THAT'S ALL, FOLK; Tetley axe Gaffer and friends for new 'healthy' tea adverts.(News) From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: January 28, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 MGN LTD. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: IAN FLETCHER

THE Tetley Tea Folk have finally been dumped after months in a stew.

Insiders forecast last August that trouble was brewing for the little people, led by the amiable Gaffer.

Now they are being pensioned off after 28 years because their cloth-capped image is old fashioned.

They will make way for an advertising campaign highlighting the health benefits of tea. The pounds 15million drive features a new 60-second TV adv...