Annuals and comics

I loved Girl, Schoo Friend and Girls Crystal. My sister loved Bunty. I used to get the annuals for this mags, together with Rupert annuals.

We weren't allowed to have the Dandy and the Beano; I managed to read them occasionally in the dentist's waiting room and in friends' houses. We didn't have that great Scottish publication, the Sunday Post, either, but fortunately, Granny round the corner had it every week and we were able to keep up with the antics of Oor Wullie and the Broons. Oh, you Sassenachs don't know what you missed!

ooh, Dandy and Beano and Rupert Bear. And Flash Gordon at Saturday morning pics.

My parents were the same, Oxon! Mum was worried there was 'summat wrong' with me, then when i got into my mid teens and started going out with boys - she worried even more!! Of course, i was lucky because I had two brothers so the boy comics were always available. And yes, they were more exciting weren't they?

Oh, wow, someone else liked 'Eagle' ! I first saw it the year it came out (1951?)
and begged my parents to get it. The thing is, Dan Dare was my first hero, but it had strong women in it as well.
Remember when Professor Peabody rescued him from the Blob?

My parents got all worried because I liked the boys comics...but they were more exciting! When they wanted to stop Eagle I made such a fuss that they got both Girl and Eagle - but Girl was second best, to me.

As well as School Friend, I remember Girl's Crystal - it was pretty similar, but didn't they all have exciting lives? Nothing even vaguely interesting ever happened to me, despite all my best efforts.

I used to get the Rupert annual too, when I was younger. Only ever read the rhyming couplets, not the full story at the bottom of the page though!

Yes Sook I remember the cut out doll and outfits on the back of the Bunty and I loved them too. I also used to have Bunty and Judy every week, and the annuals at Christmas. I too graduated to Jackie in my teens, do you remember Cathy and Clare the 'agony aunts' in Jackie?

Bunty and Judy and I got the annuals for Christmas presents. Graduated to Jackie in my teens then on to Petticoat. I especially loved the cut out doll and outfits on the back of the Bunty comic does anyone remember them?

I used to read my brothers' comics - Dandy and Beano. We swapped some of these for my cousin's 'Film Fun'. I don't think I had a comic of my own, but I do remember reading a friend's comic, which had tales about girls at boarding schools who had ballet lessons and ponies and Dads who worked in offices, drove cars and had a home phone. ALL these concepts were alien to me, so I supposed that could be why I preferred boys' comics.

I remember loving Dan Dare, and the space aliens called the Mighty Mekons with big green heads.

There were always a few comic annuals around - I loved them because they lasted for ages.

I remember Judy! There was also one called Diana too, can't remember which one it was, but one of them had a series called "Wee Slavey" which was set in the servants' hall of a Victorian house. My sisters and I used to refer to ourselves as "Wee Slavey" when reminded to do our (very few) chores!

Nobody has mentioned Judy, I had that and Bunty. Can't remember which one had the cut out doll and clothes on the back each week.

In later years I had Jackie, I kept a huge stack of them on top of my wardrobe. They came in very handy when one night one of the legs on my bed broke. I got a pile down stuck it under the corner of the bed, and it was like that for a couple of weeks until mum n dad had enough money to buy a new bed

Gosh annobel I remembered Sunny Stories as soon as you mentioned it. Wasn't it in a small format (about A5 if they knew what A5 was in those days) ?

There was a mag called Sunny Stories which I think was Enid Blyton. My grandparents subscribed to it for me; also one which I think was called something like Playways.

Pamaga, I`d forgotten all about the Enid Blyton magazine, I had that right from the first issue.

Have a look at the price of comics out there now, they all have "free" gifts but I think with the gifts are no so "free" when the price of the comic is taken into account !

Ah............. School Friend, Bunty and Girl annuals bring back fond memories. Could never understand the Rupert Bear annual though and Rin Tin Tin.
There is a new comic coming out apparently called "Phoenix" 32 pages long, comes out weekly but quite expensive at £2.99 (I think!)

Bunty

I used to love film annuals. The one I used to have had full size photo's of the stars. Again, something my mum threw out when I left home.

I had School Friend and Bunty every week and the annuals for Christmas every year. There was always a bit of an anti-climax on Christmas evening, when all the excitement had died down, so I used to curl up with my annuals and lose myself in them.

I've still got some of my Girl Annuals and also a couple of my mum's annuals including film ones which have pages in colour ie some all in green, some in blue and some in a pink shade! I guess that was bang on trend at the time. I've also got a few Enid Blyton's Holiday Books. Unfortunately I no longer have my Rupert annuals. Getting a new annual was the best part of Christmas for me - I could get lost in it whilst my nan and mum argued over how to cook the turkey

Oh heck; I don't believe this. I've got a Bunty Annual on the shelf behind me, bought from a car boot a few years back. Thought I had one somewhere but was looking in the wrong place. Not the one with Silent Night in unfortunately..this years was Oh Come All Ye Faithfull. Looking through it, it was very educational [although 'Little Lulu' wouldn't be allowed now].

Even at a young age I found Chicks Own a bit creepy with the chicks having human heads [sort of]. I remember having a black plastic scottie dog free from Bunty that I loved [think there may have been a white one as well?].

I had School Friend and Bunty,I also had Princess and had this delivered as a weekly mag also,my DD still has some of my Bunty annuals,I think my younger sister got the rest when she moved from mum's.I agree with you number the price is so high for comic's for the little one's and new one's are coming out every month all start off at a special price and then go to a stupid amount.

I got Tiny Tots and Chicks' Own when I was little then graduated to Topper and Enid Blyton's magazine. The last-named had clubs for charities - The Busy Bees (PDSA) and the Sunshine Home for Blind Babies. I remember having two yellow badges to display my membership of these and ran a 'fete' in a friend's garden to raise funds. Later I read Schoolfriend and Girl - my all time favourite. I loved Belle of the Ballet and Wendy & Jinx. They issued some books about these two characters, one of which was called Wendy & Jinx and the Dutch Stamp Mystery. I used to love the Girl annuals and passed them on to my daughter, along with many of my childhood favourite books. As a teenager I graduated to Boyfriend and Valentine.