another old magazine
Sunday, 28. June 2009, 02:07:56
The Boys' Own Paper (BOP) was a major feature of my childhood.
It was, I now read, founded, in the late 19th century, with religious intentions, to keep us young lads from straying from the straight and narrow. Heh heh. Certainly, it was always filled by young lads with super-neat shorts, cycling off over the hills, fixed smiles on their faces. I think Biggles and that bunch were in the BOP, but I could be wrong.
There is an excellent article on the BOP here.
Once, in a feat of dexterity the like of which I have not been able to repeat, I bound a year's copies of the journal (I think it was a monthly). My binding was crude but effective. At the same time, I bound a year's issues of the Meccano Magazine (an excellent magazine, covering much, much more than that Meccano building stuff).
There are no such magazines to day - the Internet and television have taken over. I am old enough to huff and puff and wonder if this is a good thing.
The Meccano magazine was such an excellent production that I shall keep it for a blog of its own.
It was, I now read, founded, in the late 19th century, with religious intentions, to keep us young lads from straying from the straight and narrow. Heh heh. Certainly, it was always filled by young lads with super-neat shorts, cycling off over the hills, fixed smiles on their faces. I think Biggles and that bunch were in the BOP, but I could be wrong.
There is an excellent article on the BOP here.
Once, in a feat of dexterity the like of which I have not been able to repeat, I bound a year's copies of the journal (I think it was a monthly). My binding was crude but effective. At the same time, I bound a year's issues of the Meccano Magazine (an excellent magazine, covering much, much more than that Meccano building stuff).
There are no such magazines to day - the Internet and television have taken over. I am old enough to huff and puff and wonder if this is a good thing.
The Meccano magazine was such an excellent production that I shall keep it for a blog of its own.
WIDGETIZE