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Big Chief I-Spy

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,218
in Not Sports Related
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.


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  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Spill the beans H
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,218
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Spill the beans H
    It's Big Chief I-Spy's autograph.

    What more is there to say.
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Warrell

    Thats what I found by typing Big Chief I-spy into google, Charles Warrell used it as a pseudonym 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    paulie8290 said:
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Warrell

    Thats what I found by typing Big Chief I-spy into google, Charles Warrell used it as a pseudonym 
    So is there a Cafc connection?
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Was this from the Canada tour?
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    edited May 2020
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    paulie8290 said:
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Warrell

    Thats what I found by typing Big Chief I-spy into google, Charles Warrell used it as a pseudonym 
    So is there a Cafc connection?
    Not according to the link, but if they are from someone related to him that was passed down when he died then he clearly got them from somewhere.

    Maybe Henry is just excited because he was a fan of his books
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,333
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    paulie8290 said:
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Warrell

    Thats what I found by typing Big Chief I-spy into google, Charles Warrell used it as a pseudonym 
    So is there a Cafc connection?
    You could buy the I-Spy potholes in car parks for 6d. If you spotted all the potholes, you got a feather from the Big Chief. 
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    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.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,218
    edited May 2020
    Some people have no sense of history.

    I was more of Ladybird book fan but I-Spy was a big thing in the olden days.


  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    edited May 2020
    LenGlover said:
    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



    He is very real
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  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Generally I think I have, apart from a slight recollection of the books it means very little to me.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,841
    I had a couple of i spy books, one on motorways, one on trees!

    The motorway one awarded points for spotting gantries, emergency phones etc
  • RalphMilnesgut
    RalphMilnesgut Posts: 1,751
    Phew what a relief, I thought this was going to be a RIP thread.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    I have to say that in all my years on this planet I have never heard of i Spy Books.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    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.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,333
    I thought to be a Charlton fan you had to complete the whole of the trains I-Spy book correctly.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    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..... 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    bobmunro said:
    I have to say that in all my years on this planet I have never heard of i Spy Books.
    You can still get them: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-i-SPY/s?rh=n:266239,p_27:i-SPY
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    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. 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,475
    I vaguely remember iSpy books around the mid 50’s.......I think my brother and sister had some.

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