Remember you're a Womble

Wibbles
Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 2,336 Championing
edited January 2023 in Coffee lounge
It was in1974 when I was an 11 year old who had been made to take dancing class lesson. 
I remember being pleased to be with girls (I never really understood the other sex up to that point) because I was the only boy in an after school hour one a week lesson) we learned how to waltz, foxtrot etc etc. 

They also did Irish dancing and come the summer of 1974 - the girls were to put on a. Irish dancing display at a local fete.
My 3 year older sister was also dancing and was kitted out in an Irish kilt and had the tartan band around her shoulders. 
I on the otherhand was wearing a fur coat that had been converted into a Womble - I was 'Wellington',..... The girls danced around me doing whatever Wellington did in tune with "remember you're a womble" etc etc. 
It was a hot summer day and I was wearing a fur coat from head to foot 

I fainted with the heat and woke up a few minutes later after Wellingtons head had been cut off me. 
I had been sewn into the womble suit at home and had been driven to the fete by my Dad

So I had no clothes or shoes wiith me to wear to get home in - the fur coat was thick and hot

So guess what I had to wear - a girls kilt which was a miniskirt length, a white silky blouse that buttoned the wrong way and a pair of girls tap shoes 

I had to walk through crowds of people dressed like a girl to get to the car to be driven home - with many people clapping and cheering (luckily nobody from.my school)
I was traumatised!!!! 
This has always been on my mind for almost 50 years and negatively affected my view of fancy dress (particularly furry costumes).
Does anybody remember the Wombles? 

Comments

  • easy
    easy Scope Member Posts: 685 Empowering
    What a great memory, I bet you where very embarrassed. 
    I love the wombles.
  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 2,336 Championing
    easy said:
    What a great memory, I bet you where very embarrassed. 
    I love the wombles.
    That's my biggest concern 
    I think that's I actually enjoyed it
  • sookiegirl
    sookiegirl Online Community Member Posts: 169 Contributor
    Loved the Wombles. Always wanted my parents to take to to Wimbledon common to go look for them. 

    What an amazing memory. 

  • Margare93222061
    Margare93222061 Online Community Member Posts: 421 Empowering
    Hi wibbles, 
     I remember the wobbles  and the magic round about I remember the Wobbles Christmas song 
    take care Margaret 
  • Margare93222061
    Margare93222061 Online Community Member Posts: 421 Empowering
    Hi  Ada
    i hope that life is better for you now. Families are not. Perfect  My Mother has been dead 50  Years. Take care Ada
  • Margare93222061
    Margare93222061 Online Community Member Posts: 421 Empowering
    Hi Ada
    i am sorry to hear about your situation it must cause you a lot of pain in the mind.  I listen to music when life gets a bit to much, but never forget. Ada there are people that care about you.
  • Margare93222061
    Margare93222061 Online Community Member Posts: 421 Empowering
    great song
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    I used to play wombles of Wimbledon on my recorder 
  • Margare93222061
    Margare93222061 Online Community Member Posts: 421 Empowering
    A few years ago. Janer 1967 take care