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We’ll Win the Loving Cup!

Tracy, ,

Plot

Holly Taylor was determined that her parents would win the Dunlow Loving Cup, an annual award made to the local couple who had not quarreled for a whole month prior to Dunlow feast day. Holly had a bet with snooty Cynthia Simpson and would lose her new bike to her, if Cynthia’s parents won.

Notes

  • Artist: Andrew Wilson

Appeared

  • We’ll Win the Loving Cup! – Tracy: #232 (10 March 1984) – #246 (16 June 1984)

A Boy-friend for Brenda

Tracy,

Plot

Brenda Leggatt made a bet with a glamorous school mate, Vivienne, she had to find a boy to take her to end of term disco or give Vivienne her transistor radio.

Notes

  • Translated into Dutch (as “Een vriendje voor Joke”) – monthly Debbie Stripstory #7/1981.

Appeared

  • A Boy-friend for Brenda – Tracy: #27 (5 April 1980) – #40 (5 July 1980)

Rosie the Reluctant Rider

Mandy, ,

Plot

Show-jumper and trainer, Fred Jones, had made a substantial wager with Lord Brandon, a toffee-nosed horse-owner, and was trying to make a top-class show-jumper out of sixteen-year-old Rosie Perkins. The trouble was, Rosie was clumsy.

Notes

Appeared

  • Rosie the Reluctant Rider – Mandy: circa #818 (18 September 1982) – #824 (30 October 1982)