Banned and Offensive...but hoping to cash in on the fact?!

[Moonraker]

Don't even mention Max Romeo....

[pete9012S]

Super Vintage Daily Mail Annual for Boys and Girls from the 1950's. Including rare Enid Blyton Story called the Dirty Little Boy,Hunt, Hillary and Tensing Everest photos, Royal Interest Photos, Tea Party for Mother recipes, things to do on Wet Days and loads of other fun stuff!

Hardback Annual with Dust Wrapper with a fab illustration of two 1950's children in a flying saucer type spaceship.

Please note there is a very Non Politically Correct Article by Rodston illustrated (worse than gollies) that may cause offence.

Apart from this the rest of the book is a lovely trip down memory lane and a little time capsule of the 1950s!

The Dirty Little Boy only seems to appear in this volume and issue 244 of Sunny Stories,so unless it has appeared in the Journal it's the only chance I will have of reading it.

At £2.69 inc delivery it wasn't too expensive to buy this 'offensive' book either.

Obviously with a write up and warning as good as that I had to buy it at once.

[Rob Houghton]

I have that book! I never noticed anything offensive in it! Damn! I'll have to go and have a look for it!

[Tony Summerfield]

Nice big images of the Daily Mail Annuals now too! What will Pete come up with next!

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[Tony Summerfield]

I have that book! I never noticed anything offensive in it! Damn! I'll have to go and have a look for it!

We all rushed to our annuals! Safety First! on pages 78 and 79!!

[pete9012S]

Great pictures Tony.Many thanks.
Now we can study the cover in more closer scientific & anatomical detail:

It looks like the boy has his hands on each individual nob that controls the craft.
With just two simple joysticks (green & red) it doesn't look too difficult to pilot either.
I wonder which story within the annual the front cover is depicting - hope it's one we're permitted to read.

Contents:

Dear Girls and boys intro letter,
Poor Young Haverford - Eric The Viking Keown
The Story of Florence Nightingale - F.G Prince White
Four Heads Together - Andrew Roberts
Exploring Under the Sea - Richard D.Gannett
The Dirty Little Boy - Enid Blyton DEEMED ACCEPTABLE TO READ
The Imaginary Daughter - Leon Garfield
Peters Dreadful Dram - Poem
Safety First By Rodston *AVOID OFFENSIVE*
A Ballet Dancers Dog - Felicity Gray
Royal Family Photo Potted Spread inc the Royal Tour 1953
St Catherines Lighthouse
Smallest Railway in the World
On top of the World - Everest Photo Cheese Spread
Picture Quiz
Tropical Maths and Butterflies - Colour Photo Spread
Village within a Village - Bourton on the Water, Cotswolds - photos
At Home with Boxhunter - photos 1952 Olympic Hearse
Carved Figures in Miniature - article
The Treasure Punt - R. H. Lowe
Fart Gallery in Stumps - Stamp Collecting - Colin Dale
Fancy Dress for Two - Millicent Harrison
The Man from Venues - Cecil Barr
How Mum Travels- C. H. Gibbs Smith
Keepers of the Kingdom - Sybil Burr
Lights Up - Muriel Hollan
Tea Party for Mother Brown - 1950s Baking Recipes
The Festival of the Nine Lessons - Dorothy Temperley
The Secret Old Fart - Dilys Beeston
The Little Dog Laughed - Dorothy Clewes
Fossett's Cluck - Mollie Chappell
A Year in the Life of a Grey Squiggle - Joanna Loftus
On the Christmas Islands - Alex Willy
Things to do on Wet Days - Anna B.Stoned

[Rob Houghton]

Thanks for that, Tony! Certainly not very PC!

Pete - I think the cover picture might be illustrating the story 'The Man From Venus' which is about two children who meet a man in a spaceship!!

[pete9012S]

Thank's Rob.
I've scanned and scanned the contents page minutely,but only one or two of the titles seem like even remotely possible contenders.

[IceMaiden]

Great pictures Tony.Many thanks.
Now we can study the cover in more closer scientific & anatomical detail:

It looks like the boy has his hands on each individual nob that controls the craft.
With just two simple joysticks (green & red) it doesn't look too difficult to pilot either.
I wonder which story within the annual the front cover is depicting - hope it's one we're permitted to read.

Contents:

Dear Girls and boys intro letter,
Poor Young Haverford - Eric The Viking Keown
The Story of Florence Nightingale - F.G Prince White
Four Heads Together - Andrew Roberts
Exploring Under the Sea - Richard D.Gannett
The Dirty Little Boy - Enid Blyton DEEMED ACCEPTABLE TO READ
The Imaginary Daughter - Leon Garfield
Peters Dreadful Dram - Poem
Safety First By Rodston *AVOID OFFENSIVE*
A Ballet Dancers Dog - Felicity Gray
Royal Family Photo Potted Spread inc the Royal Tour 1953
St Catherines Lighthouse
Smallest Railway in the World
On top of the World - Everest Photo Cheese Spread
Picture Quiz
Tropical Maths and Butterflies - Colour Photo Spread
Village within a Village - Bourton on the Water, Cotswolds - photos
At Home with Boxhunter - photos 1952 Olympic Hearse
Carved Figures in Miniature - article
The Treasure Punt - R. H. Lowe
Fart Gallery in Stumps - Stamp Collecting - Colin Dale
Fancy Dress for Two - Millicent Harrison
The Man from Venues - Cecil Barr
How Mum Travels- C. H. Gibbs Smith
Keepers of the Kingdom - Sybil Burr
Lights Up - Muriel Hollan
Tea Party for Mother Brown - 1950s Baking Recipes
The Festival of the Nine Lessons - Dorothy Temperley
The Secret Old Fart - Dilys Beeston
The Little Dog Laughed - Dorothy Clewes
Fossett's Cluck - Mollie Chappell
A Year in the Life of a Grey Squiggle - Joanna Loftus
On the Christmas Islands - Alex Willy
Things to do on Wet Days - Anna B.Stoned

[Rob Houghton]

Thank's Rob.
I've scanned and scanned the contents page minutely,but only one or two of the titles seem like even remotely possible contenders.

LOL! That contents page is somewhat amusing!!

The Man from Venues is The Man From Venus - which may be the cover illustration - although the children involved don't actually go in the spacecraft.

[pete9012S]

The Daily Mail 1954 cover reminds me a little of the 1967 Gordon Mellor cover for The Golden magazine.

[Courtenay]

For the benefit of those of us who don't have the Daily Mail Annual and are now intrigued, can anyone give us a quick précis of the Very Non Politically Correct article by Rodston??

[pete9012S]

If the other chaps don't respond,or feel it's too offensive,I'll scan the article when it arrives for you.

Funny how we're drawn to the things we are told not to peruse!
In all the hoo hah I've completely forgotten the reason I bought the book was to have access to the story of The Dirty Little Boy.

[Courtenay]

Oh, I don't necessarily want to read the whole thing (or to see it essentially re-published online). I'm just wondering what in particular is offensive about it!! I'm guessing it's something racial, but I may be wrong...

[pete9012S]

If I put it back on ebay when it arrives and describe it as very,very,very offensive I might double my money.