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Subject: Boys Own Paper memories of the 50's

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tony cooke ('misty'....)

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Date Posted: Saturday, February 23, 09:28:05am

I have a copy of the Boys Own Paper of May 1951 (price one shilling) which contains a treasure-trove of ads and articles such as Brylcream (with a photo of Denis Compton-not a hair out of place), the Webley Air pistol,The Army Apprenticeship Schools, Radio Officer Training Colleges at Clapham, the Wireless College at Colwyn Bay, the London Telegraph College, Earls Court (where I trained), the Merchant Navy School of Navigation at Southampton, the BSA Golden Wings dropped handlebar bicycle (WOW), How to build a two-seater canoe with sails, a detailed article on the Festival of Britain (non-PC!), How to hold down your first job, a story entitled �Biggles works it out�, a Mars bar ad including Sammy Shuteye, BSA Cadet major air rifle, a RAF ad. for apprenticeship to service such airplanes as the Gloster Meteor, stamps for approval, and so many more from those wonderful long-ago days. Makes me feel quite �misty� sometimes when I think about them.
Cheers all
tony

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Boys Own Paper memories of the 50's	Roger Wolfe in Tassie R713695 (Interested)	Sunday, February 24, 08:56:22pm

Re: Boys Own Paper memories of the 50's	Des Taff Jenkins (Happy for Roger)	Thursday, February 28, 06:59:56am