The Perishers dog, Boot. In the early days of the strip they lived in an approximately 10-foot (3 m) diameter concrete pipe section in a seemingly abandoned builder's yard. In 1966 he and Boot moved into a small railway station that had been closed by the Beeching Axe, and they have lived there ever since. Wellington takes his nickname from his trademark wellington boots – he cannot afford proper shoes. He named his dog Boot to go with Wellington. Wellington is quite an intellectual and given to philosophical trains of thought. He can also be quite resourceful – he appears to support
The Perishers nails and he is thick as a plank. Maisie bears resemblance to Lucy van Pelt in Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" strip. The British actress Maisie Williams was christened Margaret but has always been known as Maisie, after the character. A toddler, possibly named after the "Baby Dumpling" character in the US comic strip "Blondie". In the early days of the strip he did not speak, because he knew that once he started he would be expected to keep talking all the time. When he finally began to speak he did so in lower-case letters. In the early days of the strip