Sooty still going strong 75 years after being bought on Blackpool's North Pier
Sooty's story began back in 1948 when Harry Corbett travelled to Blackpool from Yorkshire for a holiday with his family. Harry worked as an electrical engineer at the time, but hosted children’s parties to earn extra money to look after his family.
The chimney soot on his nose and ears were added to enhance his character which led to the name Sooty. On 3 May 1952, Harry Corbett first appeared on BBC TV’s Talent Night with his little pal and Sooty became a star with the Sooty Show beginning in 1955. “You are looking at the oldest surviving Sooty, possibly the original. He was returned to the people of Blackpool by Richard Cadell, Sooty’s TV presenter and owner of the Corbett archive. Sooty is a lifelong friend of RNIB. He raises funds to help thousands of blind and partially sighted adults in the UK to make the most of life.”
He said being Sooty’s guardian means a lot of hard work but a lot of fun. He said: “I do feel that it’s important to keep him relevant to today’s generation to make sure that affection still exists when they become parents, and they want to come to the theatres with their children. “So you’ve got Sooty that’s very clever but naughty and Sweep that’s a bit of a fool, as much as we love him. So the shows kind of write themselves really.”
“I love taking Sooty and Sweep and putting them in front of an audience that wouldn’t necessarily come to a Sooty show,” he said. “They all like Sooty but they’ve forgotten it or they remember it from their childhood. And the minute they see him and they realise how funny he is and how funny Sweep is, suddenly they’re fans all over again.
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