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Children's & Nursery

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The Skipper June 9 1934 Vintage Comic

July 7, 2010

Splendid fun for the 1930’s boy!
Cost 2d.  Quite costly, considering I paid 3d. for my Beano and Dandy in 1959..
Here’s a sample of World News for Boys..
Australia.
Buffalo-shooting wasn’t nearly thrilling enough for Jack Gaden and O. Jennings, of Darwin, North Australia. There wasn’t sufficient danger in it for their tastes, so they decided to become [...]

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The Dwight D Eisenhower Pulling The Scarborough Express

June 28, 2010

After beginning service in 1937 in England, this steam engine classic has a home in the United States at present, in the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The locomotive is displayed with two British passenger carriages once used as part of Eisenhower’s Command Train. These have been restored to the condition [...]

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Writers Block! – We all get it!

June 23, 2010

Such a darling! Young blogger of 1935 with writer’s block! See it also here..

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“A Promising Student”

June 21, 2010

From the Charming painting by Hans Looschen, a Print from a magazine 1896 – has such a contemporary feel about it..could have been done last week! Gorgeous!

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Curly Locks, Curly Locks, wilt thou be mine?

June 14, 2010

Curly-Locks, Curly-Locks, Wilt Thou Be Mine?
Thou  Shalt Not Wash  Dishes, Nor Yet Feed The Swine;
Thou Shalt Sit On A Cushion And Sew A Fine Seam,
And Feed On Ripe Strawberries And Sugar And Cream.

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