Plot:
Adventures with Pippa Roberts as she goes on her early morning paper round.
Notes:
Appeared:
- Pippa’s Paper Round – Mandy: #1267 (27 April 1991) – #1269 (11 May 1991)
Yearly Archives: 2015
The Greys and the Greens
Plot:
Lindy Grey is a great fan of a TV soap, “Life with the Greens”, and copies the antics of the Green family on the soap. The problem is, things always go wrong for Lindy when she does so.
Notes:
- Art: Terry Aspin
Appeared:
- The Greys and the Greens – Mandy: #1262 (23 March 1991) – #1269 (11 May 1991)
Nora’s Ark
Plot
Nora Carrie and her dog Skipper go out on a trip with Granddad aboard his boat, “Ark”. It turns into a nightmare when tsunamis strike and cast the Ark adrift. Worse, Granddad is taken ill, so it’s up to the inexperienced Nora to navigate the Ark.
Notes
Appeared
- Nora’s Ark – Mandy: #989 (28 December 1985) – (?)
Emma’s Umbrella
Plot
In 1900, Ivan’s Umbrella Shop is renowned for his beautiful personalised umbrellas, with the owner’s name inscribed on the handle. The last umbrella Ivan makes is inscribed with the name “Emma”, after the daughter he and his wife never had. The umbrella passes through a succession of owners over time, and each time it does so, it changes their lives.
Notes:
- Writer: Alison Christie (Fitt)
- Artist: Norman Lee
Appeared
- Emma’s Umbrella – Mandy: #983 (16 November 1985) – #990 (4 January 1986)
I Must Fall out with Mary!
Plot
Marsha Noble and her sister Mary have always been close. But when their parents head for a separation and think the girls will cope as they are so close, Marsha tries to fall out with Mary in the hope it will keep their parents together.
Notes
- Writer: Alison Christie
Appeared
- I Must Fall out with Mary! – Mandy: #987 (14 December 1985) – #999 (8 March 1986)
Weather-Girl Willa
Plot
Willa Martin acquires a barometer at a jumble sale. She does not realise it has the power to affect her moods with whatever weather forecast it is showing.
Notes
Appeared
- Weather-Girl Willa – Mandy: #987 (14 December 1985) – (?)
Terry and Her Trumpet
Plot
Orphan Terry Thompson lives with her brother Gerald and sister-in-law Frances who are cruel to her and make her slave in their cafe, which leaves her too tired for homework. Terry discovers she has a talent for the trumpet, but when her mean relatives won’t let her play, she tries to find ways to practise her trumpet in secret.
Notes
- Artist: Dudley Wynne
Appeared
- Terry and Her Trumpet– Mandy: #987 (14 December 1985) – (?)
Our Fairy Grandmother!
Plot
The Gregg children adopt a grandmother, Mrs Goodheart. They are in for a big surprise when they find Mrs Goodheart is a real fairy godmother.
Notes
- Writer: Marion Turner (under pen-name: Fiona Turner)
- Artist: Robert MacGillivray
- Script submitted had the title Adopt-a-Gran but was changed to Our Fairy Grandmother! for publication.
Appeared
- Our Fairy Grandmother! – Mandy: #976 (28 September 1985) – #987 (14 December 1985)
Little Miss Twinkle-Toes
Plot
Tina Thomas, a superstitious girl, considers the tap-dancing shoes she acquires to be a lucky pair. She immediately takes up tap-dancing in exchange for a job there as her mother cannot afford classes. Snobby Avril Foster and Lindsey Young look down on Tina and are always causing trouble for her, but Tina believes her shoes are bringing her luck in keeping ahead of them.
Notes
Appeared
- Little Miss Twinkle-Toes – Mandy: #986 (7 December 1985) – (?)
Beth and Boy Georgie
Plot
Georgina Foster and Beth Dawson enter the Bendall Cup for ice-skating but lose their partners when they go to register. Just for a joke, Georgina and Beth enter together, with Georgina pretending to be a boy, George. But when they pass the first heat, this gets them trapped in a deception with Georgina forced to go on pretending to be a boy. To add to their problems, their schools are bitter rivals.
Notes:
Artist: Wilf Street
Appeared:
- Beth and Boy Georgie – Mandy: #972 (31 August 1985) – #986 (7 December 1985)