Blimey. I’d forgotten all about that. It was a great series. Charity shops FTW!

“Benny arrives at the school gates with his football”. 😁

Interesting that the other headline stories changed. I’m assuming either regional differences or a second print run (back in the days when newspapers actually had multiple print runs).

Also, my Mum went to school with his younger sister, Mary. 🙂

FiFi and Louie The Llama send Boops as well! 💜

BOOP!! 💜💜💜

Oh my. A sudden flood of memories! I can remember buying that first issue with the free spinner. It was like no other comic I had ever seen. Thanks for the fond memories. 💜

That is beautiful. I could watch that all day. 💜

I remember seriously considering the Ace after reading this very article. Forth seemed a fascinating language. In the end I waited and then got Forth for my BBC Micro, on cassette, eventually having it selectively loaded on boot up from an EPROM. I learned Forth before I even touched Pascal or C.

LET eggs = 6

LOL! Well, I had booked an aisle seat right at the back so that I wouldn’t have anyone kicking the seat or talking behind me, but once the show started and I realised nobody else was coming in I snuck down the front. 😁 My own private screening. 😁