The Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures that live in burrows, where they help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in useful and ingenious ways. Wombles were created by author Elisabeth Beresford, originally appearing in a series of children’s novels from 1968. The characters later became nationally famous in the mid-1970s as a result of a popular BBC children’s television show using stop motion animation. A number of spin-off novelty songs also became major hits in the British music charts.
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