Nostalgia for Childhood comics.

I used to get the Bunty and my best friend got the Judy. We would save up all our copies and swap piles at the start of every school holiday. I loved having a huge pile of comics to read through, and the luxury of being able to read the serials without having to wait a week! I also got something called June/Girl's Crystal, which had good stories in, but I think it went out of print. Next came the "glossy comics" like Princess and Diana, I loved those because they had fantastic free gifts like the Crystal Ring, or little bracelets or hair clips. Eventually moved onto Jackie and 17, when the same best friend and I would sit with our heads together in the school common room giggling over the Cathy and Claire problems! (Heavy petting - I thought it meant a walk with a chunky dog!)

Enjoying this thread. Yes, Bunty for the Four Marys and Sandra of the Secret Ballet. Sandra had short dark hair, and could make the most amazing moves. School Friend annuals on Christmas morning, that was me sorted. Was Princess Tina a combination of two separate comics? Was this the publication that showed a different historical costume each week? I remember that for the Regency dress, you had to sprinkle water beneath the bodice, to make the fabric cling. Petticoat magazine got me through my teen years.

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We have just returned from the BEANO exhibition in London. It brought back so many memories. Every week my dad bought us the Beano and the Dandy, it was a highlight of our week. Occasionally he would buy the Beezer and the Topper, if funds allowed.

It was so interesting to learn about the history of the comics. I never knew that, during the war, even though paper was rationed, the comics were still printed. They encouraged children to help in the war effort as well as poke fun at Hitler.

My favourite Christmas present was always the comic annuals. Later I went on to the Bunty, I can still remember some of the features.

That post could have been written by me! My dad worked shifts and sometimes when he was on nights he would pick me up from primary school and call to the Newsagents on the way home to choose a comic, all those you mentioned. I always loved getting an annual at Christmas too, even the smell of them, new book smell. ?

I grew up in the US and loved Little Lulu comics, don't think they were available in UK.

I had Playhour, I think I did anyway, there was Nurse Susan and Doctor David, and Walter Hottle Bottle??
I loved Diana, then of course Jackie.
My oldest loved Girl, but the other two had no interest.
As someone said, comics now, are a load of overpriced rubbish.

Happy memories of the Beano and Bunty. Before them I had Robin and afterwards Jackie.

In the 1940's sunny stories was my favourite read. Happy days.

I used to get the Girls Crystal annual at Xmas but I don’t remember ever getting the comic. It was the present I always looked forward to most.

Bunty.. Still got my club badge after near on 60 years

I loved Beano as a child and ordered the present one for my grandchildren, it is totally different to the old days, not my choice but times change. Does anybody like the current comics?

Twinkle was my favourite.
Then when I was older I liked Pink.

On a Sunday morning there was a comic at the end of our beds. My brother had Eagle, my sister had Girl and as the youngest I had Robin, later promoted to Sunny Stories which I loved. The three of us would read our comics from cover to cover, then swap, by which time it was time to get up, dressed and off to church! Loved the security and routine of it. I'm sure those comics gave me the joy of reading for life. Happy days!

Sunny Stories, Bunty, Look & Learn

I loved Bunty it was so good. had a lot of ballet and boarding school stories another world for me!
I loved the annuals would lose myself in them for a Sunday afternoon!

I used to be occasionally given Bunty by my mum's cousin that had a newsagents. It might have sometimes been from the week before, but I didn't mind.
After that I had "Diana" on a weekly order and sometimes buy "Jackie" while on the way to school if there was anything about David Cassidy in it !
From there I went on to have "Fab 208" each week.

I used to get Just 17 and Smash hits too. I know I wasn't allowed to have more or mizz

I used to get Jackie, Just 17 and Smash Hits

I loved comics - and remember rushing home from school to read them. I had, variously over the years, Beano, Dandy (Korky the Cat?) Topper, and later Bunty. The Christmas Bunty annual was treasured, and I avidly read the Four Marys and Moira Kent, the ballerina. I remember a gripping story about the Four Marys being in a train crash and the teacher being very calm - how do these things stick in our minds after sixty plus years?

We lived in the USA for 7 years (age6-13). A dear friend of my mother’s posted the Bunty and Judy, plus some Cadbury’s chocolate(Crunchies in particular) every week. I loved them, especially the boarding school stories. The culture in Britain was so different from 1960s America. When we returned to the UK I enjoyed reading Jackie.

I remember getting Bunty, loved it.

As a keen Eagle reader, I was intrigued, when Girl was published, to see that the front page equivalent to Dan Dare was a woman airline pilot!

Was anyone else a member of the Bunty Club?

I was, I still have the badge and membership card, the badge was a little black Scottie dog. There is a secret code for members only.

( I really should get out more).

The BEANO exhibition is well worth a visit and you can buy a
copy of the comic with all the history.

One of the funniest exhibits was a bit more modern. It was a ‘cease and desist’ letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg. He was accused of copying Lord Snooty.

Remember them all so well , mu Mum was an avid reader and was happy to see us read comics. My big favourite was Bunty! I won a prize with Bunty , wrote a poem about the sadness of a tree being blown down in a storm !! My prize was A Bunty scarf ( red and blue tartan) and a blue plastic wallet - I was absolutely delighted with my success. My poem is still in my head word for word !! I was 10 years old. Happy memories.

I remember at jumble sales you could buy stacks of old comics.
It was also where I got a lot of my Chalet School and Angela Brazil books. Happy memories.