and in the 1920s the company began producing Golliwog badges and enamel brooches which could be claimed by collecting tokens from jam jars. Featuring golliwogs playing sports and involved in ...

judges at the Court of Appeal ruled as they agreed the term was inherently racist Originally called the Golliwog, the Golly first appeared on jars of Robertson's jam in 1910. However, the ...

A senior politician was today facing calls to resign after joking that in the wake of Barack Obama's election golliwogs should be put back on jam jars. Deputy Chief Minister of Guernsey Bernard ...

We sell 45 million jars of jam and marmalade each year and they ... many soft toy manufacturers started producing their own versions of Golliwogs. Many home-made versions were also made, as ...

Originally called the Golliwog, the Golly first appeared on jars of Robertson's jam in 1910. However, the character was removed in 2001. Ms Lindsay was working as an assistant chef manager at the ...

The caricature then started to appear on Robertson’s Jam jars in 1910, becoming a popular brand, before evolving into toys and collectibles. As the word Golliwog is used to attack Black people ...

The jam and marmalade jar character Golly is to be ditched by its producers Robertson's after 91 years. The controversial character is being replaced by drawings from Roald Dahl stories. Golly hit the ...

The majority of Britons do not think that golliwog dolls are racist, according to a new survey. Once a common sight on everything from Robertson’s jam jars to Noddy storybooks, increasing ...

PC Paul Southgate, 44, said jam jar lids featuring the Golliwog doll should be used by black people as bus passes. The married dad-of-three admitted using the offensive language at a disciplinary ...

A misconduct panel heard that Army veteran Pc Paul Southgate, who works for North Yorkshire Police, made a comment to staff about golliwogs on jam jar lids being used as bus passes by black people.