40 Years Or More Ago Newspaper Daily Spot The Cartoon Character

[barry1010]

Can anyone jog my memory? A daily newspaper used to have a cartoon man (I think) hidden somewhere every day. I don't think there was a prize for finding it and it was usually hidden in an advert.
What was the newspaper and what was the character called?

[davebro]

Dunno - never did manage to spot Lobby Ludd at Blackpool!

[barry1010]

I've never been to Blackpool. Southport is the closest I got

[calmck]

Paul Rigby worked on the Sun and Daily Mail. The boy also had a dog

[Togo]

Wasn't that Rigby of the Sun. Always drew a little boy and his dog somewhere hidden away. his he did it it the News of the World as well. Where's Wally??

[barry1010]

Thanks, both. We never bought the Sun or NotW so I must have seen it in the many greasy joes I used to eat in :D

[Togo]

Remember the pub "draws", with a card that you initialled, to raise funds for the darts/football/sewing teams? Some pubs used to use the cartoon. It was cut up into little pieces and whoever got the portion with the little boy and his dog was the winner. They had to stop cos the crafty punters were cutting that bit out of their papers and there started to be about 10 winners trying to claim the prize.

[barry1010]

I remember those cards - you bought as many squares as you wanted for 50p or £1. My butcher uses something similar to raise money for a children's hospice, winner gets meat.

[Togo]

There was always someone who put a daft name or a naughty one to be announced ... like Mike Hunt. Which was then announced to ribald cheers. Then some clown would put the initials H.I.V. on a square. Then those days were gone.

[barry1010]

I think my town is stuck in the 50s

[davebro]

Our quiz team was called Norfolk & Goode!

[sanmac]

Whale oil beef hooked!

[BAKERS DOZEN]

Our quiz team was always Norfolk and Chance.

[Togo]

We were always Quiz Team Aguilera or Quiz Akabusi.