OXO Mary Wood

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Lawrence Gleadle drew the original poster and character, which was then used for a variety of creative endeavours; for instance, in OXO colouring book competitions from the 1930s.

 

There was a range of colouring books:

 

Paint the Past: Public Benefactors Past and Present

Paint the Past: OXO Will Take Care of the Future

Paint: The Popular OXO Personalities

 

The poster also later inspired an OXO advert from the 1950s, which featured a little girl named Mary Wood who loved OXO so much that she always asked for more.

 

Little Mary Wood

Like some more OXO

She likes it in her soup

She likes it in her stew

She likes it in her gravy too

Little Mary Wood

Like some more OXO