Shortly after the Dead Sea Scrolls were published in 200BC, Ladybird Books started producing their own handy series of books. The staple of all school libraries in Britain. Not a boring doorstop encyclopedia, but a handy pocket book covering every subject from Needlework to Pets. The 'How It Works' series was my favorite. Those cut-away drawings of engines had me all hot under the collar years before I discovered my first flesh-based pornography crumpled up under a hedge beyond the Rugby pitch. I found these two from 1973 and 1968 in a local junk shop this afternoon, and was happy to pay several weeks pocket-money more than their original price of 15 pence. BP
Fantastic. I've never seen the Ladybird motorcycle book. I like the fact that an unruly green-laner has run that pretty scooter rider off the road - but hey, she's seen the funny side (seconds later, she ploughs headlong into a sturdy oak).
ReplyDeleteMick P, that's not a pretty scooter, it's a Triumph Tina. Oh, pretty scooter rider. I get it.
ReplyDeleteDID YOU KNOW, that when Computers or PC's I believe is a more common term became more prolific around the home and workplace etc....the UK Military realised that they where somewhat behind and needed to get up to speed, the answer of course TRAINING, and training needs manuals, for Senior Military staff the answer was found in the Ladybird book or computers... the rest they say is History
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ReplyDeleteI don't have that one either... great stuff. Pre-decimal Ladybird books are another of my collecting obsessions...
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