The strange perspectives of artist Frank Hampson. Nursery Rhymes (1965) ‘The Man in the Moon’ - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

lbflyawayhome.bsky.social • 2 days ago

The strange perspectives of artist Frank Hampson.
Nursery Rhymes (1965)
‘The Man in the Moon’

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thirty-bob.bsky.social•2 days ago

God, that book. I have a book of sinister nursery rhyme illustrations by Paula Rego which was very good, but still made me think “Paula, I think you should know you have strong competition”.

debzoid.bsky.social•2 days ago

Good old nonsense poems. Just such a perfect illustration. Now looking up the artist. Thank you- a wee balm for the times

voodooroy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Has anyone identified which church in Norwich? As a kid I knew Norwich only from this, and Sale of the Century.

gerrardwinstanley.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's the cathedral I think.

voodooroy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Case closed

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andykaitken.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don't remember this one at all.

alanpbourke.bsky.social•2 days ago

Loved his work, always slightly surreal

lbflyawayhome.bsky.social•2 days ago

The rhyme to this one is particularly odd. Something like:

The Man in the Moon
The man in the moon came down too soon
To ask the way to Norwich
The man in the south, he burnt his mouth
While eating cold plum porridge.

sjdwales.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sounds even better in an Alan Partridge voice.

katharineedgar.bsky.social•2 days ago

I always thought ‘he went by the south and burnt his mouth’.

tomslists.bsky.social•2 days ago

Young children love a rhyme and don’t expect things to make sense. I used to change words to things in the news to amuse myself, they didn’t care

tomslists.bsky.social•2 days ago

e.g. “I haven’t had a Gamsakhurdia, but now it’s Tiblisi”

Can you tell the original?

matthewcobb.bsky.social•2 days ago

“He went by the south and burned his mouth” is what I learned.

ktrev.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Me too

lbflyawayhome.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes, that sounds better. I don’t have the book to hand

jowilliams.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes that's right, I've just found it. Also just found yesterday's ponies!

pavementoyster.bsky.social•2 days ago

But it teaches the correct pronunciation of Norwich!

wendyness.bsky.social•2 days ago

I had completely forgotten about that rhyme, thanks for the reminder 😁

rclongauthor.bsky.social•2 days ago

Never heard of that but apparently it’s nineteenth century or earlier.

francoanglophile.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thought it was pease porridge? A strange rhyme indeed!

jowilliams.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pease porridge is a different one.

embeeuk.bsky.social•2 days ago

It is definitely cold pease porridge in my nursery rhyme book from back in the day.

francoanglophile.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes I thought it was but having googled it looks like the original Tolkien poem was plum porridge. Maybe pease porridge is a northern version?

francoanglophile.bsky.social•2 days ago

Think there must be different versions! North v south?

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ktrev.bsky.social•9 hours ago

This is the version I know.regional variations are interesting.

gerrardwinstanley.bsky.social•2 days ago

Frank Hampson is the best.

andyfutter.bsky.social•2 days ago

God! I’d forgotten this one! No idea how - I live within sight of that cathedral!

favus.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well that awoke a memory from school I totally forgot I had

pavementoyster.bsky.social•2 days ago

That brings back so many memories. Thanks so much ❤️