Originally Posted by Gambalunga
Does anyone remember the Robertson's Golliwog. I remeber collection enough labels to get a badge (perhaps several badges - I still like marmalade) . Now considered to be not politically correct but children did not see it as demeaning black people in any way. To the contrary it probably made a smiling black person seem a friendly and trustworthy person.


I remember them well - different Robertson's collectors' editions had different themes: musicians and also cricketers.

My brother had a fabric golliwog as well as a teddy bear. I just had a bear so was always envious. Incidentally, anyone visiting 'The Jazz Cafe' on Sandbanks in Dorset will see a golliwog in a display cabinet. Any liberal types complaining are given short shrift by the Proprietor who is black and simply says "it's mine, and I like it".

Stuart
"There's no skill substitute like cubic inches."