Sunday, June 10, 2012
Children's Hour
BBC Radio was once the entertainment of choice for the British public back-in-the-day. As it is today, long before the Tweenies and In the Night Garden, part of the BBC's output was directed at the nation's children in an hour long programme entitled, creatively, "Children's Hour". Bishop & Stonier produced nursery ware to tap into the affection for the programme and these pieces are now very collectible for Bisto and nursery ware fans. I have not found any other factories making baby plates which commemorate this radio programme so perhaps Bisto were specially commissioned by the BBC to produce the range? Who knows.
I like these very much: the colours are lovely and the effect is sweet without being too cloying.
ReplyDeletehello, a friend of mine has one of the plates shown in the picture. its the baby plate on the left. I am curious about how rare these are and what value they hold. many thanks
ReplyDeletejoe ( josephduncan.73@gmail.com)
a retail price for the childrens hour baby plate would currently (jan 2014) be around £40.
ReplyDeletethank you for your reply. my friend will be pleased< more so with the history of it. I think it will come out the box and back on display. thanks again, joe
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