Crystal Tipps and Alistair films for the Central Office of Information. The series has no dialogue but rather is accompanied by a full musical soundtrack composed by Paul Reade; however, when shown on "Captain Kangaroo" in the U.S. in the 1970s the series did have voice-over narration by Cosmo "Gus" Allegretti in his high-pitched "Mister Moose" voice. Crystal's Christmas Special was shown on 25 December 1974. Crystal Tipps and Alistair Crystal Tipps and Alistair is a British cartoon produced for the BBC. The title characters are a girl and her dog who are joined by their friends Birdie and Butterfly. There are 50 five-minute
Companion Credit Union Companion Credit Union Companion Credit Union was an Australian credit union that operated between 1975 and 2010, and became part of Beyond Bank Australia. In 1974 a group of Hunter Valley Coal miners began talks with the Credit Union League in Sydney, who approved the commencement of a new Credit Union. On 6 January 1975 the Northern Mineworkers Credit Union opened its doors for the first time. Originally the first office was a backroom at the Northern United Mineworkers Federation Headquarters in Newcastle. In 1988 the credit union changed its name from the Northern Mineworkers Credit Union to Companion Credit