Yes, they are really famous over there, and everybody knows their names! (at least that's what we have been told)
Truly interesting details, at a global level: 1) Sooty egg cup, made in the 1960s by Keele Street Pottery, from Stoke On Trent (UK), from a series of six Sooty egg cups [eggcup4159]; 2) Sydney egg cup, made in Stoke On Trent (UK) in 1999 by Wade company, Sidney is a character from the Tetley Tea Folk family [eggcup4888] 3) Gaffer (another Tetley Tea Folk family member) made in Stoke On Trent (UK), by Wade, 1999 [eggcup4887].