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On this day 2nd November 1903 the Daily Mirror was launched - as a newspaper for women
#RonEmbleton
#Halloween
If there’s one thing Ladybird liked more than hovercraft, it was bats. There are lots of bats in Ladybird books.
They were also keen you should be able to name bat-parts
#JohnLeighPemberton
Questions Ladybird never answered, part 26.
Rumpelstiltskin kept his promises. Wasn't the real villain the greedy, bullying King?
#EricWinter
Ladybird wisdom, part 52.
"You very soon know that you are not in England. All around you people are speaking rapidly in French" (1969) #JohnBerry
Ladybird book in the spotlight, part 32.
The Sly Fox and the Little Red Hen (1968) #RobertLumley
In the ‘60s and ‘70s, many children learned to read with ITA. Did you?
(If you don’t know what I’m talking about, here’s a link)
https://t.co/LGsUYB4wiT
#HarryWingfield
“The starlings in this picture are at the halfway stage between their juvenile and adult plumage”
#CFTunnicliffe #ELGrantWatson
Ladybird endpapers, part 27.
The (rather grumpy-sounding) ‘Read-It-Yourself’ series of the 1970s and 80s
#BrianPriceThomas