| Wellington shares his birthday ( October 25th ) with his creator Maurice Dodd |
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| Wellington became the mascot of the Third Field Squadron Royal Engineers |
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| Wellington was invited to the wedding of Muriel Shilling and Stephen Harris in 1979 |
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| That annual 'must' the Eyeballs-in-the-Sky was sparked by observing a real dog observing real crabs during a holiday in Dorset |
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| The 'Eyeballs adorned the T-shirts of officers and ratings of the Helicopter Flight of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary 'Tidepool'. |
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| They boosted the mess funds by selling the T-shirts to the Yanks. |
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| Boot was adopted as ship's mascot for the naval warship HMS Sirius ( the Dog Star ). |
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| He was also adopted by the dog-training unit of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. |
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| A Royal Naval Chaplain ( an Admiral no less ) declared himself to be the disreputable Tatty Oldbitt's greatest fan. |
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| Baby Grumpling appeared on the pub sign of "The Angel" in Gilling West. |
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| Maisie's arch rival 'Blossom McGinsberg'has never appeared in the strip.
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| Likewise Grumpling's 'New Baby' who only issues 'Glop' balloons from the depths of it's pram |
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| The Perishers appeared in 20 animated films on rhe BBC, and had their own vinyl disk - 'The Perishers Sing ( well sort of )' |
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| A company of kids put The Perishers on the stage, in a musical by Mick Nash |
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| Maurice Dodd and Bill Mevin first met when working on Britian's first full length animated film - 'Animal Farm' |
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