I was utterly convinced the Wombles really existed and whenever we went to Wimbledon Common (which was quite alot) I would try and force my entire family to search for them. I found a number of things but sadly I never found a real Womble.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- "The wombles of Wimbledon Common are we" meant that there were loads of them...— Mike
- When I was about seven, I was utterly convinced that chickens had leaves and trees had feathers.— Confused
- I used to believe that Spinal Tap was a real band. I was 19 and gutted when I found out.— Jim
- i used to think that housten was a real person and not a place, im 16 and i found this out yesterday......!lol— jess p
- I used to believe Dragons were real like Dinosaurs. I found out the other day they weren't.. Haha. Anon
- In my childhood I used to think that all the superheroes I saw on television existed in real life— Cris