’m quite tearful right now. I’m 76 years of age and still miss my dear Mum, with whom I always sat snuggled up to on the sofa when I was small child in the early 1950’s. Oh how times have changed. There can’t be many children snuggling up with their mums watching T.V. in these days of modern technology. All looking at their iPads, tablets and mobile phones (mums and kids)!
Omg how I loved to watch Andy pandy and bill and Ben the flower pot men amazing I'm full of happiness best times of my life being at home with my mum watching these brilliance!
corinthian yeah ignoring the fact that there is nothing innocent in this world.But true though.I can't imagine a 3 year old saying f#ck.Actually i did hear that.
I used to watch Bagpuss when I was tiny and then we’d watch Watership down. I think children need both innocent and gritty things growing up, I’m certainly glad for both!
When I watch this I just think to myself how wonderful some of the childrens' programmes were then. I'm sure my grandson would love Andy Pandy even in this day and age. Feeling quite chuffed as I've just discovered that I was born on Andy's birthday but in a different year - 1957!!! Brings back lovely memories.
Well, I'm 63 this year and I do remember this episode! I've sent the link to my daughter who lives in the States and has a 3-year-old daughter. Hopefully, the vid will play for her in the States - I know the wee one will enjoy Andy Pandy! I do love the presenter's voice - very posh but it has such a nice tone. Very rare to hear a nice tv/radio voice these days - screechy, nasal twangs seem to be the preferred choice!
Im 48 and watching this with me mum is one of my earliest memories, sadly she lost a battle with cancer a few years ago. As the opening credits came on i had tears steaming down my face. Thanks mum for sitting and watching this with me, i miss ya xx
+PissedShagnasty I know the feeling, I get that too with these earliest of childhood memories. There are times when it makes me laugh, but then...I'm not laughing any more. Memories are incredibly powerful!
I used to watch this in late 60's or early 70's with my mum, so I was really glad to see this today! Thank you for posting it. But watching it now with grown up modern eyes... How come Andy Pandy and Teddy get do mostly what they want, while Looby Loo has to do what she's told and be in the pram, when she's quite capable of walking, dancing, etc? Lol... different times indeed but still fun. Love all the little songs too
Still do like swinging even in my 30s. We have fog here due to bonfire night I believe. And the park gate door late at night was still open wide I was tempted to swing in the fog.
Me too, kids used their inocent imagination also felt free & safe playing out, back in the day. You would watch your favourite tv kids telly programme after school then play out until your mum called you in for tea time. A bath & hair washed on a Sunday night ready for school for the week. Homework had to be done at the kitchen table... Such happy memories I am 58yrs old now & still remember all my favourite cartoons & watch with mother children's tv programmes. Do you remember Bagpuss? I loved it.... 🍪pocket uk.
This episode made me shed a tear - i'm in my mid 50's but my Dad used to sing 'Round & Round The Garden" and also "Baby Bunting" - to me at few months old.. swaying around with me in his arms. He died when i was a teenager, but have sweet memories... I love n miss you Daddy. Xxx
"Watch With Mother" Long ago and far away A little boy came round to play He brought a doll, he brought a bear And wore a hat to hide his hair. I let him in and closed the door It felt like we had met before We hopped and skipped and jumped around A childhood friend at last I'd found. We watched the telly with a smile And watched with Mother for a while The Woodentops seemed real back then Like Rag, Tag, Bobtail, Bill and Ben. When teatime came he took a chair And sat between the doll and bear As time went by they fell asleep The sun had set for hide-and-seek. I later found a Picture Book And stepped inside to take a look One picture really caught my eye The one in which he waved goodbye. But, oh, what joy we had that day When Andy Pandy came to play For he was real, and Teddy too And so, it seems, was Looby Loo.
I was 6 when this started we had a tv so all the childrwn in our street would come and watch.they where good days when people were nicer to each other and life was softer hence children had a childhood they dont today!!
What children need today is program like this cause - look at children nowadays! Are they happy? What have parents done with their children? Look! Look and learn! Save your children!
I used to have a collection of really old children's VHS tapes which I would watch all the time when I was small. If I had this on tape, I would have absolutely loved it! This IS what children's programs should be like these days!
I found it on tape in a charity shop a few years ago and bought it to show my grandson, at the time he would have been about six. Absolutely no interest, he kept looking at his phone screen, soldiers killing things or something on a game his mate was sending to him. Kids today are like teenagers.
You know, they had it in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well! It’s called the UNITED Kingdom! England is one part of that, not a separate country! ( and I was born in England just before someone moans, bloody Welsh, Irish or Scot!)
@@ianmedium It must have been repeatedly shown as we didn't get a telly until the early 60s and l watched it in those years. 😊 l live in Northern Ireland.
My mum died last year aged 93, from the date at the beginning she would have been 22 when Andy Pandy first aired. I can remember all of the watch with mother programs my favourite was picture book on Monday.
This brings back so many memories, used to watch it with my mum and younger sister the other 6 siblings were at school, I to had a lovely upbringing, very happy, I’m miss all the people that are not around today to see this resurface, classic gold, thank you for sharing ❤️
Andy is the first character I remember from television...I probably saw this on a 14-inch television around 1957. (Sweden was a bit behind with television...) It´s a well made show for it´s time...though some of kids today may be scared of the monochrome image...Thanks for showing!
It's made my day to see this. Happy, Happy memories of a time gone by! I remember all his little friends too! We didn't know what was coming to us did we?!
Boy I am nearly 71yrs old, and can still recall watching, watch with mother, Bill and Ben, The Wooden Tops, with Spot the dog, and of Andy Pandy, Looby Loo and of course Teddy.
Wow! I´m 62 (from 1953) and I watched this at four, when we got a TV at home. I recognize most of it - and I especially liked the turning boxes with letters. My granny made me a Looby Lou doll - as big as myself. I just read, that the narrator was Vera McKechnie(born 1929).
I was born in 1951 and remember this well . Looking now I can marvel at the superb control of the puppets how oddly these programmes were so educational for the young minds . The opening title letters combined with the Andy Pandy picture must have impressed in children the shapes of letters . Friendships between the characters is emphasised ( unlike modern stuff) and the narrator speaks politely to the character asking it's choices teaching children to think for themselves.
Growing up my nana told me about this show she watched when she was a kid I'm so happy I found this 💔😭 sadly she passed away to a battle of cancer in 2016 this remains important to me! edit: I’m sat here with the biggest smile on my face telling my partner all about these shows.
I remember sitting in front of a coal fire on a stool watching this with my mummy ! Must have been about 3-4 years old ! I am now 70 ! You never forget these things !
I was born in the 80s. My mum found a Watch With Mother VHS one day and I'd watch it over and over. I loved Andy Pandy and Weeeeeed/Bill & Ben the best. My mum would've been 5 when this was originally aired, about the age she introduced me to it. Thank goodness for RU-vid!
My first television memory is of Andy Pandy around 1961. Watching now as an adult I am admiring the very skilled puppetry. We had a huge laundry basket at home and I remember my sister and I climbing into it and singing "time to go home". I was Andy Pandy and she was Teddy.
Im 13 and my mom used to watch the newer version of the Andy Pandy show with me but she showed me this and I loved it. I used to really love Andy Pandy when I was younger, and now when I'm scared after watching a horror movie or something I still watch it and it makes me feel better.
I wasn't even born at this point But l do remember watching this at some point, when l was little. But it was in colour. Just hearing those enchanting verses made me smile Good memories 💕
I remember seeing this show on the ABC my brother use to watch it along with Bill andBen flowerpot men and the pinky and perky show. What a simple and innocent time.
it is always the privilege of the present to idolise the past, but perhaps it really was a far safer and better time than. innocence is such a precious and beautiful thing, it's such a shame we tend to lose it as one gets older, it's a pity, that for some, it isn't replaced with wisdom.
First broadcast when I was one week old. Monday was Picture Book, Tuesday Andy Pandy, Wednesday Bill & Ben, Thursday Rag, Tag & Bobtail. Finally Friday was Woodentops. A golden era.