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Penny Whistle

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Plot

Penny Whistle, lived with her Uncle Dan, who owned a second hand shop. Uncle Dan bought musical instruments sometimes, and Penny, a natural musician learned to play every one. She achieved her great ambition when she was accepted as a member of the Imperial Youth Orchestra. The orchestra was going on a ten days’ course at Bellbridge College before going on a tour. One of the other members Sylvia Norton was a snob and looked down on Penny and her uncle’s “junk shop”.

Notes 

  • Art: Bernard Greenbaum

Appeared

  • Penny Whistle – Bunty: #243 (8 September 1962) – #268 (2 March 1963)

The Lonely Life of Linda Brown

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Plot

When Linda Brown’s parents were killed in a train crash, she went to live with her, grandmother at Melton Manor. Her spine was damaged in a riding accident and her Gran, who devoted too much time to other interests and failed to give her granddaughter the love and attention she needed, employed a young governess, Pat Roberts, to help. Unfortunately when Pat left to get married, the lonely child was sent to a boarding school.

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Appeared

  • The Lonely Life of Linda Brown – Bunty: (?) – #243 (8 September 1962)

Pancake Patty

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Plot

Patty Smith’s ambition was to study art when she left school, but her parents could not afford the school fees. She was a good cook and she hoped to earn enough money for the fees, by working during the holidays at the Cockatoo Restaurant.

Notes 

Appeared

  • Pancake Patty – Bunty: (?) – #243 (8 September 1962)

Other Appearances

  • Pancake Patty – Bunty Annual 1965

Two on a Tandem

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Plot

Val Slade, a well off girl, due to circumstances her holiday plans change and with her mother away from home, she takes a tandem bike on the road. She buys a puppet show second hand to earn money along the way. She meets Tina, a gipsy girl, with a very different life from hers. They team up cycling towards Uppingsham. On their way, they give puppet shows, but they were being followed by a man and a woman who wanted the little theatre desperately — but for a reason unknown to the girls.

Notes 

Appeared

  • Two on a Tandem– Bunty: #229 (2 June 1962) – #243 (8 September 1962)

The School with a Secret

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Plot

It was the year 1940, and Britain was with Germany. Pamela Knight, a schoolgirl with a genius for cracking codes, was sent by the War Office to Rookcliffe School on the coast of Yorkshire. Hidden in a cave beneath the school was a secret branch of the British Intelligence Service. It was Pamela’s duty to help these agents solve enemy code messages picked up by radio, but she was not allowed to tell anyone at the school about her strange job. The Germans figured out there was a code breaker somewhere in the area and send a spy to the school as Miss Chernay a language teacher.

 

Notes 

Appeared

  • The School with a Secret – Bunty: (?) – #243 (8 September 1962)

The Helping Hands

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Plot

The Helping Hands was the nickname given to Coleford’s four friendly youngsters-Peter, Merry, John and Patsy Hands. They spent most of their spare time helping neighbours and friends in their home town.

Notes 

Appeared

  • The Helping Hands – Bunty: (?) – #243 (8 September 1962)
  • The Helping Hands – Bunty: #318 (15 February 1964)
  • The Helping Hands – Bunty: #321 (7 March 1964)
  • The Helping Hands – Bunty: #325 (4 April 1964)

Pip at Pony School

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Plot

Pip Daniels was the only scholarship girl of the exclusive Beaumont School, where wealthy parents sent their daughters to learn riding and horsemanship as well as ordinary lessons. Pip soon settled in and became good friends with classmate Kerry-Jane. Near the end of the summer term, the whole school went to spend a week under canvas near Barhaven, a small seaside village about twenty miles from Beaumont.

Notes 

Appeared

  • Pip at Pony School – Bunty: (?) – #238 (4 August 1962)

Other Appearances:

  • Pip at Pony School – Bunty Annual 1962

Becky of the Ballet

Bunty,

Plot

Becky Barton, a schoolgirl in the city of Norchester, lost her widower father in a plane crash. She went to stay with her Aunt Nan Worsley, who didn’t care a scrap for Becky, and only took her in because she was well paid to do so. Two things helped Becky to keep smiling. One was the friendship of Aunt Nan’s four children – the other was her love of ballet.

Becky was the most talented pupil at the local ballet school, and she was given a juvenile dancing role in a musical show at Norchester’s Olympia Theatre. Aunt Nan only cared about getting Becky’s wage money.

Notes 

Appeared

  • Becky of the Ballet– Bunty: (?) – #240 (18 August 1962)