Judith Chalmers at Black Country Living Museum
WISH You Were Here TV travel presenter Judith Chalmers took a trip back in time at the Black Country Living Museum and admitted: “I wish I’d seen more.”
Smiling Judith, 72 next month, travelled on a 60-year-old bus around the Tipton Road site where she was greeted by an army of camera-toting admirers.
And she said she hoped to be back at the museum in double-quick time after being bowled over by the many exhibits and buildings.
Judith was tempted into some old-style fish and chips cooked in beef dripping, and although she said she was watching her weight she tucked in and said: “These are simply delicious – they have a wonderful taste.”
Judith, forever fondly remembered as the face of Wish You Were Here in its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, has travelled all over the world.
She said that New Zealand and South Africa were the most memorable countries she had visited.
Judith, married with two children, also has a holiday home in Portugal.
She also likes to spend time in Devon in the summer but she said the weather had been “appalling” this year.
“This country has so much to offer and it is great to see the staff at the Black Country Living Museum doing everything they can to attract people,” she added.
“I have certainly been very impressed by what I have seen. We have friends in the West Midlands and I hope to be back here again soon.”
Judith was at the popular museum, which attracts 80,000 schoolchildren a year, yesterday as part of a Saga travel roadshow.
Saga Cruise product manager Toby Vaughan said that Judith, who talks about her life and travels during her illustrious TV and radio career, had been doing promotional work with Saga for a couple of years.
Gerry Clarke, driver of the vintage bus, said: “She is lovely and I prefer her to Lesley Joseph, who was on the bus a couple of weeks ago.”
