True to Murphey's Law, in searching for something specific, something else turns up instead.
I was looking for the remaining tobacciana items and found two tobacco tins, which on opening contained the remains of my childhood badge collection with updates to the early 70's.
So for readers enjoyment and possible recognition:
- An Air Lingus pin given to me when I was in a publicity shot for the airline
- BEA pin from the airlines' stand at an Earl's Court Schoolboy Exposition.
- TARDIS COMMANDER from an BBC Dr Who exhibit at London's Science Museum
- Badges from staying at Butlin's Holiday Camps.
- 007 from the first Bond movie, sadly suffering from being next to a rusty badge.
- Eric Winston was the orchestra conductor at a Butlin's Camp.
- Civil Liberty from a High School club
- The Blue badge was for my Primary School Marvell House. Which is strange as I was in Coleridge House which was red? The Houses were named after poets
- The Empire State Building is the kind of metal badge given out in the USA to show admission has been paid. This is from a trip to the USA in 1959.
- Tonibell Ice Cream was from one of their vans.
- League of Oveltinies is from the days when Oveltine sponsored Dan Dare stories on Radio Luxemburg.
- Castrol and Birds Eye from an Earl's Court Schoolboy Exposition.
- Robertson's Golliwog from senidng in labels on jars of jam
- Uncle Holly was from waiting inline for hours to see Santa at Selfridges Department Store in London. Uncle Holly was Santa's cheap understudy.
- Dr McCoy must have been in a Kellogg's cereal box
- Methodist movement's John Wesley was from visiting his home
- Matchbox Collector was in with a toy army truck
- Desert Commandos was from a brand of dates that had great French Foreign Legion promotions
- Esso Safety and Wall's Curb Drillers are from Police road safety demonstrations in school playgrounds.
- Potato Puffs, Noddy and Murray Mints are mail in promotions
- A Knight of the Banner is from Banner schoolboy shirts,
- The QEII medal was given to me by my Grandmother for the Coronation in 1953
- The Muffin Club was from the BBC children's programme, Muffin the Mule
- Dan Dare was with a Dan Dare licensed belt.
In with the badges were these four US packs of safety razors. Part of another of my eccentric collections.
No doubt the DUREX one will send shivers down any UK readers spine!
Stay well,
Terranova47
NYC
What a great collection. I had very little along these lines. I did have two or three airline pins - I think one was the Springbok of South African Airways ? I have no idea how I came to have something that exotic, unless it was from one of the exhibits at an Easter Show, when they had exhibits rather than just amusement rides. This would have been 1960s - I have no idea where it is now.
ReplyDeleteLovely tin time capsules, Brian. Badges where always popular when I was a kid. I still have a few from Kellogg's which survived from the '70s.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great selection of badges. Some I’ve never seen before! Thanks for sharing. Will O.
ReplyDeleteBadges were such a staple in the seventies, but nobody seems to bother these days. A lovely and varied collection! Bill
ReplyDeleteI'm working on specific badge collections but some are tricky to track down (specifically some Blake's 7 and Space 1999 ones).
ReplyDeleteAmazing find! I want to be part of Uncle Holly’s circle! SFZ
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