I never knew Charlie personally but, like many of us, I grew up entertained by his artwork for The Dandy on strips such as Korky the Cat, The Red Wrecker, and The Umbrella Men, and on The Topper with strips such as Foxy and Splodge. I'm very pleased for his family that they've achieved this honour for him.
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The BBC's Midlands Today covered the news in its 21st May broadcast and at time of writing it's still available on iPlayer, 3 minutes in:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08r2wrc/midlands-today-weekend-news-21052017
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Gosh, this brings back memories of Summer holidays at my grandparents house in Bognor Regis, and the daily walk to the newsagent for a Summer Edition....Thanks Lew
I didn't realise that Charlie drew Foxy and Splodge - they were amoungst my facourite strips as a kid. The Red Wrecker was a cracking read as well - sadly I have only ever seen the "Umbrella Men" on ablogs but what I have seen looks amazing.
I showed some of his work in his obituary a few years ago, Paul:
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/charles-grigg-1916-2013.html
You might be interested in that link too, Hedley.
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