Thomson Comic Free Gifts - The 1930's

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Thomson Comic Free Gifts - The 1930's

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Dandy

No 1(4/12/37) The Express Whistler
No 2(11/12/37) The Jumping Frog

1938

No 11(12/2/38) Dainty Dandy Nougat
N0 12(19/2/38) Dandy Tasty Toffee
No 39(27/8/38) Red Indian Bow and Two Arrows
No 40(3/9/38) Dandy Nougat Bar
No 53(3/12/38) Dandy Fruity Lollipop

1939

No 78(27/5/39) Korky Balloon
No 90(19/8/39) Flying Balloon and Prop

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Beano

1938

No 1(30/7/38) Whoopee Mask
No 2(6/8/38) 8 Sugar Buttons
No 15(5/11/38) Jelly Baby Sweets
No 21(17/12/38) Merry Xmas Mask

1939

No 36(1/4/39) Big Bang Fun Gun
No 47(17/6/39) Licorice Bow
No 69( 18/11/39) Licorice Pipe

Magic

1939

No 1(22/7/39) Sugar Buttons
No 2(29/7/39) Giant Sausage Balloon
No 3(5/8/39) Big Fruity Lollipop
No 20(2/12/39) Rainbow Sugar Beans

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Hard to imagine any of those edible gifts have survived!

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We'd be lucky if ANY have survived, edible or not. I think there's only one Whoopee Mask left?

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Some photos of 1930 Dandy free gifts and adverts
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Another Dandy Free Gift and some Beano Free Gifts 1930's

The Big Bang Fun Gun is only one i have picked up photos of others at some point on the web.
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Adverts for Magic Comic Free Gifts 1930's
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Phil Shrimpton has got the wrapper from the `Sugar Button` sweets! His `Jump Froggy Jump` article carries some lovely photos- but I can't transfer them!
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Is this Wizard free gift of interest to anyone?
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