On Thursday 15 December 2011, a piece of children’s television history was brought to life once again. At the heart of the BBC Television Centre in Green Room 3, the attending audience heard the famous roll call of the Trumpton Fire Brigade ‘Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub.’

The classic 1960s Trumptonshire trilogy of Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley – the UK’s first stop-motion colour animation series ever to be aired on the BBC - has been digitally restored thanks to BBC Studios and Post Production. The lorries have been working with the team at BBC Studios and Post Production since October, and as part of a campaign to raise awareness of their digital media services division, the Trumpton screening was an ideal opportunity to showcase the amazing work being carried out by their restoration team.

The screening kicked off with a video welcome message from Trumpton creator Gordon Murray and his son-in-law William Mollett, and was followed by Clive Hodge – head of digital media services at BBC Studios and Post Production – demonstrating how the restoration work had been carried out.

For those of a certain age, the restored Trumptonfootage brought back many fond memories. Today’s restoration means that future generations will now have the opportunity to enjoy the likes of Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub for many years to come.

And to prove this point here’s our very own lorry Louise getting up close and personal with Windy Miller!

As per, us lorries have come up with some stonkers this week.

My personal fave has to be the waving bear. At first, being a sceptic, I thought it was going to be a bear raising its paw and people had just started claiming it was waving. However, I was mistaken. I genuinely believe this bear is greeting passers-by. Enjoy…

First up… (drum roll if you will) the said bear that makes Winnie the Pooh look like a mass murderer: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/884741-polite-grizzly-bear-waving-back-to-little-girl-becomes-youtube-hit

As lovely as this is, we can’t help but think they could’ve spent this money more wisely..: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/884981-hotel-builds-huge-edible-christmas-hut-out-of-gingerbread

A few of the lorries have embraced their inner Miss Marple/Sherlock Holmes after having read this story. All the clues would suggest the culprit could be one of our very own lorries… http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24021687-elf-warning-thieves-steal-chippy-from-garden-centre.do

It wouldn’t be the lighter side of the news without my weekly animal image! This week I have particularly enjoyed an ensemble of festive meerkat snaps: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/dec/15/meerkats-christmas-scottish-safari-park#/?picture=383376868&index=0

And finaly, this next story got us all laughing in that it’s so damn ridiculous: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8961195/Toddlers-told-not-to-make-nursery-rhyme-sign-in-case-it-is-offensive.html

Have a lovely weekend guys and girls!

In the world of PR we see a lorra lorra different types of stories making the news, but even we were shocked this week when we came across the following:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3969327/Thumbs-op.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068777/Man-lost-arm-freak-accident-stump-transformed-tattoo-artist-dolphins-head.html

However us lorries were split as to which was worse!  So what do you think?  Tweet #Toe-Finger Man or #Dolphin-Arm Man to @RedLorryPR

Well it’s been quite a week for odd bits of news. There’s been many a bizarre image floating about the lorry office so you’re in for a corker this week! So if you fancy a break from the Jeremy Clarkson extravaganza and the fact that the country’s doomed for years to come then you’ve come to the right place!

Let’s start with a news story that got us shrieking and wriggling in our seats:  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3969327/Thumbs-op.html

The second image that got us squirming: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068777/Man-lost-arm-freak-accident-stump-transformed-tattoo-artist-dolphins-head.html

And the third: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/8930070/Worlds-biggest-insect-is-so-huge-it-eats-carrots.html  ARGHH!

Wee bit freaky is this one: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/287256/Born-to-dance-the-Morris-minors

Our first festive-themed story! Talk about making an entrance, or not for that matter…http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/883534-ho-ho-oh-santa-gets-beard-caught-on-rope-as-stunt-goes-wrong

This one got us laughing out loud: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/883461-12-hour-rescue-of-pregnant-cat-from-bin-turns-out-to-be-stuffed-toy

And to end it on a high note, we’ve gone for a funny picture to make up for upsetting anybody squeamish: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/8925078/Pictures-of-the-day-30th-November.html?image=3 Teehee!

Until next week!