Card of the Day - 2022-08-04

ZJ9-71 [trade : UK ; Tea] Brooke Bond "Chimps" untitled (1986) Un/12
Brooke Bond [trade : UK ; Tea] "Chimps" untitled (1986) Un/12 - ZJ9-71

These were blank backed cards, and they are sometimes referred to as "Thirty Years of The Chimps".However there are actually three versions of this set, which are 

  1. A plain backed thick card with a peel off back that reveals the sticky bit.
  2. A plain backed paper thin card with a peel off back that reveals the sticky bit 
  3. A printed back that reads "Tak Tik" in blue with a peel off back that reveals the sticky bit

The last version is by far the rarest

Cyril the Cyclist might well have been in honour of Cyril Peacock, as seen in our last section, but he was very popular, appearing on many tie in products, including tea towels, though many of those items showed an actual chimpanzee, dressed up, whilst our cards, being drawn, are more in keeping with my more animal friendly beliefs.

The full list of chimps in the set is as follows :

  1. Ada
  2. Al B Blowed
  3. Cyril the Cyclist
  4. I Bodgit 
  5. Mr Shifter
  6. S Bend
  7. Tania
  8. The Judge
  9. The Twins
  10. Brooke Bond
  11. Dolly (Housewife)
  12. Jean Pierre Berke