Anna Simons was very stuck up and hated her new school Park Street Comprehensive, which she felt was beneath her. When news broke that a foreign princess was secretly attending a school in the area, some girls in Anna’s class became convinced that Anna was the princess. Anna decided life might be more fun if she kept up the deception.
Jane Watt had recently qualified as a vet and had joined Duncan McDermott’s practice in Willowtown. Duncan took great delight in making Jane’s life as difficult as possible but this made Jane more determined to show him that she was capable of doing the job.
Orphan Mary Chalmers was to have sailed to Ireland to become a servant girl, while her brother, Eric, attended Ruborn Nautical School. Hearing sinister tales about the school, Mary got a job there instead under a false name, so she could investigate and look out for her brother.
Although forbidden to ride since her sister Jess had been paralyzed in a riding accident, Sue Osbourne had been training Star, a pony considered too dangerous to ride. Sue and Jess were secretly working to cure Star of bucking, and taught him to jump. When their parents found out the gave Star to a dealer to sell.
Unknown to the pupils and staff of Clerkenwell College, an enemy was in their midst. Julie Dean’s father, the former janitor, had been driving to an interview for a new job, following a row with Miss Kane, the headmistress when his car crashed. Julie’s parents were killed and Julie blamed the school for their deaths.
Shelley Davies, an orphan, had been given a home by Lady Patricia Vernon, a distance relative. Anthea, Lady Vernon’s spoilt daughter, was unwelcoming to Shelley, but Shelley stayed because of her interest in Firebrand a neglected pony once owned by Anthea. With help from Mr Jackson,the gardener, Shelley was making progress with Firebrand’s training.
When her explorer parents went missing, Jane Carrington’s guardian sent her to Thorn Hall a school for wayward girls. Going under the name of Jayne Gray she had to work for her keep between classes, unknown to the other pupils who were all from wealthy families.
When Eleanor and Victoria Brook-Thomson’s parents were killed in a car accident, the girl’s discovered they were penniless as the family home had to be sold to pay off debts. The girls were sent to live with Mrs Johnson, the family dressmaker. Victoria was very grateful but, Eleanor, her snobbish sister thought that living in such a place was beneath her. Unknown to Eleanor her biological mother was actually Mrs Johnson who had given her up to the Brook-Thomsons for a better life.
Belle Love loved weddings and offered her services as a flower-girl. She was smart-thinking and often helped solve problems too.
(Art: Ana Rodriguez)
(Art: David Matysiak – Judy Annual 1992)
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Things had gone badly for Kim Lovell since wealthy Mr Symes bought his spoilt daughter, Sandra, for riding lessons at Mrs Lovell’s livery stable. Sandra’s ambition was to ride at Wembley on Red Sunset, a show jumper kept at the stable. Though the horse’s owner refused to sell, Mr Symes threatened to ruin Mrs Lovell s business unless Sandra got what she wanted.