Jo Jonson’s hobby of collecting and recording old folk songs was known only to her closest friends. Secretly she sends off her recording to a young folk singer Candy Cotton in the hopes of getting it on tv.
Young Hetty Cole was rather a joke at the stables where she helped—until she bought an old pair of gloves in a second-hand clothes shop. Wearing them, she became an expert rider.
Hetty’s Hands – Judy: #1241 (22 October 1983) – #1254 (21 January 1984).
Modest but mysterious Milly Jones had so impressed Sandra Smythe’s Aunt Agatha that she had been hired to help Sandra boost the sagging sales of Sooperstores Ltd., which the family owned.
Marvellous Milly – Judy:#1242 (29 October 1983) – (?)
When Halley Barnes was struck by lightning, her metal hair-clasp absorbed the electric charge and transmitted it to her as super-energy. But Halley was only a part-time supergirl because she never knew just when her strange powers would switch on, or for how long.
When Lynn Jones, an Olympic sprint gold medallist, returned to home town of Brickfield, she founded the Brickfield Athletic Club to help girls of the town who had no ether facilities to become athletes. Although the Brickfield Belles, as they called themselves, were interested in all events, track and field, their main concern was to train a winning 4 x 100 metres relay team. The team, which it was hoped would help bring publicity and support for the club, had been challenged to race against a team in a house match at the exclusive girls’ school, “The Mount”. Meanwhile, the girls trained by road-running.
Young Ceila Hampton, filming the life of Catherine Laidlow, burnt as a witch in the 15th century, imagined she had been taken over by Catherine. In the woods near Laidlow Castle, Celia frightened her friend, Sally, also in the film, by speaking in a different voice.
Shadow on Celia – Judy: #1237 (24 September 1983) – #1246 (26 November 1983)
Orphan Davina Ray’s talent for diving was noticed by ex-champion Mary Lord, who invited Davina to stay with her for the summer holidays so that she could coach her for the County Championships. But Mary Lord’s daughter, Elaine, also entering the Championship, resented Davina being there. Now Mary was coaching the girls at the local baths.
Davina Dives In – Judy: #1226 (09 July 1983) – #1233 (27 August 1983)
After her father’s death in what everyone thought was a hit-and-run accident while he was guarding the sheep against rustlers, Helga Whitleaf ran their farm with her Aunt Jessie. Her German Shepherd dog, Wolf, attacked Charlie Norman, a wealthy neighbouring farmer, and Helga began to suspect that the man had had a hand in her father’s death. While searching for proof at the Norman farm, she was seen leaving. Next morning, the village heard that the rustlers had struck again, and that a lamb had been found savaged to death. The villagers thought Wolf had done it.
Brand of the Wolf – Judy: #1226 (09 July 1983) – #1236 (17 September 1983)
After buying a statuette of an ancient Greek runner called Laonicus, Sue Sprinter became obsessed with winning. She won the school hundred metres and helped her school relay team to victory at the inter-school sports. But she was strangely unaware of how nastily she acted at times.
Sue Sprinter– Judy: #1225 (02 July 1983) – #1240 (15 October 1983)
Sally Williams’ friend, a stranded space-traveller, was a dog called Spog! Sally, invited along with her parents to dinner by Sir Richard Langthorpe, discovered Spog in the dining room although she had believed that he was in the town kennels. Before she could get Spog away, someone came into the room.
Spog – Judy: #1223 (18 June 1983) – #1233 (27 August 1983)