Swift Annual 1 is the first of the companion annual aimed at a slightly younger audience. It advises on
its cover that it offers Exciting Picture-Stories, Articles, Hobbies and Jokes!. Its inner front and
rear covers show illustrations of a variety of wild animals. As can be seen from the image, it differs from
its companion annuals by using blue for its cover.
Original Price : Unknown
Published by : Hulton Press in 1954
Edited by : Marcus Morris
Dimensions : 21.5cm x 26.5cm with 133 pages.
Selected highlights:
- Pipe Cleaner Kitten - can you still buy pipe cleaners ?
- Sir Boldasbrass makes an appearance, looking very much like a cross between Captain Pugwash and Harris Tweed
- Educating Archie was a ventroliquist's dummy who used to have a radio show - he's now here as a cartoon !
- Young Horace & Dotty and Spotty are missed from the Contents list at pages 34 and 104 respectively
| CONTENTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Stories | page | Mono the Moon Man | 64 |
| Smuggler's Cove | 8 | Nicky Nobody | 75 |
| A Visit to Valerie | 17 | The Topple Twins | 83 |
| The Boy Crusader | 21 | Th Sign of the Scarlet Ladybird | 84 |
| The Poachers | 32 | Our Gang | 86, 93 |
| Adventure from the Sky | 37 | An Adventure of St. Paul | 105 |
| Pam's First Ride | 49 | The Fleet Family on Fire Island | 124 |
| You Can't Blame the Ball | 57 | ||
| The Dark Raider | 65 | Hobbies | |
| The Tunnel Mystery | 71 | Bird Watching in Your Garden | 42 |
| Sandy of the Sea Patrol | 97 | Fun with Model Planes | 53 |
| Danger Ahead! | 101 | What to do with Sea Side Shells | 63 |
| Tony's Challenge | 109 | Pipe Cleaner Kitten | 100 |
| The Girl from the Sea | 115 | Make a Bird Table | 123 |
| Julie's Borrowed Dog | 128 | ||
| Strips | Interest | ||
| Tom Tex and Pinto | 13 | The Name in the Peppermint Rock | 29 |
| Joseph and his Brothers | 20 | Ask the Vet | 31 |
| Tarna, Jungle Boy | 25 | Alec Bedser | 35 |
| Koko the Bushbaby | 40 | The Trawler Man | 61 |
| Roddy the Road Scout | 41 | Pirate Gold | 79 |
| Daisy | 44 | Speed | 87 |
| Paul English | 45 | The Race Track | 88 |
| Tubby | 52 | Our Christmas Pantomime | 89 |
| Sir Boldasbrass | 56, 122 | Bail Up! | 94 |
| Educating Archie | 62, 113 | Margot Fonteyn | 106 |
| Road Quiz | 108 | Nature | |
| The Fireman | 114 | ||
| Top Secret | 119 | British Wild Animals | 69 |
| Answers to Road Quiz | 132 | British Birds | 70 |
| Big Chief Rain-in-the-Face | 133 | Commmon Trees, their Leaves and Flowers | 82 |
| FRONT ENDPAPERS: A hippopotamus family, left; a racoon family, right. | |||
| BACK ENDPAPERS: An armadillo family, left; a family of leopards, right. | |||