The Wombles' motto, 'Make Good Use of Bad Rubbish', and their passion for recycling was far ahead of its time,[REF][REF] and captured the imagination of children, who began to organise 'Womble Clearing Up Groups.'[REF]
Within 10 years, Beresford wrote more than 20 Wombles books (translated into more than 40 languages), another 30 television films, and a Wombles stage show, one version of which ran in the West End [REF].