Chigley - Time flies by when I'm the driver of a train 

I played guitar on this track. Brian Cant is a lovely bloke!

This tune and Brian Cant's voice.....just makes me want to curl up on the sofa, with Mr Bear and a cup of hot milk, Mum's voice drifting through from the kitchen....rain pattering on the window, warm and safe, not a care in the world, about five years old. Why do we have to grow up.

Gordon Murray, Oliver Postgate and Gerry Anderson created a TV landscape for children that will never be matched. So glad I grew up in the 60s & 70s.

British Childrens TV in the 70's was a wonder

For anyone who was a kid in the late 60s and 70s this has a lot of meaning. I"m glad I was one of them.

Ha ha. I'm 42 and I still can't help but say 'when you're the driver of a train' when someone says 'time flies by'. Brilliant!

Rest in Peace Brian Cant ♥ You gave me so many lovely childhood memories

Still able to remember every word at 63

i loved watching this when i was a younger

I have many happy memories of Trumpton, Chigley and Camberwick Green

The bit that always got me when I was a kid was the part before this, where the phone rang at the Hall, and the Butler answered it. You always knew they'd soon be going out on the train, which was always my favourite bit. Happy, happy days. Brian Cant should be knighted.

Well. Here I am August 12th 2022! Our ice cream man plays a tune similar to this and I’ve been singing it for weeks. I remembered every word too! Im 68! Hi from Leeds. 😀

life seemed so simple then..... kids today dont know what they are missing

Old ones are the best. Always will be.

It’s amazing how all the words come back to you having not heard this for 50 odd years 😅

RIP Brian Cant . Memories of the best bits of my childhood seem to have his voice as the background.

My childhood has returned

Wow I just found this and its blown my mind. And I'm I'm 50 next month. It's now 11/3/2021....

The man deserves a knighthood. Absolute legend. I will never forget the wonderful worlds he created. RIP Brian Cant

This is my childhood. I grew up in the 90s watching and falling in love with it. I can still lose myself in this world of Chigley, Trumpton and Camberwick Green. All brilliant. I think they should start reshowing these to get a new generation to fall in love with it. xxx

My childhood right here R.I.P Brian

Etched in my childhood memory, and adult memory too. 😊

Brian Cant - legend. Glorious childhood memories of that great mans narrating voice and Play School and Playaway too.

Oh to be that carefree ever again. Happy days. Love you.

I’m 15 but I watched this as kid and it’s so nostalgic to me even tho is such an old program

It doesnt get much better than this. This clip represents such a happy childhood of watching wonderful shows like these. They look as good now as ever and those songs just make you smile. ATVmidlandsUK

I drive trains too for freightliner......chigley...you sugar coated the job!!! Still, very happy memories of this from when i was a nipper.

A Colleague and I are the same age (he is a month older) and we sing this whenever we see each other as he reminds me of Lord Belborough by the way he walks. It causes a few strange looks but soon all who are of the same age will automatically join in... I wonder how many other children programs will be looked back on after 40 yrs which such fond memories.

Wow! I've had this tune in my head for forty odd years!!

One word for this series: MONUMENTAL

Brian Cant's lovely singig voice. So pure and unaffected.

This is one of the most underrated jamz ever!

brings back a lot of memories,a golden age of kids tv

Rest in peace Brian Cant

RIP Brian Cant. A true legend.

RIP Brian Cant. Such a big part of my childhood ... :(

RIP Brian Cant and Gordon Murray. Thanks for the memories.

I loved watching this show when I was young and still do today listening to this timeless song 🎵 brings back childhood memories 👍❤️🚂🥲

oh such warm memories. The children of today don't know what they're missing out on.

Great little Songs & excellent animation. & the Steam Train's Cottonwool Smoke !!! 🥰

TurboJuk bought me here!! 🚂🚃🚃🚃

A nearly forgotten innocence. How do we get back there?

Wow, what a blast from the past. Superb trip down memory lane. Thanks

RIP Brian Cant, who died 2017-06-19, aged 83.

Just magical, that guitar line brings back wonderful, warm, chidhood memories, mny thanks for uploading

The Trouble with Trains 2 brought me here! Also, R.I.P. Brian Cant (1933-2017) You are a childhood legend.

RIP Brian Cant. Thanks for this great little song. My childhood wouldn't have been the same without your constant presence on kids telly.

The TV voice of my infancy! So many of my kids' programs featured the wonderful Brian Cant. Today is the 5/32021 and I've sadly just heard of the demise of Mr Cant. Thankfully he will always be remembered and be with us thanks to people who upload these Televisual treats that I can share with my great-grandchildren. Rest in peace, Mr Cant. 🙏📿🤲

Time flies by... George Ezra shotgun may have been a trumpton fan

Memories 😊

Love this . Brian cant childhood hero.

Brian Cant for a knighthood!!!! He's a genius and has made millions of children happy and given many adults happy memories of childhood. Me for one. Thanks Brian!

R.I.P. Brian Cant :-(

Why don’t the BBC bring TV programmes back like this so that young children today will be able to have the splendid memories that folk comment on today in 2024???

My very happy childhood right there

RIP Bob Bura 8/5/18, animator

Wow. Amazing how fresh this still is in my memory. I remembered the tune but not the images. Thanks a million Yanamation :-)

Rest in peace Brian cant

Great days back in the 70's...

i loved this. afternoon show.

RIP Brian Cant.

my god that hasn't aged well but it certainly brought back my childhood! Trumpton and Ivor the Engine were two of my faves as a kid!

It speaks volumes for the human spirit that Lord Belborough's train line somehow survived Dr Beeching's axe!

Wow, I'm 43 and I still know the words to this - dont ask me how! life was so much simpler as a little kid!.

Proper kids TV. Lovely guitar too.

i used to watch this so much, sadly it was rarely on..

It's amazing that of the three (Trumpton and Camberwick Green being the other two) hardly anyone I mention it to remembers Chigley in regards to it as a series or its name.

Just found out about the death of Brian Cant. He played such an important part in my generation's childhood, I'm surprised he never received an OBE like many others.

WOW!! THIS IS MY CHILDHOOD I LIKE THIS SONG.

Came back 2022 anyone? 😍

My dad was right to introduce me to trumpton it’s so good!

Ah memories of my childhood come flooding back! I watched these for the first time in 1996, and i still love them today! Trumpton rocks! OFFICIAL! Thankyou Yanamation, you rock in infinate ways :D xxx

I love this original version, but I was looking for Half Man, Half Biscuit. Such a cornerstone of our shared childhood experiences eh?

Life seemed so innocent back in those days. Mint

If it's not been said Half-man, half biscuit..

As a wee lad I loved trains and I still do. I used to love this song as well.

PREACHER!!!

As a youngster, I was always fascinated by the puffy clouds of smoke regularly coming out of it's chimney top- bt thought the steam engine sounds were a bit over the top. Great tune tho.

I found this video by a live stream that also included the quote "Time flies by when im the driver of a train and i ride o- AWW I FELL OF IT!" Angry welshman productions led me to this XD

"Chigley (Remake) starring The Jetsons' Jane Jetson and her friends!" Voice Cast: Narrated by Tania Rodrigues. Grey Delisle as Jane Jetson, Jeff Bergman as Geoge Jetson and Mr. Spacely, Danica McKellar as Judy Jetson, Trevor Devall as Elroy Jetson, Tress MacNeillie as Rosie the Robot Maid, Frank Welker as Astro the Space Mutt, Lenny Henry as Lord Belborough, Jimmy Hibbert as Mr. Brackett the Butler, Martin Clunes as Mr. Bilton the Gardener, Mike Hayley as Mr. Roger Varley, Peter Kay as Mr. Swallow, Marc Silk as Mr. Harry Farthing, Teresa Gallagher as Winnie Farthing, Kerry Shale as Mr. S. Rumpling, Dominic Frisby as Mr. Clutterbuck, Ant and Dec as Horace and Cyril the labourers, Les Dennis and David Holt as Charlie and Dusty the Corporation dustmen, Judy Bennett and Jane Horrocks as Dorothy and Winnie the Dancing women, John Thomson as Mr. Cresswell, Brian Trueman as Mr. Fletcher, Paul Nicolas as Mr. McGregor, Rob Rackstraw as Mr. Patterson, Griff Rhys Jones as Willie Munn, Fearne Cotton, Jim Broadbent, Antonia Thomas, David Williams and Rochelle Humes as the Workers.

Goodbye Brian Cant and thank you. One of the good guys. Thank heavens the BBC retained Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley in their archive for children of all ages to enjoy forever.

I know exactly what you mean....Watch With Mother, the simplicity of the 70s. A coal fire and a hot chocolate

Memories.....brilliant

This song always comes to mind whenever im on the footplate.

I loved Chigley, Trumpton and Camberwick Green

Ahh, magical. Great memories, thanks for uploading!

thanks Brian Cant for being part of my childhood

My dad used to sing this to me when i was little - thanks!

just joined this internet lark and its sites like this makes all the troubles in this world vanish thankyou

Made a GIF from this & some from Trumpton & Camberwick Green too .. great memories. GIFS on FB & twitter

Closing shot - man in crane cab secretly fiddling with himself.

The Trouble with Trains II...

CLASSIC!!!!!!

love this

How marvellous! Many thanks for uploading this!

Absolutely 🥰

Cool. I've never seen the show.

I used to sing "Time flies by when your the driver of a plane"... oh the memories.

Happy days ♥️

Brain Cant=legend!