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by paulS
30 Jan 2022, 18:36
Forum: Non-comics discussion
Topic: repairing children's annuals
Replies: 1
Views: 3641

repairing children's annuals

I had in mind a chat for anyone who might repair children's annuals - taking apart and re-sewing and replacing end papers etc., some of course need binning. Anyone do this sort of thing? thanks for reading:-)
by paulS
08 Jul 2021, 12:41
Forum: Non-comics discussion
Topic: new member introduction and question re 'I-Spy' Annual.
Replies: 7
Views: 5291

Re: new member introduction and question re 'I-Spy' Annual.

regret I've missed completely the connection between I-Spy and Ladybird Books - One is an annual devoted to all the miscellaneous subjects that a children's annual might include, and presumably like most annuals it would have been issued at Christmas time - the other is a small sized booklet which l...
by paulS
07 Jul 2021, 17:21
Forum: Non-comics discussion
Topic: new member introduction and question re 'I-Spy' Annual.
Replies: 7
Views: 5291

Re: new member introduction and question re 'I-Spy' Annual.

thanks - I wasn't suggesting this forum should include I-Spy or similar, just that in my ignorance of the criteria necessary to be included here, I had overlooked the 'strip' requirement, but am now wiser. Have to say I do happen to be a fan of many of the Ladybird issues, and many are very collecti...
by paulS
06 Jul 2021, 19:09
Forum: Non-comics discussion
Topic: new member introduction and question re 'I-Spy' Annual.
Replies: 7
Views: 5291

Re: new member introduction and question re 'I-Spy' Annual.

thanks again, and yes, BP also absent and no doubt for the same reason. Some older annuals which also lack a 'strip' do however sneak in - thinking in particular of The Girls Own Annual, which started life in the late 1870s and appears to have flourished until some time in the early 1940s - the reas...
by paulS
06 Jul 2021, 10:18
Forum: Non-comics discussion
Topic: new member introduction and question re 'I-Spy' Annual.
Replies: 7
Views: 5291

Re: new member introduction and question re 'I-Spy' Annual.

thanks - yes, I'm sure that is probably the answer - not being well up on the criteria for such matters I'd overlooked that aspect. The I'-Spy' format not too dissimilar to Blue Peter - maybe that too not shown in the Annuals list here. thanks for quick reply.
by paulS
06 Jul 2021, 09:10
Forum: Non-comics discussion
Topic: new member introduction and question re 'I-Spy' Annual.
Replies: 7
Views: 5291

new member introduction and question re 'I-Spy' Annual.

morning all - sincere thanks to the Mods. for accepting me as member. I'm a collector of annuals rather than comics, and my question is .................. scrolling through the alphabetical list of annuals I noticed an absence of the News Chronicle 'I-SPY' ANNUAL, and a little curious as to why. The...