The Tufty Club Cache Mystery Cache
Hidden : 12/2/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The History of the Tufty Club

Tufty Fluffytail was born in 1953, as a creation of the late Elsie Mills MBE. Original stories for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents featured the squirrel and his friends to introduce clear and simple safety messages to children.

Tufty was joined in his adventures by Minnie Mole and the naughty Willy Weasel along with Mrs Owl the teacher and Policeman Badger, who always popped up in the nick of time to save the children.

1961 - The Tufty Club was set up as a nationwide network of local groups. At its peak there were 24,500 registered Tufty Clubs.

1962 - More than 60,000 children joined the Tufty Club which was expanded to admit older children.

1965 - Tufty Club was featured in a scene in Cyril Fletcher's Christmas pantomime.

1966 - There were now more than 2,000 Tufty Clubs.

1972 - Tufty Club membership passed two million.

1973 - The Transport and Road Research Laboratory reported favourably on the value of the Tufty Club which now had 10,000 affiliated clubs.

1979 - HRH Princess Michael of Kent became the first president of the Tufty Club.

1982 - The Tufty Club celebrated its 21st birthday with a national road show.

1984 - Comedian Ted Rogers invited Tufty to make his pantomime debut in Bournemouth to pass on road safety tips to his young audience.

1993 - Tufty was re-styled and modernised to bring him into the 1990s.

1994 - Tufty went on a nationwide tour of the country.

2006 - Tufty has his own website: www.tuftyclub.org.uk.

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WELL DONE TO RURAL RAMBLER AND HELPMABOAB! FOR THEIR FIRST TO FIND.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur: Ghsgl pna uryc lbh npebff gur ebnq fnsryl, ohg pna ur fjvz gb trg gb uvf ubzr?

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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