Your jumping off point for various annuals that I’ve covered already is on this page. As usual I’m doing this for myself and hope others might enjoy what I’ve done. If you spot any corrections or additions please do get in contact.
CONTENTS
- A Boy, a Clown, and a Horse by Rosamund Davies; [illustrated by ?]
- What’s Wrong With These?; [illustrated by ?]
- The Silver Jet by Margaret Potter; [illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam]
- What’s Wrong With These?; [illustrated by ?]
- Table Workshop by Louise Cochrane; [illustrated by the author?]
- A Glassful of Oxygen by Vere Lorrimer; [photos]
- Potts – Gangbuster by Desmond O’Donovan; [illustrated by Mike Noble]
- Kitty Clive by Estelle Holt; [illustrated by Will Nickless]
- Crackerjack Quiz by Eamonn Andrews; [illustrated by ?]
- The Adventures of Pierre by John Hunter Blair & C.E. Webber; [illustrated by ?]
- A Question of Identity by Aubrey Feist; [illustrated by ?]
- Rex Milligan’s Christmas Turkey by Anthony Buckeridge; [illustrated by Mike Noble]
- Crossing the Sahara by Michael Ross; [illustrated by Michael Ross]
- The Gordon Honour and the Treasure Ship by Shaun Sutton; [illustrated by Jill Franksen?]
- Magic Made Easy by David Berglas; [photos]
- Dance With Don by Don Tasker; [illustrated by ?]
- Country Close-up with Jon Trant; [illustrated by Maurice Wilson]
- The Lost Tribe of Motilon by Ross Salmon; [illustrated by ?]
- What’s Wrong With These? [illustrated by ?]
- Training for Sport introduced by Bill Lotto; [photos]
- Historical Dolls by Elizabeth Dicey Williams; [illustrated by author?]
- The Rainbow Ray by Anthony C. Wilson; [illustrated by Peter Kay?]
- The Bumblies by Michael Bentine; [illustrated by Michael Bentine]
- Dr. H. Baines tells you How Photography Works; [photos by author?]
The credited artists are:
- Illustrations by
- Noble,
- Geoffrey Whittam,
- Peter Kay McBeath,
- Jill Franksen,
- Maurice Wilson,
- Burgess Sharrocks,
- ‘Victoria’
What’s interesting is how a very few artists have signed their work in some form and others haven’t, and then some artists aren’t even credited!
ART GALLERY plus some queries
My first query is the above story “A Boy, a Clown, and a Horse” by Rosamund Davies. Does anyone have any ideas? I looked at the credited artists and tried to match them up but really the only person I think looks anything like this is Burgess Sharrocks who is well-known for illustrating Enid Blyton’s “Secret Seven”.
I have no problem identifying Mike’s artwork. Although it took me a long time to find his first name but I shall ever be grateful to Jeff Haythorpe and Paul Holder for for making it possible for me to meet the late Mike Noble. He also illustrates a second story in this book . The first gallery below is from “Potts – Gangbuster” by Desmond O’Donovan
The second gallery from “Rex Milligan’s Christmas Turkey” by Anthony Buckeridge
Thanks to David Slinn who first scanned these for me before I owned a copy of the BBC Children’s Annual 1958. And as David scanned the following story “Kitty Clive” by Estelle Holt I thought you might as well see it, especially as the artwork is by the ever brilliant Will Nickless – one of those uncredited artists in this book!
In the middle of the first Mike Noble illustrated story above, this cat by ‘Victoria’ appears and then romps throughout the Annual! I’ve only scanned one image as I know it’s ‘Victoria’s artwork as I’m very familiar with her drawing style having mentioned here before.
“The Adventures of Pierre” by John Hunter Blair & C.E. Webber have some sweet drawings which remind me of the American ‘Golden Books’ but I have no idea who the artists is.
“The Gordon Honour and the Treasure Ship” by Shaun Sutton looks to me to be illustrated by Jill Franksen. Does anyone agree or disagree? She is credited on the Contents page but…
“The Lost Tribe of Motilon” by the ubiquitous Ross Salmon has an illustrator I don’t know. Anyone any ideas?
I’m pretty sure this artwork for “The Rainbow Ray” is by Peter Kay who I was surprised to learn was a Czech citizen before coming to Britain. he worked extensively for Hulton in the 50s on such strips as ‘Susan at St Bride’s’, ‘Wendy and Jinx’, and ‘Lindy Love’ in “Girl”.
Visual Rants 