Badge depicting the children's character Tufty the squirrel, with the slogan "Stop, Look, Listen" for the Tufty Club; laminated paper front pressed on to a plastic backing with metal safety pin, 1990s.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1990s
This badge was printed by the Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), featuring the Tufty character created by Elsie Mills in 1953. It features the 1993 updated incarnation of the character.
Tufty featured in a number of books and safety instructions for the society and in 1961 the Tufty Club was set up as a nationwide network of local groups. At the club meetings, usually once a month, children were told stories, encouraged to join in games, read the Tufty books together and take home the message of road safety. This badge would have been produced to give to members of Tufty clubs which by 1973 had more than 10 000 affiliated clubs and over two million members.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- diameter 5.5 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Printed laminated paper pressed on to plastic backing.
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- UK
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O1242392
- Museum object number
- B.113-2011
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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