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Bunty, Judy and Jackie

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happymerryberries · 22/05/2005 13:41

The comics of our youth (or at least old farts like me!)

Anyone else remember the 4 Marys?

And almost all of them seemed to have a story about a working class 'gal' who was a brilliant runner coached by a strange, bitter coach who walked with a cane.

And Jackie talked about boys! Cathy and Claire!

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hunkermunker · 22/05/2005 13:42

Oh yes! My dad said Judy was a waste of money (but it was my favourite!) so I used to buy it secretly

moozoboozo · 22/05/2005 13:45

I used to love the 4 marys!!

I used to love the "spooky" tales as well. Mind you, when Mandy and Judy amalgamted, it just wasnt the same.

SenoraPostrophe · 22/05/2005 13:45

They were fantastic. I only ever bought the Bunty/Judy/whatever annual because I didn't have the patience to wait for the next week to get the next bit of the stories. But yes, I remember the 4 Marys.

Bought Jackie every week without fail, along with the beano or buster.

Didn't C&C tell you to "practice" snogging with a pillow?

Loved the photo stories too. And I still do my eye makeup how Jackie said to do it (when i can be bothered).

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happymerryberries · 22/05/2005 13:52

Indulge in some nostalgia

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happymerryberries · 22/05/2005 13:53

Damn
comics

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Mum2girls · 22/05/2005 14:09

Anyone remember 'Melanie'? It was actually a comic foe older girls, but the man in 'the papershop' gave my dad an issue free and I managed to get him to buy if for me thereafter.

Got Jackie (and Twinkle when a 4/5yo), and my brother and I shared the Beano and Dandy and Whizzer and Chips.

maddiemo · 22/05/2005 14:15

I ised to get Twinkle when I was little. As I got older I had Mandy, Judy, Tracey and Bunty. I loved the four Marys. At xmas I would get a Misty annual.
My sister used to read Jackie and then Just seventeen.
Don't remeber Melanie though.

moozoboozo · 22/05/2005 14:19

I used to read Just Seventeen, but I had to hide it from my parents as they talked about periods and S.E.X.

Caligula · 22/05/2005 14:19

I used to get Jinty and Lindy (1 comic, amalgam of 2) and Bunty. There was always a heroic story of a girl who had to overcome adversity to become a great ice-skater or ballerina, and one of them (I think it was Bunty) had the Cat, a French resistance member who went to school in the daytime - am I making that up? Can girl's comics possibly have had the French resistance as the background to the storyline?

pixiefish · 22/05/2005 14:20

yep hmb- those were the days

sparklymieow · 22/05/2005 14:20

My dad used to say that Just Seventeen was for older girls....... still brought it though....

Yorkiegirl · 22/05/2005 14:21

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maddiemo · 22/05/2005 14:25

I've still got my old annuals in the loft. Will go up and have a quiet read later

Caribbeanqueen · 22/05/2005 14:27

Used to read Jacky every week.

Does anyone remember another one called Patches or am I making that up?

SenoraPostrophe · 22/05/2005 14:28

yes . never looked that good though so i didn't buy it!

Carla · 22/05/2005 14:30

Caligula, so few people have heard of Jinty. It was the best!!

Caribbeanqueen · 22/05/2005 14:31

And there were the cut-out clothes for the doll models at the back of them, I used to collect those.

SenoraPostrophe, just realised I forgot about your B&B search. Really sorry - did you get somewhere?

suedonim · 22/05/2005 14:31

I was a Bunty girl, Judy just didn't cut it for me! I got hooked on Bunty when I was seven. I was quite poorly with whooping cough for several weeks and my mum bought a copy to cheer me up. Did anyone else have shoeboxes full of the cut-out Bunty and her clothes??

Before Bunty, my bro and I had "Look and Learn" and something I think was called "Harold Hare"!?! My bro later had Eagle comics which I thought was posh as it had colour pics and shiney paper.

Spacecadet · 22/05/2005 14:53

mum bought me twinkle when i was about 5, you got a little badge saying you were part of the twinkle club! then i got bunty, and yes i had loads of her cut out clothes!!!!!!!!when i was 12 i went through my tomboy phase and would only read the beano!!!!!!!, then i used to get look in, any one remember that, it was apop mag, then at 14 i graduated to just 17, before moving onto new musical express and melody maker at 16 when i became a goth!!!!!!!!!!

SenoraPostrophe · 22/05/2005 14:55

cq - it's OK - I decided to stay at my dad's and get up early. I didn't get my pint of ale, but I did get a nice home-cooked meal that i didn't have to cook!

Caligula · 22/05/2005 14:57

They never had position of the month in Jackie, either.

saadia · 22/05/2005 15:20

Oh I loved Bunty - used to wait for it eagerly every week, my brother used to get Whizzer and Chips and my sister got Smash Hits. We would sit there eating our sweets and reading our mags. Also read Jackie, Just Seventeen and sometimes Girl. Also read something called World of Knowledge for several weeks. My brother and I insisted on having a copy each so my poor (cash-strapped) mum would buy two copies every week.

Aero · 22/05/2005 16:19

Loved and read them all - My Granny was a newsagent, so I was brought up in comic heaven!! Favourites were Judy, Mandy, Bunty and Tracey. Those were the days - why on earth did they stop printing them!!??

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happymerryberries · 22/05/2005 16:23

At the risk of sounding like a real old fart, because kids are not allowed to be kids any more.

Little girls of 10 or so are getting info on boy bands and make up.

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Miaou · 22/05/2005 16:33

ooooh Bunty....think I read Jackie too...

Anyone remember Lisa the Lonely Ballerina? And The Double Life of Delia? Think they were in Bunty. And I loved the ghosty ones too - always "introduced" by a spooky bloke whose face was always half in shadow

And the Jackie photostories - they were class!! I wrote to Cathy and Claire at least twice too