h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

When i was young i used to go round to my Grandparents house on the weekends to visit on most occasions the first thing i would ask when i went round was "where is Mr. Turniphead, can he come out to play?"
At this point some of you may be wondering Who or what is Mr. Turniphead?
Mr. Turniphead was a Marionette not just a Marionette but a very special Marionette because
unlike most of the population in those days he had appeared on television (late 1960s) He featured on "Watch With Mother" and as some of you may know that was where you would watch :Andy Pandy, Bill and Ben, The woodenTops and could even watch Muffin the mule (before it became a crimminal offence). Mr.Turniphead was something like the Alan Titchmarsh of the time he presented a gardening type of programe telling children all about the flowers etc (as far as i can recall)
When the series finished the puppeteer gave Mr. Turniphead to my Grandad and on occasion my Grandad would get the shoe-box out of the wardrobe and take out Mr. turniphead to have a dance and a chat with us children (me and my 2 brothers) then pay his harmonica which was also in the box.
My Grandad always said that when i got older i could have Mr. Turniphead.
Sadly a few years back he passed away a week or two after his funeral i went to get the box containing Mr. Turniphead and the Harmonica (with Vampbar as grandad called it) out of the wardrobe but it had gone.
I asked my Mum, my Gran and all the other members of my family if they had seen it and strangely enough none of them had..I turned the house upside down and inside out trying to find it..but to no avail. I searched everywhere from that day to this even spent hours watching antique road show and programes like that hoping
and praying that one day he would turn up..I still search it hink the only way for me to find it would be if i could contact Grandad and he could lead me to it..untill such time i will just keep searching and remembering the times i chatted and danced with a TV star..Mr. Turniphead

Keep the faith Marc... Mr. Turniphead will turn up when you least expect him to....

just wish i could find out where he went..wouldn`t be so bad if he would send me a postcard or phone me..lol
have to get in touch with Colin Fry and see if he could ask Grandad for me..

Try Derek Acorah on Most Haunted Live, he's doin' a Summer Soltice thing in Wakefield... Tonight he was at some theatre...

Not to keen on Derick Akorah to me he seems to go overboard a lot of the time and seems quite hit and miss, whereas Colin Fry seems more direct and less of the dramatics..

too local to understand me

Hiya

well im not mr turniphead but im here for five mins will i do
how are you marc ? pleez text me sumtime n tell chris,sheryl,pinky my number hun i miss you all

love trish xx x x xx

Hiya Trish,
It's me, Taeko
Don't you forget me
Where were you hiding?

Taeko
xxx