Category Archives: Mandy

Little Miss Busyfingers

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Plot

It is the end of World War II. All the other evacuees have left the Larches, home to Misses Daphne and Edith Burntree. Vi (Violet) Lambeth has stayed on because the housekeeper, Mrs Porter, is kind to her. But then the Misses Burntree sack Mrs Porter and start using Vi as an unpaid servant. They also get rid of the piano Mrs Porter left Vi as a gift, so Vi has to find other ways of playing the piano. And Vi has to contend with bullies at school as well.

busyfingers

Notes

  • Text Story
  • Spot Art: Tom Hurst

Appeared

  • Little Miss Busyfingers –  Mandy: #1232 (25 August 1990) – #1243 (10 November 1990)

 

Daughter of the House

Mandy

Plot

Janice Gower learns that she was accidentally switched at birth. She is really the daughter of Mr and Mrs Welch, who are now deceased. Sharon, who had been brought up by the Welches, now comes to live with her real parents, the Gowers. But things are not going well between Janice and Sharon because Janice is convinced that Sharon is trying to take her place in the family and getting more attention from the parents than she is. It gets to the point where Janice decides to run away – but then she is very surprised to find Sharon is doing the same thing!

House

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Daughter of the House –  Mandy: #1230 (11 August 1980) – #1239 (13 October 1990)

 

Have I Been Here Before?

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Plot

Diane Dawson and her family move into Parfitt Court. Diane begins to have disturbing dreams in which she relives the hard life of Meg Hardy, who had once worked as a kitchen maid at Parfitt Court. Worse, Diana finds that she seems to experience parallels to her dreams in real life, such as falling ill of a fever while she dreams that Meg does and is in danger of death.

Before

Notes

Appeared

  • Have I Been Here Before? –  Mandy: #1224 (30 June 1990) – #1238 (6 October 1990)

 

Sandi’s Secret Services

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Plot

Sandi Peters lives with her Aunt Madge, Uncle George, and cousins Bridget and Clara. She is an unpaid servant who is expected to wait on her lazy uncle and spoiled cousins, and slave as a seamstress for her aunt’s clothes business, which the aunt does not run honestly. Sandi discovers a passion for table tennis, but has to find ways to get away from the work her guardians lumber her with in order to practise and compete in secret. This is not always easy.

Sandi

Notes

  • Artist: Veronica Weir

Appeared

  • Sandi’s Secret Services –  Mandy: #1232 (25 August 1990) – #1243 (10 November 1990)

 

Dad Must Never Know!

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Plot

Sally Randall wants to be a show-jumper, but her father has banned ponies. Crippled show-jumper Ruth Hanbury has secretly trained Sally on her own pony, Storm. Sally is entering events under the name of “McAndrew” and competing in the Junior Championships. Then jealous Joyce Heath discovers that Sally is competing under a false name, which is grounds for disqualification. Sally has realised Joyce knows the truth but wonders why Joyce isn’t letting on. She does not realise that Joyce is trying to figure out her motive for competing under a false name, which must be a serious one, before reporting her.

Dad

Notes

Appeared

  • Dad Must Never Know! –  Mandy:  #1208 (10 March 1990) – #1218 (19 May 1990)

 

I’ll Find a Friend!

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Plot

Vicky Page and Pam Reid have always hated each other, but now they are both looking for a new friend as theirs have gone to another town. This leads to more animosity between them as each tries to outdo the other in finding a friend and even playing tricks to sabotage each other’s efforts. As a result, neither of them is succeeding in finding a friend.

Friends

Notes

Appeared

  • I’ll Find a Friend! –  Mandy: #1213 (14 April 1990) – #1224 (30 June 1990)

 

The Singer from the Hills

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Plot

Anna Meredith is a talented singer from a hill farm in Wales. She is under contract to Sam Harding and his wife Moira, who are greedy, dishonest and out to exploit Anna’s talent for maximum profit. As a result, Anna is overworked but is having trouble finding the courage to stand up to them or put plans to get out of her contract into operation.

Singer

Notes

  • Artist: Terry Aspin

Appeared

  • The Singer from the Hills –  Mandy: #1213 (14 April 1990) – #1223 (23 June 1990)

 

Auntie Annie

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Plot

Annie Armstrong’s elder sister Joy returns home with her daughter Tessa. This puts Annie and Tessa in the curious position of being aunt and niece, but they are the same age. The girls are finding this awkward and to make matters worse, Annie is finding her niece a sneaky little schemer.

Annie

Notes

Appeared

  • Auntie Annie –  Mandy:  #1213 (14 April 1990) – #1227 (21 July 1990)

 

The Girl They Love to Hate!

Mandy

Plot

Trudy Maxwell has been a popular tennis player, but now she has adopted the persona “Terrible Trudy”, the bad girl of tennis. She is trying to win as much money as possible to help her bankrupt father pay off his debts and thinks a bad girl reputation will attract more people to her matches and earn her more money. Her plan is working, but the price is loneliness and unpopularity.

Trudy

Notes

Appeared

  • The Girl They Love to Hate! –  #404 (12 October 1974) – #423 (22 February 1975)
  • Reprinted – Mandy: #1210 (24 March 1990) – #1229 (4 August 1990)

 

That Imp Angela! / Sweet Sue – the Tiny Terror / Sweet Little Sue

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Plot

Little Angela Lister wins the title of “Little Miss Loveliness” and is now in great demand to appear at public functions. Only Angela’s sister Karen knows that sweet-looking Angela is in fact a crafty schemer and troublemaker and when she puts on her sweet smile, it means big trouble. Later the story was reprinted with new names, Angela becoming  Sue.

SLS

Notes

  • Reprinted twice with different names.

Appeared

  • That Imp Angela! – Mandy: #135 (16 August 1969) – #150 (29 November 1969)
  • Reprinted as Sweet Sue – the tiny terror – Mandy: #534 (9 April 1977) – #545 (June 1977)
  • Reprinted as That Imp Angela! – Mandy: #845 (26 March 1983) – #860 (9 July 1983)
  • Reprinted as Sweet Little Sue –  Mandy: #1213 (14 April 1990) – #1228 (28 July 1990)

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