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When I wur a lad

Swinglowandslow said:
Oh, you poor bugger!!!
Comics were so big a part of my childhood. Beano, Dandy, Eagle and the really good thick ones that took ages to read.
I remember a childhood friend knocking the door in the e evening holding an armful of them and asking my mum ,who answered the door ,if I had any "swaps"
We'd spend an hour with comics all over the floor , doing deals on what would be swapped for what etc. Then off to bed with a pile to be "consumed" over several evenings after homework and "Journey into Space". or "Dick Barton."
No tv , of course, way back then.
but I wouldn't swap my childhood for the ones 8, 9 yr olds have now, much as I love the technology.
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You couldn't be more wrong.
We used to walk down to the town and go to the library every saturday morning, and choose 2 or 3 books each for the week. Astrix the Gaul and Tintin were great:)
Of course, once secondary school arrived, there was precious little time for casual books, what with homework and the like.
 
Anyone mentioned "Alf tupper". Dandy for me through and through. Even collect the the Yearly albums if anyone has any old un's for sale.. Dandy, Warlord, Commando books. Regret chucking everyone away. Even used to have a sneak at me sisters Jackie mags.
If memory serves me right, most of me peperboy delivering mates used to knick um. 😳
 
Tashyboy said:
Anyone mentioned "Alf tupper". Dandy for me through and through. Even collect the the Yearly albums if anyone has any old un's for sale.. Dandy, Warlord, Commando books. Regret chucking everyone away. Even used to have a sneak at me sisters Jackie mags.
If memory serves me right, most of me peperboy delivering mates used to knick um. 😳
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Someone might have mentioned Alf Tupper in post #3
 
TV Action, Tiger & Scorcher and then Roy of the Rovers. Match Weekly when I was mad enough to like soccer. Finally progressed to Horny Donkey Monthly and never looked back.
 
Tashyboy said:
Anyone mentioned "Alf tupper". Dandy for me through and through. Even collect the the Yearly albums if anyone has any old un's for sale.. Dandy, Warlord, Commando books. Regret chucking everyone away. Even used to have a sneak at me sisters Jackie mags.
If memory serves me right, most of me peperboy delivering mates used to knick um. 😳
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Alf tupper. The only fella who could run up and down Mount Kilimanjaro and somehow find a chippy thats open on the way home. (y)
 
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I don't know if the other D C Thomson comics are still going but my grandson gets the Beano every week.

I used to swap Radio Fun with a mate for Film Fun
 
They stopped doing Dandys a Couple of years ago. Did a Big PR re the sale of the last one. It was me fave. Like i say, collect the christmas yearly bools now.
 
I exclusively read the Viz magazine from the age of about 11. Its a British institution imo

Also explains why i am a foul mouthed oaf
 
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