Girl Annual 1 was the first of the series of annuals for girls in parallel to the
Eagle Annuals. Its content followed a similar style to the boys' annuals, with predictable
gender stereotyping throughout. It has a good range of articles and stories, as can be seen
from the contents list below. Even Harris Tweed makes an appearance.
Original Price : Unknown
Published by : Hulton Press Ltd in 1952
Edited by : Marcus Morris
Dimensions : 21cm x 26.5cm with 174 pages.
Selected highlights:
- Gracie Stansfield? Better known as Gracie Fields
- Take look inside with a cutaway diagram of a sewing machine
- Got a nickname? Perhaps you can learn where it came from.
- Read about the A.T.A, the girl pilots who staggered even the R.A.F.
| CONTENTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| page | |||
| STORIES | 8 | Stage Fright | |
| 19 | Topsy Saves the Game | ||
| 43 | Blizzard | ||
| 62 | Pirates of '52 | ||
| 81 | Miss Pemberton's Puncture | ||
| 95 | Meatless Day | ||
| 119 | Go for Justice | ||
| 137 | A Gap in the Railings | ||
| 161 | Freak Photograph | ||
| STORY STRIPS | 13 | Flick and the Vanishing New Girl | |
| 25 | Captain Starling | ||
| 146 | Jenny Lovelace and the Haunted Tower | ||
| 159 | Lettice Leefe | ||
| SPORT | 29 | A Queen of the Ice | |
| 133 | The Rowe Twins | ||
| NATURE | 49 | The Truth About Weather Sayings | |
| 53 | Restocking the Zoos | ||
| 86 | Odd Pets in Odd Corners | ||
| 89 | Start and Aquarium | ||
| 105 | Strange Nurseries | ||
| 141 | Some Wild Flowers of the Countryside | ||
| 142 | Birds and Animals of the Woodland | ||
| 143 | Outdoor Record | ||
| REAL LIFE ADVENTURES | 99 | Girls of the A.T.A. | |
| 123 | My Real Life Cowboys | ||
| 154 | Our Gracie | ||
| HOBBIES | 58 | How Betty Trained Her Puppy | |
| 67 | Rub up Your History | ||
| 85, 118 | Try It Yourself | ||
| 110 | Inside a Sewing Machine | ||
| 111 | No Primrose Path | ||
| 113 | Ballet Stars and Scenes | ||
| 128 | Collecting can be Fun | ||
| INTEREST | 33 | Candy | |
| 37 | Is It Treasure or Treasure Trove? | ||
| 71 | A Continuity Girl takes you "On the Floor" | ||
| 77 | Susan Follows the Clothes Line | ||
| 103 | Name, please! | ||
| 166 | Girl Inventors are Busy | ||
| 170 | Do You Want to be an Air Hostess? | ||
| PUZZLES | Endpapers | Pictorial Crosswords | |
| 32 | Puzzle Corner | ||
| 104 | Puzzle Corner Solutions | ||
| 32 | Crossword Solutions | ||