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Prolific writer who enjoyed her greatest success with the recycling WomblesElisabeth Beresford, who has died aged 84, enjoyed her greatest success with the creation of the Wombles. The family motto of the colourful underground creatures a “making good use of bad rubbish” a sprang from a concern of the writer’s that chimed with the growing ecological awareness of the next four decades. Famously, the inspiration for the figures came on a Boxing Day walk on Wimbledon Common, south-west London, during which her daughter, Kate, misnamed it Wombledon Common.As elsewhere with Beresford’s work, the point of departure was real a here, the place and the characters, largely drawn from uncles, grandparents, siblings and her children: Marcus, her son, genial and interested in food, inspired Orinoco; Kate inspired Bungo, a strong character in the books, though not in the films.Their underground and above-ground adventures begin simply; in The Wombles (1968) the characters do little more than potter about tidying up, braving humans and dogs when necessary. Gradually, over the next 10 years, the adventures become more ambitious and more far-flung in titles such as The MacWomble’s Pipe Band and The Wombles Go Round the World (both 1976).As often happens, the early home-based books worked best, since their clear message a the importance of litter collection and recycling that Beresford believed in passionately a was at their heart. Then in its infancy and largely confined to an alternative lifestyle, the theme transformed what was essentially the story of a spirited and likable but conventional family with old-fashioned values into one with an original and contemporary edge to it. It spread the message of recycling to a wide market and touched a chord with many readers, who went on to set up Womble Cleaning Up Groups on Wimbledon Common and elsewhere. …

Writer of children’s books invented much-loved creatures who made use of ‘things that the eveyday folk left behind’Elisabeth Beresford, the writer best known for creating the much-loved children’s television programme,The Wombles, has died.The 84-year-old invented the characters of the Wombles of Wimbledon Common, who became household names in the 1970s.Beresford died at 10.30pm yesterday in the Mignot Memorial hospital on Alderney, in the Channel Islands, after suffering heart failure, her son Marcus Robertson said.The first Wombles book was published in 1968 and, after it was broadcast on Jackanory, the BBC decided to make an animated series. Beresford wrote over 20 Wombles books within a decade, which were translated into more than 40 languages. She also wrote a Wombles stage show, one version of which ran in the West End.A total of 35 five-minute films were broadcast on BBC One accompanied by Mike Batt’s music and the programme’s synonymous theme tune, Underground Overground, Wombling Free. The characters were voiced by actor Bernard Cribbens and the puppets created by Ivor Wood.Beresford was inspired to create the characters by a child’s mispronunciation one Christmas, when she took her children to Wimbledon Common for a Boxing Day stroll and her daughter Kate referred to the area as “Wombledon”.A number of the characters she developed were based on members of her family. Great Uncle Bulgaria was based on her father-in-law, Tobermory on her brother (a skilled inventor), Orinoco, on her son, and Madame Cholet on her mother.Beresford was born in Paris in 1928, although her family home was in England. Her father, JD Beresford, was a successful novelist and book reviewer and friends of the family included HG Wells, George Bernard Shaw, W Somerset Maguham and DH Lawrence.Her own literary career began as a ghost writer, specialising in speeches, including for Conservative MPs. …

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