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Badges
Smiley
This well-known badge has a simple,
eye-catching design. It was first introduced in the USA in the
1960s. Its message then was a happy, sometimes Christian, one
telling people to 'Have a nice day' or
'Smile, Jesus loves
you'.
In 1971 the
Smiley design was licensed to be sold in the UK, and millions of
the badges were bought by young people. It then became popular
again in the late 1980s as part of the dance music
scene.