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Old 06-03-19, 21:21
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Sunny Stories, then Bunty while my sister had Judy. I still remember some of the stories - Wee Slavey, about a Victorian scullery maid, and another about an orphaned girl forced to play table tennis by her wicked grandmother (sounds bizarre when it's written like that!).

Later on Jackie, then Cosmo.
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Old 07-03-19, 18:38
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I had Girl, my sister Bunty and brother Eagle (remember Dan Dare!). I also remember reading School Friend.
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Old 08-03-19, 15:40
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I had sunny stories as well, I think it was an Enid Blyton magazine, then knowledge (my mum was a teacher). When I was a bit older I had princess and swapped with my friends for Bunty, Judy and School friend. Any one remember SUE Day and the happy Days.
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Old 08-03-19, 16:11
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Oh, Anne, we had Knowledge too. It was very interesting.
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Old 09-03-19, 07:29
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You could buy binders for it and it built into an encyclopedia. I learnt a lot from it.
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Old 09-03-19, 09:28
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I found three or four binders full of Knowledge magazines in my Mum's loft when she died in 2004.
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Old 10-03-19, 02:10
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I had 'Knowledge' binders too, I think I was given them by a cousin back in the '60s, I wish I had kept them.

I had Bunty and then, when the TV related comics started, 'Lady Penelope' from issue one.

'Lady Penelope' is probably worth a small fortune to collectors, so wish I had kept them! In fact my sister and I insisted we had our own copies so small fortune x 2

I moved onto 'Jackie' in 1969......The problem page was a great talking point in the first year of my all girls school

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I moved onto 'Jackie' in 1969......The problem page was a great talking point in the first year of my all girls school

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Ah yes, the problems page.

"I am 15 3/4 and I haven't told my parents I am six months pregnant"

I have often wondered what on earth happened to those poor girls and their children.
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Old 11-03-19, 18:40
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Bunty and Princess Tina. There was also June & Schoolfriend but I don't recall reading it. My brother and I used to collect our magazines on a Friday from the newsagent near our school. They were put by for us, which I thought was very posh! I read his mags too - Dandy and Beano. I liked the story strip about Marina from Thunderbirds but can't remember which mag it was in.

I remember there was a serial about a girl with a lovely voice who was freckly and did the singing behind a curtain while a more glamorous looking girl mimed. Not very pc!

Our cousins passed on their Treasure and Look & Learn. One of them had a comic strip story about Roman emperors which I found useful when I read "I, Claudius" in my teens.



Jackie was a stepping stone between girls' mags and the more sophisticated Honey, Petticoat and 19.
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One of my local charity shops has a big pile of issues of Tammy from 1979 in the window for 99p each. A bit after my time, though.
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