The Tufty Club
 

Does anyone remember the Tufty Club, think it was when I was about 6 or 7 and these people (might've been the police actually) came round the schools talking about road safety and we were all made members. If I remember right we al got a badge a handbook and a hanky with the said squirrel on them - ah memories :o

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I remember it just about. It was tailing off (geddit! :D) when I was at Junior school

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Yeah.. I remember when the "Tufty Club" came down to the New Era one afternoon giving it the big spuds... got a bit nasty when the "Hamster Crew" turned up!... jelly and orange squash all over the gaff!

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I was also in the Tufty Club.

It was run by Mrs Owen at my Primary school, Moor End, and was run one lunchtime a week.

'Look right, look left, look right again. If all is clear walk quickly, and safely across the road.'

Thanks Tufty, for keeping me safe for forty two years, and I still have your lovely book and badge somewhere safe.:)

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...tuftybadge.jpg

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It's just over 40 years ago, I remember seeing the little darling in Oak Hill park.

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I vaguely remember it, but one thing that just come back to me for some reason was the "Diddy jackets" anyone remember them?
All school kids walking about with Fluorescent orange jackets on, now its the adults that wear them for safety/work reasons :D

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Yeah I had one of those too. A luminous orange tabard worn over your coat. I thought my Mum just made the name Diddy jacket up, looks like I was wrong.:D

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The diddy jackets - oh my god, I'd repressed that memory! They were given out at school too I think.

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what year was this?
i remember mrs owen, the one with the wart on her eyelid;)
but i dont seem to remember it at school though the pic looks familiar:confused:

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Yeah I remember the Tufty Club. I was a member and remember have a badge and a story book of some kind. Now 47, so it would be about 40 years ago.

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He appears to be older than we thought.....

http://www.rospa.com/tufty/holding.htm

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Was still going in 1993 though

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1968 the Diddy jackets were issued, see HERE

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I remember them buggers too, they stank...........:D

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Yeah, were they made from some plasticky material? not nylon like todays are were they

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Geez i must be too young then cos i cant remember it lol :rolleyes:

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I was gonna say you probably left school before they issued them but I won't, I'll leave that for Doug :D :D :D

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Hehehehehehhe cheeky hehehehe ........nooo dont let him comment hehehe:eek: :D I left senior in 92:o

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i stll have teh tufty book book and badge at my mums house , i even have the orgional green cross code badges from the 70's somwhere ( a.k.a darth vader)

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We did road safety at primary i still cant remember the tuffty club bit tho, will ask me dad if he remembers me contributing in it:confused: either that old age has got to me hehehehe

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I remember the Tufty club, cant remember if I was a member or not though.

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No, you're mixed up, warty eye was Mrs Chapman. She taught third from the top year, and also sex education to the top class, which I think I must have missed.:eek: :D

Mrs (Nel) Owen taught the 5/6 year olds, and she was also my Sunday school teacher. She was a wonderful woman, and the finest socialist I ever had the pleasure in knowing. She sadly died the other year aged ninety.

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left school easter 63, so never came across it,that explains to me why i have been knocked down 3 times.:drink: or that may have been the reason.:D

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i had the tufty club board game!!!

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i wasnt born till 70's thats probably why i dont remember!

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i have a coin dated 1873 is it as old as you ? :confused:

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ha ha:rolleyz8: ........cheeky:rolleyes:

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I was a member in the 80s!.

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Left school summer 97.

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Good for you

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bet yer still a member?:D

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I left senior school in 88 - I remember The Tufty Club. I had a big white annual of it which also showed dangers around the house - loose wires and pan handles over the edge of cookers. Not sure how old I would have been...about 9 maybe??

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The 'Tufty Club' was the brainchild of the late PC Ken Wilkinson, a Lancashire Constabulary traffic officer who dedicated much of his career to road safety issues involving the safety of children. Ken's widow, Hazel still lives in Cranbourne Drive, Church.