A bizarre smiley face branding has appeared, on hundreds of sheep at opposite ends of the country, sparking debate on social networking sites into where the markings have come from.

In 1963, the original version of the Smiley Face symbol was created in Worcester, Massachusetts, by Charles Ball's father, graphic artist Harvey Ross Ball.

By the ‘70s, the smiley face was beginning to infiltrate popular culture. Around 1970, two brothers from Philadelphia, Bernard and Murray Spain, began selling products – coffee mugs, tea trays ...

The ubiquitous yellow smiley face symbol was created in 1963. Found out the story of this amazingly simple but effective morale booster. The ubiquitous yellow smiley face symbol was created in 1963.

His symbol soon skyrocketed to become that globally iconic smiley face. In the 1990s, he asked his son to help revive the business after "overexploitation" had left the symbol "dated".

Drawing of ‘smiley face’ icon found scrawled on 3,700-year-old pot. Ancient icon thought to be the oldest smiling symbol in the world dug up from site in Turkey. jasper hamill; Published: ...

A bizarre smiley face branding has appeared, on hundreds of sheep at opposite ends of the country, sparking debate on social networking sites into where the markings have come from.

Charles Ball talked about the history of the Smiley Face symbol. In 1963, the original version of the Smiley Face symbol was created in Worcester, Massachusetts, by Charles Ball's father, graphic ...