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Chesty Bond was conceived as a likeable and heroic character in a continuous newspaper comic-strip, intended as a marketing campaign to sell the Bonds Athletic singlet. The comic-strip format, with a constantly changing storyline, proved to be extremely popular and continued to be published until 1963.
Detail from a 'Chesty Bond' comic-strip by Syd Miller, published in The Sun, 13 February 1942. The 'Chesty Bond' character was a co-creation of Miller and Moloney. [37] [46] [47] It was Ted Moloney who suggested to Miller the name "Chesty Bond" as "an image character" for their cartoon advertisements. The concept, as devised between the ...
In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s Whitehead was widely known for being the first Chesty Bond character in Bonds singlet advertisements nationally. He was also a professional lifeguard at Manly Life Saving Club for many years, and won many surfing events for South Narrabeen, Manly & North Steyne Surf Clubs, specializing in belt races.
Woolworths Food Company, or Woolworths FoodCo, is the division responsible for developing new product categories, improving fresh meat supply and processing facilities, and developing strategic sourcing relationships with Woolworths’ primary industry partners. [15] It produces the Woolworths 'Woolworths Own and Exclusive' Private label products.
Chesty Bond, long-lived fictional cartoon character and trademark for the Australian clothing company Bonds; Chesty Burrage, from the 1935 American feature film Stolen Harmony; Chesty Miller, from the 1940 American adventure film Emergency Squad; Chesty Miller, from the 1960 gangster film The Music Box Kid "Chesty" Morgan, from the 1926 ...
Divisions and namesakes of the American F. W. Woolworth Company, and divisions of Woolworths Group (Australia). Similar namesake companies in South Africa and Australia were legally named after the Woolworth company as permitted by the trademark laws of the period, but never had any financial connection to the original F. W. Woolworth Company.
The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store.It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, setting trends and creating the modern retail model that stores follow worldwide today.
The Woolworths chain was originally a division of the American F. W. Woolworth Company until its sale in the early 1980s, [2] [3] it had more than 800 shops in the UK prior to closure. Woolworths sold many goods and had its own Ladybird children's clothing range, [4] WorthIt! value range and Chad Valley toys. [5]