For generations of kids in Britain (and elsewhere) Elisabeth Beresford’s creations, the Wombles, were a palpable presence that you suspected were always burrowing just underfoot, waiting to put all our rubbish to good use. Beresford died last week, aged 84.
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R.I.P. Elisabeth Beresford, whose strange burrowing creatures taught British children to recycle
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