Rockfist Rogan.. Flying Boss of Crossbones Island... ----------------------------------- Bet IAN liked *Noddy and Mr. PLOD.!! All the banned books. ??? *>) betty. ----- Original Message ----- From: <LenDenham@aol.com> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Re: Memories of the 50s > Hi Smokey, Ian, Betty et al > > Your memories trigger off so many of mine, Smokey. Seems you do the same for > others. > > On the issue of the 'senior' comics to which all boys graduated, I was > fortunate to have an aunt that managed a newsagents and each week she produced > them all for me. So I read "Adventure", "Hotspur", "Rover", "Wizard" and > "Champion" (remember Rockfist Rogan?). > > On libraries, they provided such a wealth of adventure! I averaged two trips > a week at three books a time. But the library was the scene of my only brush > with the law! > > Our nearest public library was about a mile and a half from home and located > in the basement of a church (due to the war). Half way to the library was a > large water tank labelled 'EWS' (emergency water supply). If you remember > these you will recall that they were huge, about three feet deep and probably > fifteen or twenty feet across, and made of corrugated steel. Because of the > danger of somebody or something falling in, they were equipped with bamboo poles > with a hook on the end to fish them or it out. We (irresponsibly) played at > sending these poles skimming across the water, tiring when they became > marooned in the middle and proceeding to the library. > > One day we were chased by a policeman (in plain clothes and probably off > duty, but to us a DETECTIVE!). We hid behind the bookshelves when he entered the > library and had a word with the librarian. He then said, "I am not going to > chase you around the library because I know who you are." Then to our > amazement he read out all of our names! What a detective! > We were terrified. It was ages before I deduced that, having just hannded > our books in, he had been able to acquire the information from the librarian! > > I never touched one of those poles again. Honest! > > Len > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >