Gollywog

[Michael Parnham]

Did any members ever have one as a child? I've just found loads of lovely Gollywogs and Gollywog books on Amazon, they are really cute. When I was a child I had a Gollywog and I think most kids had one as they were for both boys and girls, don't know why some people consider them racist because in my day we never had any reason for racist thoughts because we had never seen a coloured person until later in life and even then we never connected Gollywogs to them! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[johncar54]

I too was only persuaded that there might be any connection between a gollywog and people when the PC brigade 'told me I should.'

[les_taxi]

Yes I might have had one, I also remember a school book called little black sambo!

[fred]

Marmalade never tasted quite the same since they took the Gollywog off the jar. :NoNo:

[Michael Parnham]

Marmalade never tasted quite the same since they took the Gollywog off the jar. :NoNo:

Miss the Marmalade jar Fred!

[Slip]

Had the lot as a kid, gollywog dolls, even a gollywog chair.
No such thing as gollywog being a racist term back then.

In the 60's (and the mods may want to censor this) my mum had a cat called Nigger. Not too sure how offensive tbe use of the word was back then, but remember my grandad telling me a story of how one day they had a gas man come to read the meter under the stairs... He was out at the time but my mum let him in. So when my grandad returned my mum told him that the gasman was there. At this point the cat went under the stairs... So my grandad shouts out..... NIGGER, NIGGER, get out from under the stairs. At this point tbe gas man came out and in a very deep Jamacian accent said, I'm sorry Sir, your daughter said it was ok.

Apparently he read the meter for a good few years after that and they became good friends.

[les_taxi]

Mentioned this before but I only a few years ago I used to pick up black lad with big afro and he was a right laugh. He would say right you honkey take dis nigger into town. Lovely guy.

[grahamw48]

My (black) former fiancee used to collect the Robertsons Jams Golliwog badges. :smile:

[imagine]

i thought we couldnt say gollywog :cwm24::biggrin:

[fred]

i thought we couldnt say gollywog:biggrin::biggrin:

right!!!! You're nicked!!!!!!

[stevewool]

That's right you can't say that word just like you can't say fart

[Dedworth]

i thought we couldnt say gollywog :cwm24::biggrin:

Yeah smacks of racism to me :Erm:

might contravene http://filipinaroses.com/showthread.php/21928-Racist-language

[jake]

That's right you can't say that word just like you can't say fart

Its TRUMP :wink:

[stevewool]

Its TRUMP :wink:

Creep :biggrin:

[les_taxi]

It's not racist as it's not directed at anyone just a comment on times gone by. Try listening to Oliver's Army :biggrin:

[stevewool]

It's not racist as it's not directed at anyone just a comment on times gone by. Try listening to Oliver's Army :biggrin:

Is fart in that song then

[Dedworth]

http://www.easyballoons.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bbml-golli.jpeg

[Michael Parnham]

http://www.easyballoons.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bbml-golli.jpeg

Memories!

[stevewool]

Lots of things have changed for the better and worse too,
I wonder who was offended by things that has been around for years or was it a i will sue you thing that has stopped most of the things that many grew up with

[Michael Parnham]

When we were kids and up to the age of about 50 in the 90's we never heard the word racism mentioned!:Erm:

[Dedworth]

When we were kids and up to the age of about 50 in the 90's we never heard the word racism mentioned!:Erm:

Because it was invented by New Labour :wink:

[grahamw48]

My (Filipina) ex-wife was called a 'Paki' by some kids one day, when she was pushing our baby son in his pram.
It upset her..and me.

Shortly after my son started school he started to be racially teased by some of the other kids.

I marched straight down to the school and delivered some harsh words I can tell you. :mad:

Sorted.

[les_taxi]

You did right Graham but sadly if you did that now you would be in deep .... no doubt.

[jake]

My (Filipina) ex-wife was called a 'Paki' by some kids one day, when she was pushing our baby son in his pram.
It upset her..and me.

:NoNo:

My niece who is now in her 30’s was physically and verbally abused by a select few for looking like a Paki.
Was quite a traumatic time for her and our family, as the school couldn’t/wouldn’t do anything to discipline her attackers.
Her father was half Indonesian/Maori and sadly died when she was 2 years old. The abuse started in 2nd year high school and seemed to be brought about by jealousy, as she did well academically. Fortunately her Maori genes went into overdrive, by the end of the school year and the bullies disappeared before they felt her wrath. The sad thing is it seemed to affect her academically from then onwards

My kids, have never complained of being racially abused here in the Philippines and they have been through the school system from start to finish.

[stevewool]

I cant remember when the time started that some children in our school were different, ok their skin and hair was different to most others, but we were all kids growing up together,
I think once you went home and your elders knew you were mixing with these people they was the ones who started to make silly words about your new friends, the end of innocence had begun

[Tawi2]

I remember a teacher reading us a little black sambo book in school,was it a ladybird series book?Does anyone ever remember a series on TV called Love Thy Neighbour?

[stevewool]

I remember a teacher reading us a little black sambo book in school,was it a ladybird series book?Does anyone ever remember a series on TV called Love Thy Neighbour?

Wow can you imagine what the outcome would be now if they showed that series, and what about Alf Garnet, till death do us part, those were the days

[primdale]

Did any members ever have one as a child? I've just found loads of lovely Gollywogs and Gollywog books on Amazon, they are really cute. When I was a child I had a Gollywog and I think most kids had one as they were for both boys and girls, don't know why some people consider them racist because in my day we never had any reason for racist thoughts because we had never seen a coloured person until later in life and even then we never connected Gollywogs to them! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

I had several gollywogs as a child and still have a gollywog garden
ornament [which my neighbour hates]. I also still have 3 jars of Robertson's mincemeat with the paper gollywogs on the back.

Can anybody remember how many paper gollywogs you needed to get a metal one?

[primdale]

Does anyone ever remember a series on TV called Love Thy Neighbour?

Loved that show, Sambo & Honkey - still watch it on youtube :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[grahamw48]

:NoNo:

My niece who is now in her 30’s was physically and verbally abused by a select few for looking like a Paki.


That is a shame Jake. Poor girl. :NoNo:

Apart from that early incident with my son, he and my two stepchildren (one half African-American and the other pure Filipina) have not as far as I'm aware experienced any racial prejudice here in England. In fact they all did really well at school and uni' , always being very popular and having large groups of 'faithful' friends to this day...going by their facebook pages. :smile:

[primdale]

Talking of racism, when my partner lived on the Wirral she had 5 years of hell with racist vile scumbags. She worked nights in the hospital and in the daytime kids would kick the door & bang on the
windows, throw stones on the roof trying too break the tiles, when it rained they would throw mud at the windows etc .the verball abuse she got was vile filthy language every time they saw her,
when reported to the police they said nothing we can do parents not
interested.
Thank God she got a transfer to Wales 1 year ago, shes moved to heaven from hell.

[grahamw48]

Poor thing.

That is just despicable behaviour .:mad: