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Wombles Netball Club – List of Committee Post Responsibilities". Angelfire.com . Retrieved 30 April 2012. Later character names for the film Wombling Free and second Wombles TV series were developed in the same manner: Wellington – scientifically inclined, but very insecure and absent-minded. Named after Beresford's nephew's school, Wellington School, Somerset, though Wellington himself later states that he chose his name from the city of Wellington in New Zealand. The Wombles return to TV on Channel 5 in 2015". Digital Spy. London. 28 August 2013 . Retrieved 31 July 2018.

Madame Cholet – a very kind-hearted but short-tempered female Womble, and the cook of the Wimbledon burrow, styled on Beresford's mother and named after the town of Cholet in France. She affects a French accent, though she is actually no more French than any other Wimbledon Womble and simply likes to think of herself as French. as royalty, especially the Queen. They also have a respect for human literature; the Wimbledon Wombles maintain a large library of books left by humans on the Common, and Great Uncle Bulgaria is fond of reading The Times. Orinoco – a shirker who loves sleep and food, styled on Beresford's teenage son and named after the river in South America. Though lazy and slothful by nature, Orinoco is resourceful and always means well, and is capable of some surprising acts of moral and physical courage. Siddique, Haroon (25 December 2010). "Wombles creator Elisabeth Beresford dies, aged 84". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 14 August 2011.Dalai Gartok – the leader of the "Great White Wombles" of the Himalayas, named after the Tibetan town of Gartok. He and his Wombles inspired the legends of the Yeti. Dalai Gartok is also one of the oldest known Wombles, and has honed his Womble senses to the extent that he has considerable telepathic ability. Beresford wrote a collection of short stories entitled The Invisible Womble and Other Stories (1973); these stories were based on episodes from the TV series, although they occasionally refer to events in the novels. Tante Lille – the leader of "Les Wombleaux of Boulogne", named after the northern French town of Lille. M. Childs (3 January 2011). "Elisabeth Beresford: Children's author who created the Wombles". The Independent . Retrieved 27 November 2011. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year ( link) Find sources: "The Wombles"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( July 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Nanking – a Womble in a secretive Chinese community in San Francisco's Chinatown, named after the city in China. The characters gained a higher national profile in the UK in the mid-1970s as a result of the popularity of a BBC-commissioned children's television show which used stop-motion animation. A number of spin-off novelty songs also became hits in the British music charts. The Wombles pop group was the idea of British singer and composer Mike Batt. Glastonbury boss Michael Eavis regrets Wombles booking". BBC. 8 June 2011 . Retrieved 14 August 2020.

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Beresford also gave permission for a team of Wombles to run the London Marathon. [22] reboot [ edit ] Shansi – named after the province of Shansi in China, she came to the Wimbledon burrow on an exchange from China, and is often paired with Alderney, as Bungo was with Orinoco. She is a shy and quiet womble who is much happier with Miss Adelaide in the Womblegarten than anywhere else, and has a decided talent for art.