Today
2008 - Oliver Postgate died. (He created some of my best-loved characters for children's TV: Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, the Clangers and of course Bagpuss.) Once upon a time, Not so long ago, There was a little girl, and her name was Emily, And she had a shop... There it is. It was rather an unusual shop because it didn't sell anything. You see, everything in that shop window was a thing that somebody had once lost, And Emily had found, And brought home to Bagpuss. Emily's cat Bagpuss. The most Important, The most Beautiful, The most Magical, Saggy old cloth cat in the whole wide world. Well now, one day Emily found a thing, And she brought it back to the shop, And put it down in front of Bagpuss Who was in the shop window fast asleep as usual. But then Emily said some magic words:- "Bagpuss, dear Bagpuss, Old fat furry cat-puss Wake up and look at this thing that I bring. Wake up, be bright Be golden and light Bagpuss, Oh hear what I sing....