Oliver Postgate the creator of Bagpuss and Ivor the Engine has died at the age of 83.
I grew up watching the work of Oliver Postgate and one of my very favourite TV programmes as a small child was Bagpuss.
And when Bagpuss was asleep,
All his friends were asleep.
The mice were ornaments on the mouse organ.
Gabriel and Madeleine were just dolls.
Professor Yaffle was just an old wooden bookend in the shape of a woodpecker.
Even Bagpuss himself, once he was asleep, was just an old, saggy cloth cat,
Baggy, and a bit loose at the seams,
But Emily loved him
He was like a very sweet gentle Grandfather who would sit me down and tell me magical tales. He will be remembered fondly by generations of children who have now grown up to have children of their own. [via]
