"How do Jacob's get the figs into their Fig Rolls?" Well Jim Figgerty was purportedly the only man who knew this secret and he was the star in an iconic series of ads in the '60s.
Paddy Griffin was the actor who brought Jim Figgerty to life. Here Wendy Williams, curator of the 'Jacobs Biscuits & Dublin' exhibition talks to his son Gerry Griffin and his granddaughter Elaine Griffin about Paddy and his alter ego Jim Figgerty!
Gerry Griffin is the son of singer and actor Patrick Griffin who played the infamous Jim Figgerty in the Jacob's advertising campaign of the late 1960s and early '70s. He recounts stories of his fathers singing career before he took on the Figgerty role and his own experiences as a child when his father became identified as the famous missing fig roll filler.
The Jacob's Biscuit Factory Archive is held at Dublin City Archives for more see www.dublincityarchives.ie
