Great to come across these original sketches of a WW2 land girl by Leslie Illingworth today. Fab!
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Daily Mirror illustration by Frank Wilkins, 1907... those Harmsworth papers had style!
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A copy of Trunk Call, a British military newspaper from WW2, produced by the British Army's Persia and Iraq Command in 1944
A copy of Trunk Call, produced by the British Army's Persia and Iraq Command, from 1944. Complete with the stamp of the Welfare Committee in Baghdad and a double helping of the Daily Mirror's Jane!
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My first book only came out seven months ago... and they've already pinched it!
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Event: 3rd April- Norman Pett's Jane
Norman Pettβs Jane has been called the most popular comic strip of the Second World War and βthe worldβs first super-model, page three gi...
Looking forward to hosting an evening at the Cartoon Museum in London on Thursday- where we'll be unveiling a lost audio drama from 1945, starring British comics' first female superspy, Jane!
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Welcome to #SaturdayMorning Cartoons! Indie #podcast hosted by preservationist Christopher Jay. Travel back to the #80s every other Saturday! (Ally π³οΈβπ - He/Him)
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