Hissing Sid
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Owner:
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badgerbaby
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Released:
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Friday, March 25, 2016
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Origin:
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West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Recently Spotted:
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In Tentmantent on Tour #36: Holme-Upon-Spalding-Moor
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To travel the woodland singing songs and proving his innocence to Captain Beaky and his band.
Photos of Sid's adventures would be spectacular.
PLEASE move him along within 2 weeks before he slithers away. Thank you.
A Hissing Cobra attached to a green Scarab trackable and a small keyring that details Sid's mission for those cachers who don't have instant internet access out in the wilderness.
Captain Beaky & His Band (Not Forgetting Hissing Sid!!!) (commonly shortened to Captain Beaky & His Band or Captain Beaky) is the title of two albums (volumes 1 and 2) of poetry by Jeremy Lloyd, set to music by Jim Parker and recited by various British celebrities. The albums generated two books of poetry, TV shows, a musical and a pantomime. The first album was released in 1977 and the second in 1980.
Captain Beaky's band consist of Timid Toad, Reckless Rat, Artful Owl and Batty Bat. The title track from the first album, "Captain Beaky", was released in 1980; it reached Number 5 in the UK pop charts. The song, sung by Keith Michell, informs us that:
The bravest animals in the land are Captain Beaky and his band
That's Timid Toad, Reckless Rat, Artful Owl and Batty Bat
They march through the woodlands singing songs
that tell how they have righted wrongs.
According to Jonathan Rowlands, the producer of both albums, when United Kingdom disc jockey Noel Edmonds heard colleague Tony Blackburn play the record, "...he grabbed it from his turntable, played it just once, and the result was that an atomic scientist who was on secondment with the British Museum, upon hearing the show and recognising that Captain Beaky's bete-noir Hissing Sid was not all that bad, wrote in [to the BBC] proclaiming "Hissing Sid Is Innocent Okay!".
The character of Hissing Sid is a snake, mentioned in both "Captain Beaky" on the first album and "The Trial of Hissing Sid" on the second. The slogan "Hissing Sid is Innocent!" became a popular catch phrase, appearing everywhere including as a graffito on walls on badges and on car stickers.
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Tentmantent placed it in Tentmantent on Tour #36: Holme-Upon-Spalding-Moor
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Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- 42.45 miles
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Tentmantent retrieved it from Front Door: The Tentcave Mk VIII
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East Midlands, United Kingdom
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lonesomebluesounds placed it in Front Door: The Tentcave Mk VIII
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East Midlands, United Kingdom
- 32.09 miles
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ECOBAKE discovered it
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Discovered at the Cheshire Cachers on Tour event.
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74jen discovered it
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Discovered up at Cheshire Cachers On Tour event in Nottingham to keep moving.
Thanks to owner for sharing.
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lonesomebluesounds retrieved it from Cheshire Cachers On Tour
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East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Retrieved from an event at the castle in Nottingham, UK
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Deepdiggingmole placed it in Cheshire Cachers On Tour
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East Midlands, United Kingdom
- 64.2 miles
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Deepdiggingmole retrieved it from MK23 Special Tools Challenge
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Southern England, United Kingdom
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goldpot placed it in MK23 Special Tools Challenge
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Southern England, United Kingdom
- 26.81 miles
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goldpot retrieved it from CITO Event @ Norton Common, Letchworth
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
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