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Old Ladybird Books updated.
Jane starts charging
(1964 and 1976)

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2022-10-26

…We also had a look at some Aesop’s fables following our Animal Farm session last week. Stories teach us much. As do illustrations. Check out the lion’s right front paw!

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2022-04-14

The modern world in old Ladybird books.
‘Modern chairs and their designers’ (1971)

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‘Clothes of today’ (1964)

“Father’s jersey and scarf are comfortable, though if he works in an office in the city he may go off in the morning in a black coat and waistcoat, black shoes and a bowler hat – and carry an umbrella”

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2021-06-16

The modern world in old Ladybird books, part 146.
"Gradually other lines will be converted till most routes on BR are electrified" (1961)

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2020-09-04

Ladybird Man must accept early on that he will rarely be fully in the picture.

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2020-08-19

The Ladybird look, pt 37.
Denim-tastic holiday clothes
1972

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2020-07-19

Ever here in Ladybird Land we’re finding the DIY face mask thing a bit tricky.

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2020-06-03

The school bus - the idea and the reality

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2019-06-04

On this day 15th April 1912 in the early morning, RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic

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2019-04-15

First and second post (1962)

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2019-03-25

Artist got his young nephew to pose for this illustration of the tin can telephone, 1966.
(I don’t suppose the tin can phone would impress a child today ...)

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2019-01-12

Ladybird book in the spotlight, part 1.
The Night Sky (1965)

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2018-06-15

Wishing you a which is ... rather than ...

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