DE YE NAE KEN THAAAT!
Posted: 29 Aug 2021, 10:57
Recent reference in a thread by members who are friends in the north, and their mention of The Broons and Our Wullie, struck a chord in my memory.
In the 1950's my parents escaped from the big smoke to the new town of Creepy Crawley, West Sussex ( I felt obliged to accompany them, as was only 5!).
Our neighbours on one side of our brand new council house were Scots and I used to swap comics, and the bumper fun Xmas albums, with their lad of about my age.
I used to enjoy The Broons and Our Wullie, I never got to see The Sunday Post and the Francis Gay column, so I wondered if this was a joke/spoof column or was it for real?
It seems that My Week by Francis Gay is not a spoof, but I am amused by these comic strips, which have in the past, appeared in the aforementioned news sheet:
Wee Harry, Wor Nicky, Silias Snatcher the Truant Catcher, Wishbone Wuzzy, Austen and his Auto, Barnacle Bill, Natty Ned, Wee Jock Sparra.
Did not Dennis the Menace's dog have his own strip at one time? My favourites, in later years were Garth and Jane in the english Daily Mirror.
That's me done then - I'm off now for a slap-up tea!
Kindest regards,
Christopher
In the 1950's my parents escaped from the big smoke to the new town of Creepy Crawley, West Sussex ( I felt obliged to accompany them, as was only 5!).
Our neighbours on one side of our brand new council house were Scots and I used to swap comics, and the bumper fun Xmas albums, with their lad of about my age.
I used to enjoy The Broons and Our Wullie, I never got to see The Sunday Post and the Francis Gay column, so I wondered if this was a joke/spoof column or was it for real?
It seems that My Week by Francis Gay is not a spoof, but I am amused by these comic strips, which have in the past, appeared in the aforementioned news sheet:
Wee Harry, Wor Nicky, Silias Snatcher the Truant Catcher, Wishbone Wuzzy, Austen and his Auto, Barnacle Bill, Natty Ned, Wee Jock Sparra.
Did not Dennis the Menace's dog have his own strip at one time? My favourites, in later years were Garth and Jane in the english Daily Mirror.
That's me done then - I'm off now for a slap-up tea!
Kindest regards,
Christopher