Plot
Fay Farrell first appeared in the story First-Aid Fay; Young Fay’s ambition is to be a nurse, but her wealthy parents won’t hear of it, so she leaves home and takes a job as First-Aid Assistant in Horton’s Biscuit Factory until she can save enough money to keep herself while she goes to Pre-Nursing Training School. Miss Carver, the strict Matron of the First-Aid Post, seems determined to make things difficult for Fay. Another difficulty arises when Fay finds out that her father is on the factory’s Board of Directors.
Fay does get to continue her nursing ambition, returning in “Fay Farrell – Student Nurse”. When she becomes qualified she takes many different nursing jobs, including; an emergency nurse, fishermen’s nurse, jungle nurse and a school nurse.
(First-Aid Fay – 1963)
(Fay Farrell – Student Nurse – 1965)
(Fay Farrell – Ship’s Nurse – 1966 [Artist: Geoff Jones] )
Notes
- Fay Farrell ran continuously for a time with the story subtitles changed to the particular nursing job.
- Artist: Geoff Jones – Fay Farrell- Ship’s Nurse
- Artist : Emilio Frejo -Judy Annual 1969 and Judy Annual 1970
Appeared
- First-Aid Fay – Judy: #164 (02 March 1963) – #177 (01 June 1963)
- Fay Farrell Auxiliary Nurse – Judy: #263 (23 January 1965) – #269 (6 March 1965)
- Reprinted – Judy: #1146 (26 December 1981) – #1152 (6 Feb. 1982)
- Fay Farrell Student Nurse – Judy: #270 (13 March 1965) – #293 (21 August 1965)
- Reprinted – Judy: #1267 (21 April 1984) – #1290 (29 September 1984)
- Fay Farrell Emergency Nurse – Judy: circa #300 (9 October 1965) – (?)
- Fay Farrell Emergency Nurse – Judy: #314 (15 January 1966) – #317?
- Reprinted – Judy: #946 (25 February 1978) – #955 (29 April 1978)
- Fay Farrell District Nurse – Judy: #335 (11 June 1966) – #341 (23 July 1966)
- Partially Reprinted – Judy: #1202 (22 January 1983) – #1206 (19 February 1983)
- Fay Farrell Ship’s Nurse – Judy: #342 (30 July 1966) – #348 (10 September 1966)
- Fay Farrell Holiday Camp Nurse – Judy: #349 (17 Sep. 1966) – #355 (9 Oct. 1966)
- Reprinted – Judy: #1224 (25 June 1983) – #1230 (6 August 1983)
- Fay Farrell Island Nurse – Judy: #356 (5 November 1966) – #365 (07 January 1967)
- Reprinted – Judy: #1231 (13 August 1983) – #1240 (15 October 1983)
- Fay Farrell School Nurse – Judy: #366 (14 January 1967) – #371 (18 February 1967)
- Fay Farrell Army Nurse – Judy: #372 (25 February 1967) – #384 (20 May 1967)
- Reprinted – Judy: #1291 (6 October 1984) – #1302 (22 December 1984)
- Fay Farrell Jungle Nurse – Judy: #390 (01 July 1967) – (?
- Fay Farrell Fishermen’s Nurse– Judy: #418 (13 January 1968) – #431 (13 April 1968) [no episodes in issues #419 or #429]
Other Appearances:
- Fay Farrell – Emergency Nurse – Judy Annual 1966
- Fay Farrell – Ship’s Nurse – Judy Annual 1967
- Fay Farrell – Problem School Nurse – Judy Annual 1969
- Fay Farrell – Fishermen’s Nurse – Judy Annual 1970
- Fay Farrell – Problem School Nurse – Judy Annual 1971
- Fay Farrell – Factory Nurse – Judy Annual 1973
My father Geoff Jones drew this – its certainly his artwork in The Ships Nurse
Thanks for the update, he is credited for other stories on the site and it always good to get confirmation! He had some very nice artwrk over the years. Would you happen to know any other stories he drew?
Fay Farrell was the reason I chose nursing ! And 43 years later I’m still a nurse !
Just an update, Lorraine, on your entry for ‘Fay Farrell – Fishermen’s Nurse’, not ‘Fisherman’s’ as you have stated above. It ran between 418 (January 13 1968) and 431 (April 13 1968). The episode slated to appear in 419 was held over until 420, and there was no indication at the end of the instalment in 428 that it wouldn’t appear in 429. Furthermore, a magnifying glass would have been useful at the end of the story in order to see the words ‘THE END’.