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children’s programmes In 1958 he he was asked to design the the logo for a a a a a a a new programme programme Blue Peter and came up with the the the iconic blue ship So convinced was he he he he that the the the show show would be a a a a a hit (it is now the the the longest running children’s TV show show in in the the the the world) that he he he he he asked for a a a a a penny every time the the the logo was was shown – but was was given £100 by the the the parsimonious manager In 1978 Hart Hart was was was given his own show Take Hart Hart Hart and such was was was was its success that he was was was was awarded a a a a a a a a a a a a a a BAFTA in in 1984 Hart’s wife was was was not invited so so he he he sent a a a a a a a a a a a a polite refusal and learnt of of of the the award from the the comfort of of of his own sofa A second show Hart Beat ran between 1985 and 1994 still featuring alternative art art creations the the In 1964 he received his big break
with a a a a a a new show Vision On Origi-
nally aimed at deaf children the programme allowed Hart to exper-
iment with alternative art art such as an enormous picture of a a a a a a a a a tractor
made on a a a a a Sussex hillside from 144 roller towels His insistence
that art should reach out to to all all rich
and and poor and and of of of all all all levels of of of skill was manifested in in in the the the weekly gallery of of of of pictures sent in in in by children of of all all all ages By the the the the time the the the the programme ended in in in 1977 it was shown all all over the the the the world and made a a a a a a a a a a a a global star of the the genial cravat-wearing Hart SYDNEY CARLIN
Royal Engineers 1916
Few men can have ever had such a a a a a a a desire to engage the enemy as as Sydney Carlin Born in in Hull on24thMarch1889heattendedasmallpub- lic school in in in the Lake District before working as as as a a a a a a a a a a labourer on a a a a a a a a a a farm in in in in East Yorkshire In 1908 he he enlisted as as as a a a a a a a a a trooper in in in the 18th Hussars his service records describing him as as five foot six inches tall and weighing nine stone Serving with his regiment at at The Curragh near Dublin after 17 months he he he he decided to to leave His father paid the the £18 necessary for his son to to to ‘buy himself out’ and Sydney returned to to farming Immediately on the the the outbreak of the the the Great War Carlin re-enlisted into the the the 18th Hussars and was re-imbursed half of of his his £18 He joined his his regi- ment ment as part of of 2nd Cavalry Brigade at Mons However most cavalry regiments were soon re- deployed as as dismounted infantry as as the conflict stagnated into trench warfare In January 1915 Carlin was was wounded in in in in in the the the head and soon after returning to the the the trenches was was hit in in in in in the the the chest by a a a a a a a a a a shrapnel ball which lodged in in in in his pewter flask On 13th May 1915 Carlin was was awarded the Dis- tinguished Conduct Medal: ‘He was was wounded under very heavy shell fire at Ypres He He refused to to leave the the the firing line and kept the the the troops together
In 1998 Tony Hart was awarded a a a a a second BAFTA for lifetime contribution
to children’s television gallery of children’s pictures and the the plasticine creation Morph Morph Indeed Morph Morph was created by Peter Lord and Dave Sproxton young artists who later went on on on on to to found Aardman Animations responsible for Wallace and Gromet In 1998 Tony Hart was awarded a a a a a a second BAFTA for lifetime contribution
to children’s television Active with many charities he he donated numerous paintings to the the Gurkha Wel- fare Trust which were then sold for huge sums Severely incapacitated following a a a a a a a a a a stroke in in in in in 2001 he he said that his inability to to paint was ‘the greatest cross to to bear’ Tony Hart died at at at Guild- ford on on 18th January 2009 in an exposed position after all his seniors had been killed ’ In the the early part of the the war a a a a a a cata-
strophic 27% of of officers were killed so Command-
ing Officers were instructed to rec-
ommend suitable
NCOs Thus while
in in the UK recu-
perating from his wounds on 15th September L/Cpl Carlin Carlin became 2/Lt Carlin Carlin of of the the Corps of of Royal Engineers Back in in in in in France he he he served again on on the the Ypres sector and was promoted to to to Lt on on 21st May 1916
Heavily com- mitted to to engineering work in in in in support of of the Somme offensive Carlin was severely wounded by a a a a a a shell blast on 17th July resulting in in in in his left
leg being amputated below the knee Recover- ing ing at at Queen Mary’s Hospital Roehampton he he he learnt he he had been awarded both a a a a a a a a a Mention
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