The Last of the Dandy

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Antie Em
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The Last of the Dandy

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The Dandy will be 75 years old next week, when it will be published in print for the last time.

My friend's dad used to draw the cartoons for the Dandy and Beano, and some others - he used to live in Oldbury, but now lives in Halesowen. Rob - you probably know his son from Oldbury Grammar

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Great Comic the 'DANDY'...my weekly treat on a tuesday:
during the war years.
2d.from the corner shop...my mate was bought the 'BEANO'
and we swopped at the weekend.
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I loved Beano and Dandy. OH well, at least the characters still exist online.

A bit concerned about the comic collectors on the same page.

Give us nerds a bad name looking like that :P
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My brother had the Dandy and the Beano, I use to like them .They were better than the girls comics. :-)
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Re: The Last of the Dandy

Post by Rob »

We used to have The Dandy and The Topper when we were kids.Charles Grigg? Didn't he work at Metal Sections?
I can't recall his son though Anty Em.
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