Had a nice donation of 1955 Charlton autographes today but I was more excited when I turned over the page and found the signature of this 1940s and 50s icon.
Those of us of a 'certain age' used to have 'I Spy' books and the idea was to 'spy' the items.
'Big Chief I Spy' was the overseer of all this and had a cartoon column in the Daily Mail (apologies in advance for any apoplexy caused by use of such language) and other papers too I believe.
A kind of early day Pokemon collection thing except ours were real and there were no cyber stations and gymnasiums etc.
Those of us of a 'certain age' used to have 'I Spy' books and the idea was to 'spy' the items.
'Big Chief I Spy' was the overseer of all this and had a cartoon column in the Daily Mail (apologies in advance for any apoplexy caused by use of such language) and other papers too I believe.
A kind of early day Pokemon collection thing except ours were real and there were no cyber stations and gymnasiums etc.
What do you mean yours were real.
Are you trying to tell me, that my Charmander isnt real
Ladybird books. i-Spy books. And there were also 'The Observer book of.... (whatever, birds, bridges, cricket, trains and stuff)' which were good for kids reading.
He was an Apache Native American, 2nd cousin to the one and only Geronimo. His 2 great great grand sons, Running Mouth and Talking Bollocks, made their $Billions selling their own patented teepee design to campsites for middle class people to go glamping in, in England and, rumour has it, they're Charlton fans (After their grandad advised on a Charlton Hestom Weatern film once) and they've been looking at the situation down The Valley with a keen eye for quite some time now.....
I remember going to a scout camp at Gilwell Park (77 or 78) and Big Chief I-Spy was there, selling his books and signing them. I don't have them anymore but I suspect he spent a lot of time signing that.
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Thats what I found by typing Big Chief I-spy into google, Charles Warrell used it as a pseudonym
Maybe Henry is just excited because he was a fan of his books
'Big Chief I Spy' was the overseer of all this and had a cartoon column in the Daily Mail (apologies in advance for any apoplexy caused by use of such language) and other papers too I believe.
A kind of early day Pokemon collection thing except ours were real and there were no cyber stations and gymnasiums etc.
I was more of Ladybird book fan but I-Spy was a big thing in the olden days.
Are you trying to tell me, that my Charmander isnt real
He is very real
The motorway one awarded points for spotting gantries, emergency phones etc
i-Spy books.
And there were also 'The Observer book of.... (whatever, birds, bridges, cricket, trains and stuff)' which were good for kids reading.