Bill and Ben, the Fens' Flower Pot Men

Bill and Ben, or Betty? This Fenland couple soak up the afternoon sunshine
 ... and their favourite wine [click on this picture to enlarge]

Remember Bill and Ben the Flower Pot Men? Well, the pair have been brought back to life in a rural front garden in the heart of the Fens.
Those of a certain age will probably recall the black and white days of Watch With Mother on the BBC [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW95ayqhuCE] and the jibbering characters who spoke in a Goonesque style [http://www.thegoonshow.net/]. Their language was called Oddle Poddle.
The series started in the early Fifties and ran for about 20 years and was apparently revamped in 2001. The Flower Pot Men is the story of two little men made of flower pots who lived by a potting shed at the bottom of an English surburban garden. Each day they had an adventure while the gardener was having a lunch break.

Puppet power: an early Andy Pandy title card  Wikipedia

Like so many other kids, I was entranced by the puppets - and delicate Weed whose vocabulary was limited to "Weeeeeeeeeeeed" - along with other shows on Watch With Mother, including Andy Pandy and the Wooden Tops. It was sad when Andy waved goodbye, wasn't it? In fact, my wife admits that she used to cry. Ah, bless. And she was only 30. Joking.
So if you're passing through these parts you might just get a glimpse of yesteryear as Bill and Ben - one of them might be female so she should be Betty or Bet - chill out with a glass of wine. Give them a wave.
"Babap ickle Weed!"

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