Name of collectible cards/stickers?

[nosh]

Hi, I remember collecting these cards/stickers as a youngster. Used to get a few cards in a pack along with some chewing gum.
Can't remember much more about them but probably mid-late 80's, and featured cartoon style characters such as Moby Dick and Quasimodo.
Animals combined with sport maybe?

It's driving me mad not knowing.
Any help much appreciated
Cheers.

[dondons69]

yes i remember those and the chewing gum tasted lovely for all of about 10 seconds then left a bitter taste in your mouth but i can't remember the name of them!

[dondons69]

http://www.topps.com/AboutTopps/history.html
i found this link for you, i especially remember the garbage pail kids ones!

[Aidan]

Ta 4 dat dons - hoped to see a few '70s football cards there but hey, they are American....

[nosh]

Thanks for the help.
I've come to the conclusion they were not produced by Topps. The only other ones I remember are the garbage pail ones.

...back to trawling the net.

[Clive Henry Jones]

The collectors cards that I remember from my youth were "American Civil War" ones. Horrible hard flat gum which lost it's flavour in nano-seconds, gruesome coloured drawings of a Civil War battle or significant event and "Confederate States of America" handbills all in one wrapper.



They were great!
Clive.