Tag Archives: Music

“I’ll Play for Pauline!”

Bunty, ,

Plot:

Penny Harris had been give a violin that had once belonged to a girl, Pauline Harcourt, who died of a broken heart because she couldn’t master the instrument. Pauline’s unhappy spirit seemed to want Penny to succeed where she had failed. Penny’s parents and teacher were surprised when she began playing like an expert.

i'll play for pauline

Notes:

  • Artist: Matías Alonso
  • Reprinted and translated to Dutch as “Ik speel voor Pauline”- Peggy #6/1986.

Appeared:

  • “I’ll Play for Pauline!”–  Bunty: #1258 (20 February 1982) – #1273 (05 June 1982)

 

Old Walnut

Diana, Judy,

Plot:

Old Walnut is the nickname of an old piano, often a face would appear on the front of the piano, caused by the graining of the wood and the way the light shone on it. The piano had many owners over the years and somehow helps people  in need, such as giving a girl courage to dance at an audition after a family accident distresses her.

old_walnut

Notes:

Appeared:

  • Old Walnut–  Diana: #228 (01 July 1967) – #236 (26 August 1967)
  • Reprinted – Judy: #971 (19 August 1978) – #980 (21 October 1978)

 

A Piano For Marjory

Diana,

Plot:

Marjory Lane is a talented pianist who is practising for an important audition, but the piano at her home has been left to fall into bad condition since her father’s death.  She is offered tuition and use of piano by Carl Walden but her mother won’t allow it as she blames Carl for her husbands death.

piano_marjory

Notes:

  • Text Story
  • The story was adapted into a Picture Library Story.

Appeared:

  • A Piano For Marjory–  Diana: #167 (30 April 1966) – #173 (11 June 1966)
  • Reprinted as a Picture Library Story A Piano For Marjory – Bunty PSL: #231 (1982)

She Shall Have Music

Mandy, ,

Plot

Morna Richards was very fond of music, and  was delighted when a strange old woman gave her a lute. While playing the lute, Morna and a friend saw a flash of lightning and were mysteriously transported into medieval times. When they returned to modern times, the lute had changed into a fiddle!

Notes

  • Writer: Maureen Hartley

Appeared

  • She Shall Have Music – Mandy: #317 (10 February 1973)  – #328 (28 April 1973)

A Pop Group Called Pippa

Mandy,

Plot

Fourteen year old Pippa Hendrix was looking for her grandfather, an entertainer. He had vanished after a street accident and the Children’s Officer planned to put Pippa in a Home. Pippa was convinced her grandfather had lost his memory and that he was visiting seaside towns he played in long ago. So Pippa packed up her one-man band kit, and with the aid of Grandfather’s scrapbook she set off to find him.

Notes

Appeared

  • A Pop Group Called Pippa – Mandy: #507 (2 October 1976) – #518 (18 December 1976)

The Alice Band / Brampton’s Big Noise

Mandy, ,

Plot

When Alice Allen started teaching at Grimshaw Girls’ School, she started a band with her students. The girls had named the band after their new teacher and entered a Brass Band Contest. One of the girls, Chris Wilson, showed particular talent and Alice encouraged her to apply for a music scholarship.

In the sequel, Brampton’s Big Noise, the story follows Chris Wilson who had won the scholarship to Brampton College of Music. She had come up the hard way, and had made two enemies at college – a couple of snobs Prue Fletcher and Gwen Terry.

Notes

  • Artist: Guy Peeters

Appeared

  • The Alice Band – Mandy: #459 (1 November 1975) – #473 (7 February 1976)
  • Brampton’s Big Noise – Mandy:  #506 (25 September 1976) – #516 (18 December 1976)