I once managed accidentally to mark a tweet as containing sensitive content. Here are the dodgy pictures in question.

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Ladybird book pictures on request. The Discontented Pony, 1951

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Ladybird book pictures on request.
‘Ned the Lonely Donkey’ (1952)

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Epiphany

‘The Wise Robin’ (1950)

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Ladybird book in the spotlight.
'The Wise Robin' (1950)

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Ladybird book pictures on request. ‘The Discontented Pony’ (1951)

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The Ladybird look, part 34.
Housework chic (1949)

Tiptoes the Mischievous Kitten

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Other work by the Ladybird artists, part 32.
A really Edwardian flavour to these illustrations.
(Hickling’s work for Ladybird came right at the end of his career and was published posthumously)
1876-1951)

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‘The Inquisive Harvest Mouse’ (1949)

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Ladybird book in the Spotlight.
‘The Wise Robin’ (part 1)
1950

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For some Ladybird cats, 1940s - 1980s: Smoke & Fluff, Tiptoes, Tim & Tessa

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Ladybird book pictures on request.
‘Ned’ (1952)

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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 22.
'The Wise Robin'

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Ladybird book pictures on request.
‘The Sleepy Water Vole’
(A sweet story, although I’m not sure that Hickling had seen many water voles when he illustrated it)

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Ladybird book pictures on request.
The Discontented Pony

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Happy Valentine’s Day.
Together or apart

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