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Blimey, the Beano. I learned to read, reading that when I was a kid. Might have been the Dandy. Definitely one of them. Or both of them.
Jumpers for goalposts hmmmmm hmmmmm
Jumpers for goalposts hmmmmm hmmmmm
Min Bannister
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Aw! Happy Birthday to Plug, Toots, Sid and all the rest!
Bigphoot2
Not sprouts! I hate sprouts.
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There really is a Bash Street - no school though
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-26359708
Min Bannister
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Where did the time go?
Herr Cloaca
Abominable Snowman
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Fatty is no longer called Fatty, but Freddy.
JamesWhitehead
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. . . and they are all claiming compensation for abuse! 
I think they left it a bit too late, 'Leo' Baxendale departed this mortal coil a good while ago now.. . . and they are all claiming compensation for abuse!
JamesWhitehead
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Ah yes! Ever wondered why Plug was not called Coil? 
There is a theory that all Leos descend from the Popes . . .
There is a theory that all Leos descend from the Popes . . .
Frideswide
Fortea Morgana :) PeteByrdie certificated Princess
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lalalalalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I'm not listening!
Coal
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I often wondered why characters in the Beano and Dandy said 'oyaah!' when hurt, then I moved to Aberdeenshire...
Yup, sounds familiar. Usually followed by an "Oohyah. . . B******!" Though it's more of a Glaswegian expletive with more extensions ~ "usually."
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blessmycottonsocks
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David Sutherland, who died earlier this month, took over from Leo Baxendale decades ago.
His final Bash Street Kids cartoon was in the Beano a couple of Wednesdays ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/19/david-sutherland-beano-cartoonist-dies-aged-89
'Decades ago' 'Leo,' myself and one other, had a bash at growing Mushrooms in an empty Post Office Building in Perthshire.
blessmycottonsocks
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He's probably been doing the quizzes that promote junk food on the Beano website:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/02/beano-accused-of-promoting-junk-food-to-children
High levels of Sugar, Salt & Fat. . . sounds like the regular Scottish Diet as I recall!
ramonmercado
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Real life Bash Street Kids.
IMAGE SOURCE, PA MEDIA Image caption, The pupils had "an absolute blast" creating the gag, their head teacher said
Pupils at a Nottinghamshire school are celebrating after winning the Beano's Britain's Funniest Class competition.
Indigo 1, a Year 5 class at Greasley Beauvale Primary School in Eastwood, will be immortalised by one of the comic's artists.
Their winning joke - "What happened to the maths teacher's garden? It grew square roots" - will also feature on the front cover.
Headteacher Michelle Bates said it was a unique experience for her students.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65705830
Pupils at a Nottinghamshire school are celebrating after winning the Beano's Britain's Funniest Class competition.
Indigo 1, a Year 5 class at Greasley Beauvale Primary School in Eastwood, will be immortalised by one of the comic's artists.
Their winning joke - "What happened to the maths teacher's garden? It grew square roots" - will also feature on the front cover.
Headteacher Michelle Bates said it was a unique experience for her students.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65705830
James_H
And I like to roam the land
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Can't have had much competition.
