I remember reading Twinkle when I was a little girl, I loved all the characters in it but my very favourite was Nancy The Little Nurse. She worked at the Dollies Hospital where broken toys are mended with her grandad who is the dolly doctor, Mr Jingle. I even had a little dress up outfit like Nancy's.
Polly's Magic Painbox. Polly could paint a picture and it would come to life, very exciting.
Witch Winkle created havoc wherever she went, but it always turned out well in the end.
So many old favourites.
I used to love these cut out dolls. I'd cut out the clothes for them and then sit and dress them in different outfits for hours.
These three comics were dated 1977 and 1978, I would have been eight or nine when they were published. Did you have a favourite comic as a child?
I remember Twinkle, I also love the cut out dolls and dressing them up x
ReplyDeleteI remember being able to buy a book with one or two cut out dolls in and all the rest of the pages were clothes. I played with them and bent the tabs so often to keep the clothes on the dolls that they ended up tearing. I remember my mum trying to repair them for me.
DeleteWhat a trip down memory lane, love it! I remember if I was ill mum would make a day bed on the settee and dad would come home from work with a copy of twinkle, smarties and maybe a Milky Way . Made being ill a treat !!! Xx
ReplyDeleteI have similar memories. I remember my mum often keeping little treats in a drawer for such occasions, she always had a comic or book in hand.
DeleteOh wow, I remember my younger sister having Twinkle while I read Bunty. I thought it was such a shame when I had my own daughter and couldn't find anything similar for her to read xx
ReplyDeleteI don't ever remember reading Bunty. I had the same feelings about comics today when I was looking for them for Eleanor, I can't remember what she read now but I know it wasn't a patch on Twinkle.
DeleteThe Eagle, with Dan Dare, was my favourite comic. Flighty xx
ReplyDeleteI don't think The Eagle was being published when I was of comic buying age, I remember The Beano and The Dandy though, in fact I remember getting The Beano annual one Christmas.
DeleteI liked Little Lulu, Donald Duck and when I got older Archie.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of Donal Duck, of course, but I didn't know there was a Donald Duck comic. I think I might have heard of Archie before, not sure where though.
DeleteI've never seen Twinkle but it looks cute and I think I would have liked it. I didn't read many comics but I had some Archie comics digests that I enjoyed and I also liked some Garfield comic books that we had at school, I think. My husband loves comics (particularly The Far Side, Dilbert, Foxtrot and Calvin and Hobbes) and our son does now too. Hope you're having a good week so far, Jo.
ReplyDeleteTwinkle was a lovely comic for little girls, it's a shame it isn't available any more. I've never heard of the comics your husband likes, not sure if that's because they're not available over here of just that they're not my kind of thing. I know there are shops devoted to comics, I've never ventured inside though.
DeleteWe had Bunty, which every week there was a paperdoll and cut out clothes.
ReplyDeleteI can't ever remember having Bunty. Those cut out dolls gave hours of pleasure.
DeleteI remember Twinkle and the nurse but not sure how I know about it, unless it kept going for another 10 years then maybe my eldest would have had it when she was little.
ReplyDeleteBunty also had a dress up doll back in the mid 60s, I remember drawing round the dresses to make more to cut out and colour and keeping them all in a little tin
Apparently, Twinkle was published right up to 1999. What a great way of making more clothes, I never thought of doing that.
DeleteOoh yes, I loved Twinkle and Bunty too and, later on in the 70s, my favourite was 'Misty'. I've still got my Bunty annual from 1973 and the Misty ones from 1979 and 80.
ReplyDeleteI remember Misty but don't remember having it. I was always bought an annual at Christmas, a tradition I continued with my own kids.
DeleteThey're so cute! I guess I'm too young to have seen these before though.
ReplyDeleteThey are cute. I think comics these days don't cater enough to the younger audience, they all seem to think younger kids are wearing makeup and know all about reality tv stars from the age of five.
DeleteOh Jo what a fab find, I remember Twinkle & Nancy the nurse x
ReplyDeleteI couldn't resist buying them for old time's sake.
DeleteI don't know Twinkle but I did also love paper dolls like yours. I wonder if they still make them? Nice memories of happy childhood hours. x
ReplyDeleteI don't think paper dolls are as common as they were, kids are dressing dolls on computers these days, sadly.
DeleteI remember Twinkle and Nancy and the dressing up outfits! I don't think that I had many comics though as a child. Hope that you enjoy reminiscing with them! xx
ReplyDeleteI certainly didn't get a comic every week, it was a bit of a treat when I was bought one.
DeleteIt was The Bunty and The Judy for me (and my sister). My brother got The Beezer and our cousins who lived next door got The Topper, The Beano and The Dandy. Fun times! :o)
ReplyDeleteI remember Judy. You had a good selection between you all.
DeleteOh, I used to love Twinkle! I'd forgotten all about it until now, but just looking at your pictures brought it all back to me. When I was a bit older I used to read "Bunty" and "Mandy" before moving onto "Look In". Sometimes I'd get "The Dandy", "The Beano" or "Whizzer and Chips" - it makes me a bit sad now when I see the choice of comics that my girls get and how they're either linked to TV programmes or are very grown up at far too young an age xx
ReplyDeleteLook In, I remember that one, I got it too. When I was older I read Smash Hits, Jackie and Just Seventeen, oh and Blue Jeans somewhere along the way too. That's exactly how I feel about the range of comics and magazines now.
DeleteI'll admit to having never seen them, so maybe we didn't get them here in Oz, but gosh they look cute. I did have some paper dressup dolls and played with them a lot. Take care.
ReplyDeleteI loved Twinkle, I don't think there's anything like it for younger kids now. I'm not sure Eleanor even had the dress up dolls, I haven't seen one of those for years.
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ReplyDeleteI haven't thought about 'Twinkle' in years, but your post brought it all flooding back. Happy memories!
Best wishes
Ellie
I think Twinkle was the comic of choice for lots of younger girls, it's a shame it isn't published any longer.
DeleteI used to read Twinkle I don't remember much about it now but I do remember the dolls that came with them to cut out and dress by folding over the little tabs that was my favourite bit.
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten lots of the characters in Twinkle but I never forgot Nancy the Nurse, she was always my favourite. I think lots of us loved those dress up dolls, it's a shame the kids of today don't have such simple pleasures as we did.
DeleteI have so many memories of Twinkle, my dad taking me to the local newsagent to buy the magazine and every Christmas my nan buying me the annual. I can't remember if I still have them or whether I got rid of them but I had a collection from the year I was born until the early 90's and it was so funny how many of the stories I could remember.
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What a fabulous collection, I'm sure many little girls would love to own all those comics and if not, then I surely would. Twinkle was such a lovely comic for little girls.
DeleteI remember Twinkle but I don't remember reading it myself. I loved those paper dolls though, so simple and hours of fun.
ReplyDeleteI lvoed the Bunty and Judy and Mandy books. I used to buy them on holiday with my spending money, happy memories.
Lisa
I remember Bunty, Judy and Mandy but I don't ever remember reading them. It's funny how so many of us remember having comics as children but I don't think they're such a big thing these days, Eleanor was never really bothered with the offerings, her choices were made on the free gift which seems to come with them every week these days, rubbishy plastic toys or make up.
DeleteI've never heard of that one, but how adorable!!! And what an amazing find.
ReplyDeleteIt's years since I've seen a copy of Twinkle so I had to make the purchase just for old times sake.
DeleteOh I remember Twinkle....my favourite part of this comic was the dolly hospital....this brings back so many memories of my lovely Nanna taking me to the village every weekend to put £1 in my bank account and a trip to the shop for a bag of sweets and my Twinkle comic. Happy Days!!! What a wonderful find. x
ReplyDeleteIt was my favourite part too, I used to dress up as Nancy the Nurse and have my dolls and teddies as patients in my hospital. The simple things we used to play as children, none of this electronic stuff they all have these days. I'm so pleased I found these comics, they've brought back lots of happy memories.
DeleteI can remember Bunty and Jackie. I always looked forward to getting them and reading them through cover to cover.
ReplyDeleteGreat memories
All the best Jan
Jackie was one of my favourites, I think I must have been in my teens when I got that one, and then as I got my favourite pop groups I enjoyed Smash Hits.
DeleteYes, Twinkle was my favourite too. Thank you for sharing a little nostalgia!
ReplyDeleteCaz xx
It was a real trip down memory lane looking at these comics, I'm so pleased I found them.
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