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I dreamed I went to a car boot and found an old suitcase full of early Pelham Puppets! Russian Man, Russian Woman, Huntsman, Wooden toothed Devil, Clown,...
I went to a car boot sale also today I to thought I was going to have some pelhamy luck as well and guess what i found? yeah..... nothing! not even a string...
Wow, that's the kind of fantasy I've sometimes written about, never thinking something so amazing could come true. I'm glad it came true for you!! What were...
Well, although Im not new to pelham puppets, I certainly am new to collecting them... so Ive posted a pic of a few of the little ones Ive scraped off ebay, all...
The other puppets were the SM Policeman, MacBoozle, and an unusual orange wooden caterpillar. No props in the suitcase, but several canvas bags that had the ...
Wow ! what a find , I bet you had to pinch your self Sue :o) Certainly gives us all hope :o) hope they are all well enough to see by open day :o) Well done...
... HMMM.... OH YEAH? Dr Beaker ...very cheap!......LOL Good to see a nice collection building up all very nice, does your Gretel have the detailed line around...
... sleeves by the ... Oh dear, Steves auction ended on ebay today unfortunately he did not make his reserve price, I noticed little miss know-it-all was...
... ========================================= Hello Tim... No , this Gretel is probably a bit too modern,,, plain skirt. As for old Beaker,,, I meant to add to...
Just out of interest..... what would Dr Beaker be worth....clean...strung no box....Id NEVER PART WITH HIM TO BE HONEST had him since I was about 8..but Id be...
Hi Leo I have Dr Beaker reaching £325 on ebay the beginning of July 2006 But others might be able to give a better price range as this might have been a fluke...
Hi Leo , I have paid between £100 - £150 for my Supercar characters... the most expensive was Mike Mercury @£350, he was however completely mint never been...
I still have quite a few toys from my childhood -- mostly puppets, of course (both Pelhams and Hazelle's). Mike Mercury is a favorite, as I got it as one of...
$3.50 ! Well, I think I know who got the better deal :o) Toys from my childhood ? let me think ? oh yes that would be my puppets :o)I have my original...
OK, my first question is, "What did you do with all of those marionettes?" You had quite a troupe. Did you give performances? At what age did you stop...
Hi Jon :o) Yes I had quite a cast and yes I did shows at schools and nursery schools :o) I started doing shows when I was about 13, I had a stage built for me...
Since you perform, and I assume perform by yourself, do you have any tips for manipulation- particularly the hand manipulation? My major stumbling block at...
Hi Jon, Unfortunately it is really difficult to manipulate two Pelham puppet controls at once and make the puppets look convincing when walking or dancing, ...
Well here is a conundrum that I can't answer and hoping I will be able to learn something else from this forum has anyone got a picture of a pelham mermaid or...
Tim there is a picture of the Mermaid in the 2002 openday photo album..... and the one on ebay is clearly not the Mermaid :o) Looks like the fat faced ...
I have posted a photo of the Mermaid in the display album, so hope you can see how the bottom half works. If you need another photo, please let me know....
Oh the head of the Mermaid was originally modeled by Jane Phillips, director of the Caraciture puppets in Wales. Bob asked Jane to create a head for Gretal,...
The pelvis on ebay was for the African dancers, the Mermaid pelvis had no bum cheeks & was flat at the bottom & of course the were no leg parts. [Non-text...
Thank you so much both of you for answering so quickly Thought it might be a day or so with this weather! So that answers the question then, The book must be...
And thanks for your info as well I didn't see your post until after posting So were the Bunny Girl and Mermaid made now and again over a few years or did they...
Isn't it great to see the sites so busy with so much Pelham/ puppet chat. It hasn't been like this for a long while :o) wondferful, simply wonderful :o)I...
A friend of my Mum has offered a Hedgehog to me in case I want to buy it, which I do BUT It doesnt have a box and its control is very fresh, looking at it the ...
Hi Jon there is no one easy answer to your problem, I used to use gallows and there were two of us performing shows yet this still never seemed enough, if a...
