I might write about witches too, but what The Worst Witch really did was inspire me to just give things a go. My mum bought me The Worst Witch around the time I was being bullied at school and all my attempts to be cool were failing (see, eg inflatable pumpkin suit). Not many kids wanted to be a mean Ethel.Īlthough, some Ethels did exist. Falling over, messing up even when you tried really hard, falling over some more, and then trying and trying again, that was all fine because that was very Mildred Hubble. Having a life that resembled a slapstick comedy was no longer something kids were afraid of. Suddenly, it was quite cool to be a Mildred Hubble, or at the very least, not terrible. Mildred Hubble may have been a disaster but she was always okay in the end. You would overhear kids say, “Blah blah is a complete Ethel!” (the mean one), best friends would shout to each other, “You are my Maud!” (Mildred’s lovely friend), and others would fall over and announce, “I am such a Mildred Hubble!” (the main character, and a disaster). Yes, but Mildred Hubble came first okay! Photograph: Allstar/WARNER BROS./Sportsphoto Ltd.Īs quick as a snitch The Worst Witch seeped into our lingo.
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