Plot

Debbie had a lot of complete short stories, both picture and text stories and later photo stories. Some of them had a theme such as the flower series and the famous names. Most didn’t have a theme, but historical settings were popular. Some text stories include:

An End and a New Beginning
Raoul is shattered when his horse Liberty dies. Serina does not want to follow the family tradition of the trapeze. She and Raoul find they love each other and form their own act together with Liberty’s foal Lamorna.

Custard in the Jam
A complete text story about a horse called Custard.

The Discovery
Charlotte has lost a string of servant’s jobs because of clumsiness and hopes she does not lose her current one with Mr James Watt. But her incompetence proves useful when she forgets a kettle on the stove. It helps Mr Watt discover the power of steam.

Fear and the Flames
Complete text story about two children trying to escape the Great Fire of London. Spot Art by David Matysiak

The Girl Who Didn’t Like Horses
Carol has not liked horses since an incident, but changes her mind when she meets Flash. Written by a Debbie reader from Reading

Hard Times at Christmas
Julia looks set to face a hard Christmas because her father has been made redundant. But then she discovers the joy of handmade presents.

MacDuff to the Rescue
A story about a heroic dog with spot art with David Matysiak

No Tears Today
A family is paying a trip to Scotland. The children are not happy except one who has a secret – she is seeing the Loch Ness Monster.

Only a Beautiful Picture
Tracey decides her nana’s birthday present will be an enlarged photograph of her son Eddie, who was killed in World War I. Regretfully, there are no photographs of Nana’s husband as many photographs got lost, perhaps stolen, years before. But then Tracey pays a visit to a strange shop in a lane that no longer exists, and the wedding photograph of Nana and her husband is mysteriously recovered.

The Sefton Street Mystery
A girl receives a letter addressed to Sefton Street and presumes it is a wrong address. She goes to find the address on her way to her evening sewing class. She comes to the address, which looks a bit curious with peeling paint, blacked-out windows, and it and all the neighbouring houses are in darkness. She is further puzzled when the woman who answers is wearing old-fashioned clothes. The woman is delighted with the letter, saying it is from her son Billy in the Army. Then, when the girl does a town planning project, she can’t find Sefton Street anywhere. She is told it was destroyed in an air raid in 1943. She begins to connect the dots, but then prefers not to think about it. (Reprint from Spellbound)

Someone to Talk to…
Liz, Jan and Sue keep noticing an old lady who keeps staring out the window. Jan wonders if the old lady just wants someone to talk to. Meanwhile, Jan takes a fancy to Ron Fleming.

The Stranger in the Woods
A girl helps a man in the woods and then finds he is Charles II, the exiled king on the run from Oliver Cromwell.

The Velvet Cloak
Story set in Elizabeth times. Things go wrong when a girl has to deliver a velvet cloak. The cloak is soiled in an accident, but she gets away with it because it becomes the famous cloak that is tossed across a puddle for Elizabeth I to walk on. Spot art by David Matysiak

The Village School
Leanne is having difficulties with her teacher and hates living in the city. Then she comes across an old school and becomes fascinated in how school used to be before her time.

Notes

• Spot Art by various artists including David Matysiak, George Martin and Norman Lee

List of Stories

• The Big Brain of Benstead – Debbie: #104
• Bossy and the Ballet Dancers – Debbie: #105
  
• Pamela’s Golden Pony – Debbie: #106
• The Turquoise Earring – Debbie: #107
• Poor Old Heinzy – Debbie: #108
• The Donkey That Wouldn’t Grow – Debbie: #109
• A Dream Worth Working For – Debbie: #110
• Brother John’s Warning – Debbie: #111
• Easter Surprise – Debbie: #112
• The Cat Came Back – Debbie: #113
• The Gift of Beauty – Debbie: #114 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Magic Moments – Debbie: #115
• Little Lives Need Love and Care – Debbie: #116
• The End of the Road – Debbie: #117
• Frido Was a Friendly Fella! – Debbie: #118
• There Were These Hobbies… – Debbie: #119
• Birthday Girl – Debbie: #120
• No Way to Treat a Girl – Debbie: #121
• There’s Many a Slip – Debbie: #122
• You Can’t Hurry for a Happy Heart – Debbie: #123
• Selina’s Secret – Debbie: #124
• Jenny All Alone – Debbie: #125
• The Owl – Debbie: #126
• All a Matter of Time – Debbie: #127
• Celia Takes Charge – Debbie: #128
• Flowers for a Lady – Debbie: #129
• The Mystery Present – Debbie:#130
• Sunshine Dream – Debbie: #131 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Dog with a Bad Name – Debbie: 132
• The Mists of the Mountain – Debbie: #133 [Art: Norman Lee]
• The Dragons – Debbie: #134
• The Simple Solution – Debbie: #135
• The Price of a Pie – Debbie: #136
• Everything’s Fine – Debbie: #137
• You’ve Got to Believe – Debbie: #138
• MacDuff to the Rescue –  Debbie:  #139 [Art: David Matysiak]
• You’ve Got to Believe – Debbie: #141 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Dance a Lonely Dance, Sing a Lonel Song… – Debbie: #145
• The Flower Broach – Debbie: #146
• The Hiring Fair – Debbie: #147
• Holly – Debbie: #148
• One Day as I was Working… – Debbie: #149
• Happiness was a Harp of Gold… – Debbie: #150
  
• A Deeper Shade of Blue – Debbie: #151 [Art: Norman Lee]
  
• The Orange Sellers – Debbie:  #152
• Dream Pony – Debbie: #153 [Art: George Martin]
• The Girl of the Grey Mists – Debbie: #154
• Someone to Talk to… –  Debbie: #155
• The Velvet Cloak– Debbie: #156 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Nothing Ever Happens for Hannah… – Debbie: #157 [Art: David Matysiak]
• A Horse Needs a Friend Too.. – Debbie: #158
• Rusty Can’t Come – Debbie: #159
• The Wild One – Debbie: #160 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Spring Fair –  Debbie: #161
• Who Would Enter the Haunted House?– Debbie: #162
• Monkey Business – Debbie: #163
• One Fried Egg on an Oblong Plate – Debbie: #164
• The Voice from the Sea – Debbie: #170 [Art: Norman Lee]
• Two of a Kind – Debbie: #171
• Miss Grimble’s Ghost – Debbie: #172 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Mandy & Ballet & Me – Debbie: #173 [Art: Norman Lee]
• Wild are the Waves at Night – Debbie: #174
• A Longing for London – Debbie: #175
• The Apple Tree – Debbie: #176
• Elvira Goes Home – Debbie: #177
• A Queen’s Last Day – Debbie: #178 [Art: David Matysiak]
• All on a Midsummer’s Day –  Debbie: #179 [Art: Norman Lee]
• The Last Farewell – Debbie: #185
• The Ghosts  –  Debbie:  #187
• No Tears Today –  Debbie: #188
• The Discovery –  Debbie: #189 [Art: George Martin]
• It Happened at the Witching Hour… – Debbie: #190
• Keep Me Safe from the Man with the Spade – Debbie: #191
• Custard in the Jam –  Debbie: #192
• In the Shoes of a Queen – Debbie: #193
• Goodbye Dolly – Debbie: #194 [Art: Norman Lee]
• Fear and the Flames –  Debbie: #195 [Art: David Matysiak]
• People Are Always Right –  Debbie: #196
• The Stranger in the Woods –  Debbie: #197
• The Girl Who Didn’t Like Horses –  Debbie: #198
• Strangers on the Moor – Debbie #199
• The Dancer and the Dream – Debbie #200
• Trouble in the Streets – Debbie #201 [Art: George Martin]
• Hard Times at Christmas –  Debbie: #202 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Resolutions are Hard to Keep -Debbie: #203 [Art: David Matysiak]
• The Secret of the Cashmere Shawl – Debbie: #204
• The Way of the Cat – Debbie: #219
• An End and New Beginning –  Debbie: #220
• The Man on the Dark Horse – Debbie: #221
• Liz Will Skate Alone…   –  Debbie:  # 227 [Art: Norman Lee]
• Palace in the Sky – Debbie:  # 228 [Art: George Martin]
• All Because of Tinker  –  Debbie:  #229 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Squeak Piggy Squeak – Debbie: #230
• The Secret of the Turret Room –  Debbie:  # 231 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Sounds Awful – Debbie:  #232
• Susie Will Walk – Debbie:  #233 [Art: David Matysiak]
• The Girl in the Blue Dress – Debbie: #234
• All on a Summer’s Day – Debbie: #240
• A Horse Called Stargazer – Debbie: #241
• The Flower – Debbie: #242
• The Hunter and the Hunted – Debbie: #243
• …Cut Free and Come with Me – Debbie: #244
• The Spirit Lives On… – Debbie: #245
• Little Dog Lost – Debbie: #252
• Taking Rosie Home – Debbie: #253
• A Pony in Paradise – Debbie: #254
• Christmas at the Big House – Debbie: #255
• The Noise at the Top of the Stairs – Debbie: #256
• Blaze and Glory – Debbie: #257
• The Star – Debbie: #258
• Cavern of Death – Debbie: #259
• The Sefton Street Mystery –  Debbie: #260
• The Testing Time –  Debbie: #313
• Waiting for William  –  Debbie:  #320
• Only a Beautiful Picture –  Debbie: #335
• The Treleven Treasure –  Debbie: #336
• Won’t You Join the Dance –  Debbie: #337
• Just Another Customer –  Debbie: #338 [Art: David Matysiak]
• The Brass Buddha –  Debbie: #339 [Art: David Matysiak]
• From Tymes of Olde –  Debbie: #340
• Pride and the Princess –  Debbie: #341
• Driving Force –  Debbie: #342 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Out of the Moorland Mists –  Debbie: #343
• Beyond the Footlights –  Debbie: #344
• Guardian of the Tomb – Debbie: #345 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Secret of the Ring –  Debbie: #346 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Sister Sarah –  Debbie: #348
• A Warning at Midnight –  Debbie: #349
• The Hungry Robin – Debbie: #362
• A Friend for Florence – Debbie: #364
• Terror in Hangman’s Lane – Debbie: #377
• Rosalind’s Revenge – Debbie: #378
• Our Puppy Dog’s Tale – Debbie: #384
• Alison’s Story – Debbie: #391
• Terror on the Clifftop  – Debbie: #402 [Art: David Matysiak]
• The Bal-Maiden’s Treasure  – Debbie: #403  [Art: David Matysiak]
• The Show Must Go On  – Debbie: #404 [Art: David Matysiak]
• The Little Garden – Debbie: #406
• Not Salad Again! – Debbie: #407
• The Silver Skates – Debbie: #408
• Voice on the Wire – Debbie: #412
• The Pleasure of Your Company – Debbie: #413
• Poor Old Rusty – Debbie: #414
• The Best of Both Worlds – Debbie: #424
• A Day to Remember – Debbie: #425
• A Message for Primrose – Debbie: #426
• A Day By the Sea – Debbie: #428
• Not Really Our Scene… – Debbie: #429 [Art: David Matysiak]
• The Village School  – Debbie: #435
• The Holiday Spirit – Debbie: #436
• There’s No Place like Home – Debbie: 439
• Fire in the Forest – Debbie: 440
• The Little Lost Dog – Debbie: #442
• The Phantom of Dolly’s Pond – Debbie: #444
• The Aden House Adventure – Debbie: #445 [Art: David Matysiak]
• Photos Should Be Fun – Debbie: #448
• Pony for Sale – Debbie: #454
• Second Best Sister – Debbie: #456