Toytown Tin Soldiers" by Leon Jessel. The first radio performances were as follows: A puppet show called "Stories from Toytown Featuring Larry the Lamb" was first broadcast on ITV between 1972 and 1974. Twenty-six of Hulme Beaman's stories were adapted for television by his friend Hendrik Baker. The Noddy stories, written from 1949 to 1963 for children by author Enid Blyton, take place in a location called Toyland. Toytown Toytown was a BBC radio series for children, broadcast for "Children's Hour" on the Home Service. The plays were based on a set of puppets created by S. G. Hulme Beaman, who
Lesser noddy "Anous" was introduced by the English naturalist James Francis Stephens in 1826. "Anous" is Ancient Greek for "stupid" or "foolish". The specific name "tenuirostris" is from the Latin "tenuis" for "slender" and "-rostris" "-billed". There are two subspecies: The lesser noddy is in length with a wingspan of and a weight of . The plumage is brownish black. The forehead and crown are lighter in colour. This species is smaller and slightly paler than the similar black noddy and has pale rather than dark lores. Lesser noddy The lesser noddy ("Anous tenuirostris"), also known as the sooty noddy, is a