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paul stacey said:
my favorite in the 50's was Dan Dare in the EAGLE, a bit more expensive but great stories and graphics for the time. Paul
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In the 50s you could send away for a Dan Dare pocket watch with an animated figure of Dan Dare firing a "ray gun" and an engraved Eagle logo on the rear. These are much sought after by collectors and are quite rare to get hold of nowadays.

Shown below is my Eagle watch depicting Jeff Arnold, another popular Eagle character.



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Thanks jimadone, unfortunately, I cam from a very poor family and would never have been able to afford such a luxury, even paid for the comic from my paper round, the store owner would order for me and would pay the next week, though sometimes he would give it to me. great comic though. Paul
 
In the 1950s neither could I afford such an item. I picked this up at a local auction a few years ago.
I agree about your comments on the superb artwork and storylines.
 
When young I loved Enid Blyton. Read all the famous 5 books, over and over, they lived in a world I could only dream of, adventures, sea side, lashings of food and drink they had bicycles and rich uncles, everything I did not, so would read them at night tucked up in bed with my torch. Then sleep and dream of going on adventurer's, Paul
 
Used to read Radio Fun, Film Fun. Knockout, Beano and Dandy. Later, the Eagle. Cowboys were often featured such as Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, Gene Autrey and Hopalong Cassidy. PC49 and Harris Tweed also spring to mind but I can't remember which comics they were in.
 
“Hello Mum, it’s only me,
I’ve been to China.
What’s for tea?”

Rupert 1950s.

Every year my brother and I were given a Rupert annual each, when the time was right my mother passed on all the books to other kids. I also recall Toby Twirl, Teddy Tail and one year I had a Mr Turnip book. That was very odd. There were also children’s encyclopaedias, atlases, and the Meccano Magazine every month, and my brother had all of the little Noddy books which he kept for years.

And, one year, probably 1954, a Hornby Dublo electric train set. I don’t think Michael and I realised how fortunate we were.
 
Johnfromstaffs said:
“Hello Mum, it’s only me,
I’ve been to China.
What’s for tea?”

Rupert 1950s.
and the Meccano Magazine every month,
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Now you are talking, if you would like to see ANY UK Meccano Magazine printed ,from April 1916 to April 1981,
also some USA & French Meccano Magazines.
they are available to VIEW or Download here

Meccano Magazine UK covers

www.meccanoindex.co.uk www.meccanoindex.co.uk
 
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paul stacey said:
When young I loved Enid Blyton. Read all the famous 5 books, over and over, they lived in a world I could only dream of, adventures, sea side, lashings of food and drink they had bicycles and rich uncles, everything I did not, so would read them at night tucked up in bed with my torch. Then sleep and dream of going on adventurer's, Paul
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I have read all the above and liked them all, but could not afford them , I know that I did have one or two annuals, for Christmas and such, but only the Beano, at 2/6 was affordable for Mom and Dad, but say Rupert, and Eagle, annuals I believe were around 12/6, so un-affordable for us, but had friends who had them and read some, and enjoyed them, but Meccano I thought super, but never owned any way to expensive for us. Really enjoyed this thread, made me think right back. Paul
 
paul stacey said:
I have read all the above and liked them all, but could not afford them , I know that I did have one or two annuals, for Christmas and such, but only the Beano, at 2/6 was affordable for Mom and Dad, but say Rupert, and Eagle, annuals I believe were around 12/6, so un-affordable for us, but had friends who had them and read some, and enjoyed them, but Meccano I thought super, but never owned any way to expensive for us. Really enjoyed this thread, made me think right back. Paul
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Paul, I believe your Beano annuals were slightly dearer than you think they were
Beano's were 2/6 in 1940-42, 5/6 in 1943, 6/- in 1955 & 7/6 in 1969
Eagle's were 8/6 in 1951, 10/6 in 1955-61 & 12/6 in 1964-69
 
paul stacey said:
When young I loved Enid Blyton. Read all the famous 5 books, over and over, they lived in a world I could only dream of, adventures, sea side, lashings of food and drink they had bicycles and rich uncles, everything I did not, so would read them at night tucked up in bed with my torch. Then sleep and dream of going on adventurer's, Paul
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lashings of ginger beer:grinning: i loved there stories
 
I do remember that too. I did manage to repair mine with sticky brown tape, but it did not last long.
 
In the early 1950s the Eagle comic ran a competition for readers to draw an advertisement for Ingersoll watches and win a grand prize. The winner of the over-12 category was Gerald Scarfe, who later became a famous cartoonist. He won a Dan Dare watch, a sweater, shirt and a boomerang. One of the runners-up in the same age category would also become famous; David Hockney from Bradford.
 
Vivienne14 said:
I used to get this, although I doubt it was not my choice. Must have been my dad’s idea as I expect he thought Judy and Bunty were a waste of time and money. But it was full of interesting info.

I bought this one on eBay last year as it had a special article on floating schools, a similar month long trip I was fortunate to go on in 1969. The info is surprisingly detailed, and to me as an adult, looks quite interesting. But I wonder whether it was so engaging to me as a 9 or 10 year old. Viv.

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Birmingham Daily Post, April 1967

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