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Tell her Sandy sent you.................

]]> feeds@yuku.com (julesnsand) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/4499 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:57:48 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/4456/t/School-Prizes.html
Did other people's schools do the same sort of thing and if so what did you get?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (essexgirl10) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/4456 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:55:11 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2270/t/Alan-Melville-.html
He is now virtually unknown. WHY?

This from a Brighton website:

Largely forgotten now, Alan Melville was a talented all-round entertainer who was best known in the first 30 years after the Second World War. He was a revue author, playwright and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (julesnsand) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2270 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:41:01 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2275/t/Western-Stories.html Never read them myself but they were all prose other than the cover picture.
Do they still sell these?



feeds@yuku.com (william brown) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2275 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:31:57 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2274/t/It-s-a-bit-strong-.html I was looking forward to getting Joan's autobiography and have just been informed it's 'not available'. Anyone know why?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (julesnsand) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2274 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:51:27 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2271/t/Cartoon-By-Willoughby-Gray.html
Simply follow the link and then scroll to the article headed Class of '55

www.robinhood-tv.co.uk/mag15/mag15.htm

Regards

Mike ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mikehenfron) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2271 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:41:34 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2277/t/John-Bull.html Cant recall any of the content now except for the occasional short story and surprisingly the kind of colour graphics which illustrated it (artwork but very realistic).
The only detail is that my father used to enter and send away to a weekly competition called "Bullets" or... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (william brown) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2277 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:51:08 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2273/t/Weekend-magazine.html feeds@yuku.com (Ray) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2273 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:14:32 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2276/t/Companion-Book-Club.html feeds@yuku.com (Ray) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2276 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:24:24 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2279/t/Richard-Pape-.html I read it as a lad and it is a ripping yarn.
I saw in 'Oldie', this month, that it has been republished. Do get it if you haven't read it.


BTW: It was never made into a film,because they thought it a bit too 'meaty' for the cinema in the 50s ]]> feeds@yuku.com (julesnsand) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2279 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:58:30 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2281/t/Chad-Varah.html Steve Winders ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Steve Winders) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2281 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:28:26 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2280/t/Comic.html feeds@yuku.com (ragsthe airman) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2280 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:35:43 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2283/t/Wilson-of-the-Wizard.html I am writing my autobiography (mainly to let my grandchildren know what life was like 50/60 years ago) and I have come to the "comics" part of my story. I would like to include a short extract from some of my favourite stories - I already have an extract from an old, original, Alf Tupper (see www.toughofthetrack.net/) - and I wonder if anyone has a copy of an old Wizard... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (scotty21) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2283 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:26:54 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2284/t/Bulldog-Drummond.html
Anyone else remember them? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (essexgirl10) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2284 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:49:43 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2285/t/Eagle.html feeds@yuku.com (Janet Thresher) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2285 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:34:39 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2287/t/Freda-Hurt.html
I only vaguely remember reading a Mr Twink adventure (now selling through Abebooks dealers for up to 625!!!), but I read and re-read Norgy in Littleland in which the titular little boy and his toy scots terrier shrink down to model-village size to retrieve a missing piece of jewellery (currently one copy available at 36.44).

One or two... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SteveTheRiddler) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2287 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:53:44 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2288/t/Five-Get-On-A-Bit.html
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6967050.stm

It's just screaming for parody, but the producers also handle Poirot and Miss Marple, so... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SteveTheRiddler) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2288 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:22:50 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2286/t/Comics-Britannia-TV-programme-alert.html All the obvious suspects are covered, Beano, Bunty, Commando, Viz, The Eagle and 2000AD.

Narrated by comedy writer Armando Iannucci (The Thick Of It), Comics Britannia will feature comics legends who wrote and drew the original strips, comics experts and a range of celebrity fans who re-live their... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Mr Turnip) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2286 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:51:31 GMT http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2289/t/Hans-Hellmut-Kirst.html
I first read his Gunner Asch series of novels with vibrant satires of life as a german soldier during the war, superb reading, even essential reading.

Later I read 'Officer Factory' devoted to the same period but different, and hideous, events... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Nurse Ryend) http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/2289 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:20:28 GMT