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See Martyn - They've never heard of the Eagle, Wizard and the Hotspur - but read some old tosh called Prince Valiant? What the heck is that all about^&confuse - Sounds like a hair-dressers manual - doubtless with Sleeping Beauty - and Rapunzells hair-do let down and stuff like that????:wink2:

No wonder they're a tad different to us - talking "Strain" - and the like. Still - can't be all bad - they have Obee over there to keep 'em on the Glossy straight and narrow.:cool:

G'Day Jack - now you're up - have a good one.:D jb
 
Jack said:
Don't know them, but what about Prince Valiant?
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Jack, not sure there were comics about him in the UK at the time of the others, I had to look him up, he was and apparently still is popular in the Sunday Paper "funnies". From what I saw the comic strips looked very good^&cool

Now how about..

Classics Illustrated

http://www.abebooks.co.uk/books/Rar...r-three-muskateers/classics-illustrated.shtml

I always managed to find a couple of issues when we had our family holidays down in the West Country (Devon and Cornwall) back in the 50's and early 60's :cool::cool:

Cheers

Martyn:)
 
If The Eagle seems a bit highbrow though - I did begin with a primer.............. Not too sure about the English Language level, mark you! jb:D
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Jack said:
I am glad that people remember 'The How and Why Wonder Books' with such affection. At the risk of sounding even more like a grumpy old man I wonder if thirty years from now on a Forum people will say 'Did you play that video game when you were young - what a formative experience'.

I have added a few other meories - Biggles, Commando Comics and Battle Comics. I learnt all my German from these publications and when I got to Germany I searched in vain for opportunities to say "Gott in Himmel" and "schweinhund". Unfortunately blander phrases like "where is the toilet"? were not part of my knowledge of the language.


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Commando Comics together with Airfix Kits and Plastic soldiers certainly influenced my interest in military subjects.
 
"Commando Comics" Yep me too. My dad used to read them in the 'bathroom'! I tried to copy the drawings sometimes too. They've had a resurgence in later years. Some would even turn up on army exercises I went on a decade ago. I remember one of my captains expressing his relief that he didn't have a hyphenated name, as every officer who had one in the comics seemed to be awful and died horribly....
 
larso said:
"Commando Comics" Yep me too. My dad used to read them in the 'bathroom'! I tried to copy the drawings sometimes too. They've had a resurgence in later years. Some would even turn up on army exercises I went on a decade ago. I remember one of my captains expressing his relief that he didn't have a hyphenated name, as every officer who had one in the comics seemed to be awful and died horribly....
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Hurrah! - We had a few like that too! jb
 
To move away from comics for a moment, how about a classic book like 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'? Saw the great 1982 movie with Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour (who was stunningly attractive) and then read the books.

We seek him here, we seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven?—Is he in hell?
That demmed, elusive Pimpernel.

For old fashioned daring there were none better!
 
Jack said:
To move away from comics for a moment, how about a classic book like 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'? Saw the great 1982 movie with Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour (who was stunningly attractive) and then read the books.

We seek him here, we seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven?—Is he in hell?
That demmed, elusive Pimpernel.

For old fashioned daring there were none better!
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Great TV series in the mid 50's

http://www.scarletpimpernel.com/goring.html

Cheers

Martyn:)
 
As we're talking books again now - I'd also like to put a word in for some of the books from Nicholas Monsarrat. Classics like "The Cruel Sea" - and the wonderful film that followed, certainly sparked my imagination in my teens. The more so, as my Dad was a Sailor during WW2 - and often filled in some of the detail for me, whilst he was still alive.

In fact, I only recently found a second-hand copy of a new one to me by this author, "The Three Corvettes", which is really a series of short stories - and just as good as his other books - and highly recommended if you can find it. jb
 
On some formative books: some of the stuff that I read as a kid included a whole bunch of the stuff produced by C.B.Colby, he was a retired sheriff and put out many photo books on weapons, firearms, police, ships, planes. Basically he took a large format PR photo from the Defense Dept and added a caption with some general information on the item(s) shown. They were cheap and seemed to be plentiful in the school and public libraries in my area. They taught my basic recognition features of ships and aircraft by studying those photos. There were also the "Landmark" series of books on various aspects of history. They included biographies, battles, etc that shaped US or world history. Another great series was call "American Heritage" - they published a more limited selection, but the material was generally good and the book went into a bit more depth. They had titles such as "Naval Battles and Heroes", "Great Days of the Circus" "Steamboats on the Mississippi", "Air War Over Hitler's Germany", and others. Another good information source was the encyclopedia - for the younger generation, that was the internet in book form :)

Gary B.
 
Beaufighter said:
Cheers Forum Squadron Members,

I picked up a First Edition copy of "THE BIG SHOW" by WW II French ACE, Pierre Clostermann. I will give you a SITREP once I am done. Here is some information regarding Clostermann...


Tally Ho,
Beau
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One of my fav bios, a very good read.
 
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