Jonathan Ross has taken to Twitter to share his favourite memories of Southend’s popular Never Never Land, asking his followers what had happened to the display.

The famous TV presenter, best known for his BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, had clearly been reminiscing about his trips to the seaside town when he asked his 5.4million Twitter followers where the HeMan and Masters of the Universe displays ended up.

They were part of the Never Never Land attraction in Southend. The fantasy village used to be known as the UK’s Disneyland in the Fifties until dwindling numbers caused it to be massively downsized. It was run by Southend Council until the Seventies.

Jonathan tweeted: “Need some help trying to track something down.

“Just personal curiosity. Anyone know what happened to the HeMan and Masters of the Universe display that used to be in a cave (!) in Never Never Land, Southend? It was amazing.”

Reminiscing about the attraction, he continued: “It was unexpected and amazing.

“They had all the first run figures in a giant cabinet built into a fake stone wall.

“When the display started there was music and then the story of HeMan was told.

“The figures moved on small discs as they were referred to and were also illuminated.”

However, it looks unlikely that he will ever find an answer as many of the display items were binned more than 40 years ago.

A Southend Council spokesman said: “At the time of sending this email, the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the HeMan toys remains unsolved.”

Adventure Island confirmed they “saved and adopted” Gulliver from the display, but the rest “is gone”.

Philip Miller, owner of Adventure Island, added: “Back in the day before he became really famous, Jonathan Ross was quite a regular customer at Adventure Island and was always very friendly to customers and staff.”

Found in the Shrubbery, on Southend’s cliffs, Never Never Land was a truly mystical place - a land of mythical castles, goblins, dragons, fairies and lights in the trees, and even a magical model railway.

Thousands of adults and children from London and further afield packed to Southend to see the attraction and the council invested heavily in it with regular new features stopping it from getting stale.

However, numbers decreased during the 1960s and most of the attraction was scrapped in1972.

Never Never Land was reborn in 1987 with high hopes, but visitor numbers quickly began to dwindle. Local businessman Mike Dolby agreed to take on the lease in 1990. However, issues with vandalism saw him give back the lease to the council in 2000. All that remains now is owned by the council and is on display as The Shrubbery.