As a child, my first budgie, “Budgie” was purchased from Woolworth’s. Budgie was a wonderful little bird. He was finger tame and would turn the pages of my book for me (while taking a nibble).
While Budgie may not have been expensive, to me he was priceless.
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Woolworth’s ad from 1955.
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Woolworth’s ad from the 1960s.
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Woolworth’s ad from the 70s.
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Woolworth’s ad from 1993
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artwork by Skip Hill