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Most weeks I upload scans from my vintage magazine collection. Whether it's Lillian Gish in a 1920 Picturegoer or Robin Williams in a 1979 My Guy, you can find them all listed HERE. This week I'm running a little giveaway instead for the Best of Jackie Annual.

The Best of Jackie Annual

Launched in January 1964, Jackie quickly became an ubiquitous companion to Britain's teen - or pre-teen, at any rate - girls. Agony Aunts Cathy and Claire responded to readers' problems, providing they weren't too risque, and pull out posters of David Cassidy, David Essex and Donny Osmond graced many a 1970s bedroom wall. The magazine retained strong sales through most of the 1980s but, by the end of the decade, tastes were changing. Circulation fell and the title folded in 1993, making way for new titles like Sugar (launched in '94) and Bliss ('95).

If you want to relive, or simply live, the joys of Jackie you can get up to five entries for the giveaway by filling out the Gleam form below:

Best of Jackie Annual Giveaway


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  1. emma walters29 December 2015 at 12:33

    i loved smash hits :)

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  2. Unknown29 December 2015 at 21:07

    I always had Jackie & Smash Hits, but loved the stories in Jackie

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    1. Jessica Powell29 December 2015 at 23:46

      Jackie had folded by the time I started buying my own magazines, but my dad used to get me the annuals from car boot sales and I loved the stories. All the 'contemporary' magazines seemed interested in was fashion features on stuff I couldn't afford :/

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  3. Marycarol29 December 2015 at 21:11

    Loved the beano, the dandy and the topper xx

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  4. anthony harrington29 December 2015 at 21:12

    I liked Look-In, however, my Wife was a Jackie devotee so I would love to win this for her.

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    1. Jessica Powell29 December 2015 at 23:47

      I've got the 'best of look-in' books - I couldn't resist getting the 70s one because it had Stan from On the Buses on the cover. I must have seen the films hundreds of times as a kid!

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  5. Helenlt29 December 2015 at 21:14

    Jackie and Smash Hits were my favourites.

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  6. Stacey Haines29 December 2015 at 21:35

    My Mam loved these!

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  7. Unknown30 December 2015 at 00:19

    I loved Jackie.

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  8. Tracy Nixon30 December 2015 at 04:22

    I loved Jackie, The Beano and Barbie! Jackie was my favourite though!

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  9. Unknown30 December 2015 at 09:19

    The Beano

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  10. Unknown30 December 2015 at 10:29

    used to love Jackie, got it every week as a young teenager

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  11. Unknown30 December 2015 at 10:50

    Smash Hits!! xx

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  12. Anonymous30 December 2015 at 10:51

    I loved Bunty in my younger days and Jackie and Just Seventeen later on
    Claire D

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  13. Anonymous30 December 2015 at 11:14

    Look on @tigerfanjane (aj)

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  14. sallyc0630 December 2015 at 12:43

    I loved the Judy

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  15. Lynne O'Connor30 December 2015 at 14:04

    I loved My Guy and Fab 208 Magazine

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  16. Rachel Bustin30 December 2015 at 14:05

    I loved Shout!

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  17. tamalyn30 December 2015 at 14:37

    jackie and bunty

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  18. Unknown30 December 2015 at 16:29

    I always got the beano :)

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  19. lozzle30 December 2015 at 17:37

    i used to read a mag called look in and then moved to smash hits

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  20. clairew13730 December 2015 at 18:10

    Smash Hits

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  21. pretty pistol30 December 2015 at 19:33

    look- in

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  22. Kayleigh Watkins30 December 2015 at 21:14

    I loved top of the pops magazine (Peter Andre posters ;-) xxx

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    1. Jessica Powell3 January 2016 at 21:18

      Hehe, my walls were covered in posters of Five and A1 :)

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  23. Rebecca30 December 2015 at 22:29

    I loved just seventeen!

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  24. Unknown31 December 2015 at 03:58

    Smash hits xxx

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  25. Tracy Gladman31 December 2015 at 09:46

    I loved Mizz magazine.

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    1. Jessica Powell2 January 2016 at 02:32

      Aw, I used to love Mizz too. I remember getting lip gloss and stuff like that with it.

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  26. cat reynolds31 December 2015 at 13:04

    I liked Shout as they had good competitions and I won my gameboy colour from them/1

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    1. Jessica Powell2 January 2016 at 02:31

      That's so cool! I never managed to win any of the magazine competitions.

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  27. Phyllis1 January 2016 at 14:22

    I used to love Bunty Magazine.

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  28. Unknown1 January 2016 at 15:59

    Shout was my favourite

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  29. maci2341 January 2016 at 20:43

    my sister had Jackie annual

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  30. Michelle Ferguson1 January 2016 at 20:44

    I liked Just Seventeen

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  31. Rachel Butterworth2 January 2016 at 00:01

    Sorry I must not have read it right. I thought it said favourite game growing up,not magazine. Oh well (Mousetrap/Smash Hits)

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  32. Jane H Shaw2 January 2016 at 13:41

    I loved reading Cathy and Claire in the Jackie Thanks

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  33. Unknown2 January 2016 at 23:43

    It had to be jackie my sister liked twinkle

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  34. twinlay063 January 2016 at 17:39

    Used to buy Dandy and Beano

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  35. Jackie ONeill3 January 2016 at 17:44

    It was Jackie!

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  36. Big Bird3 January 2016 at 20:29

    Jackie and My Guy

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  37. Unknown3 January 2016 at 20:34

    First Bunty, then Jackie, then' Womans OWn!!

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  38. Karen3 January 2016 at 21:57

    It was Twinkle, and then Jackie :-)

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  39. chrissie133 January 2016 at 22:48

    Mine was Jackie

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  40. Gemma Massey4 January 2016 at 01:16

    Smash hits then shout x

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  41. Catherine @ Story Snug4 January 2016 at 16:08

    I had completely forgotten how much I loved reading Jackie until I read your post :)

    #ReadWithMe

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  42. Brewtiful Fiction4 January 2016 at 16:09

    I've never read Jackie but I'm pretty sure my mum was a fan :) Thanks for sharing with #ReadWithMe

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  43. Solange4 January 2016 at 21:13

    Just Seventeen

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  44. clairdownham5 January 2016 at 13:47

    girl magazine thankyou

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  45. BECCA STAPLES5 January 2016 at 15:11

    Bliss or Just Seventeen were my favourites

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  46. Unknown5 January 2016 at 21:35

    I loved fast forward mag

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  47. angep19696 January 2016 at 14:22

    Blue Jeans :-)

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  48. carolyn joyce6 January 2016 at 22:47

    Horse and pony magazine lol

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  49. Lynn Neal6 January 2016 at 23:31

    Beano and Dandy and then Jackie

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  50. Jo m welsh7 January 2016 at 13:00

    I loved Smash hits and Mizz

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  51. Sheila Reeves7 January 2016 at 16:10

    I loved Jackie, when younger loved Princess Tina too

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  52. Anonymous8 January 2016 at 00:05

    Smash Hits and Just 17

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  53. Unknown8 January 2016 at 10:29

    I loved Smash Hits too...the blog has bought back so many great memories - thanks! I remember waiting so eagerly for the new pop gossip to come out, nowadays it's all on social media.

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  54. kasza9 January 2016 at 11:08

    Jackie, I couldn't wait for it to be delivered, my fave story was Valda.

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  55. Samantha O'D9 January 2016 at 12:13

    Smash hits

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  56. Unknown9 January 2016 at 16:12

    It was Bunty, I loved that! So did my Dad, he used to read it after me! When I was a bit older I loved 'Fast Forward', I had a letter published in there once and I was SO proud!

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  57. adeinne tonner9 January 2016 at 17:42

    Has to be the beano

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  58. Anonymous10 January 2016 at 12:00

    I used to read Viz.

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  59. mimamac10 January 2016 at 12:41

    I loved the stories in Bunty

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  60. krnries10 January 2016 at 16:12

    Jackie was always my favourite - although I rarely had enough money to buy it! I kept one particular poster of David Essex from Jackie for years and years :)

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  61. Frennie110 January 2016 at 22:28

    A magazine called Twinkle :)

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  62. The Quiet Geordie11 January 2016 at 15:40

    Bunty was my favourite! :-)

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  63. Carla K14 January 2016 at 11:59

    Just Seventeen

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  64. Unknown14 January 2016 at 14:08

    Jackie, My Guy and Smash Hits

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  65. Unknown14 January 2016 at 19:03

    i loved smash hits, just so i could learn all the song lyrics.

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  66. Michelle15 January 2016 at 10:16

    Jackie for me

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  67. Kerry locke15 January 2016 at 20:49

    Smash Hits for me

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  68. WeeWillieWilkie15 January 2016 at 21:47

    I loved Shout magazine.

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  69. Unknown16 January 2016 at 18:09

    Smash hits!

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  70. Unknown16 January 2016 at 18:09

    Smash hits!

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  71. Unknown17 January 2016 at 09:20

    Smash Hits for the music and free vinyls ...

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  72. kim styles17 January 2016 at 19:02

    COR!

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  73. Unknown17 January 2016 at 19:08

    I had Bunty.

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  74. Stacy Fenemore17 January 2016 at 19:22

    it was called Big, not sure if its still around now

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  75. Unknown17 January 2016 at 20:01

    The Beano!

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  76. beaudids17 January 2016 at 21:08

    I used to love Beano, when I was older it was Smash Hits and I used to read my older cousins My Guy :)

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  77. Anonymous17 January 2016 at 21:51

    Fast Forward
    Victoria B

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  78. sharon lou johnson18 January 2016 at 12:43

    i loved the beano x Sharon L Johnson

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  79. Anonymous18 January 2016 at 16:52

    Smash Hits was a fav of mine! (@PeanutHog)

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  80. Martha64419 January 2016 at 08:16

    I loved Smash Hits!!

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  81. jo liddement19 January 2016 at 09:13

    Just 17 magazine

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  82. Tim Woolfenden19 January 2016 at 09:27

    The Look In annual and magazine was my fave

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  83. emilia nastaly-howard19 January 2016 at 10:53

    My fav was Beano :)

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  84. HayleyT19 January 2016 at 11:48

    I loved Jackie and Mizz! My gran also used to buy me Look In and Smash Hits!

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  85. PaulaB19 January 2016 at 14:50

    I enjoyed reading Jackie, and Diane

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  86. rayofglitter19 January 2016 at 17:05

    Bliss magazine was my favourite

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  87. Pauline Wilson19 January 2016 at 17:42

    Twinkle when I was a child then Just 17 as I got older

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  88. UsInDagenham19 January 2016 at 20:06

    I loved reading (still do) so have a selection of magazines I grew up with ranging from Roy Of The Rovers and Shoot to Look In and Smash Hits!

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  89. Victoria Prince19 January 2016 at 21:29

    The ones that spring to mind for me are I loved The Beano, Top of the Pops and Animals & You!

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  90. cath19 January 2016 at 21:58

    Jackie and Just Seventeen

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  91. Unknown19 January 2016 at 22:00

    We always had Jackie & Bunty. Showing my age! 😁

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  92. Annalb8319 January 2016 at 22:30

    just seventeen

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  93. Unknown19 January 2016 at 23:33

    It was Jackie for me throughout the 70's

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  94. Eloise19 January 2016 at 23:52

    Just Seventeen, Smash Hits and Bunty (I had old copies from my nan haha)

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  95. joanna_kow20 January 2016 at 00:01

    The Beano

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  96. Unknown20 January 2016 at 00:18

    Absolutely loved The Beano

    Gem Cook (Gemma Cook )

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  97. zoe somerfield20 January 2016 at 08:00

    Look in, loved it for all the posters which then covered my wall.

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  98. angela edmonds20 January 2016 at 08:12

    Jackie was definitely my favourite mag of the times xxx

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  99. Debbie Henderson20 January 2016 at 09:28

    Beano and Dandy when i was really young then went onto Jackie xx

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  100. Samantha walker20 January 2016 at 11:40

    Loved beano but Jackie reminds me of my mum, she was always talking about it when I was a child

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  101. Unknown20 January 2016 at 12:00

    Sugar

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  102. ted20 January 2016 at 12:44

    i loved jackie, i used to stick the posters all over my bedroom wall

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  103. TRACYSB20 January 2016 at 13:11

    Used to love Jackie and Smash Hits. :)

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  104. Emzilla198120 January 2016 at 13:53

    I liked the Top of the Pops mag.

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  105. Unknown20 January 2016 at 14:51

    Always got lookin

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  106. Unknown20 January 2016 at 15:01

    Smash Hits even better when Take That were on the cover

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  107. Unknown20 January 2016 at 17:13

    I loved Bunty and Sugar.

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  108. Unknown20 January 2016 at 18:05

    smash hits mag

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  109. Julie Edwards20 January 2016 at 18:26

    I loved them all. Look-In, Jackie, Just Seventeen, Mizz and even read my brothers Beano and Dandy xx

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  110. jacquelinec20 January 2016 at 19:38

    Jackie was my favourite , I got it delivered every week and put the posters on my walls . Loved the articles too , happy days .

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  111. Pam Francis Gregory20 January 2016 at 20:26

    Bunty was my favourite

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  112. Tammy neal20 January 2016 at 21:48

    Tracey Beaker Magazine xx

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  113. Unknown20 January 2016 at 22:06

    j-17 and smash hits,i LOVED these magazines when i was in my teens :) xxx

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  114. Denielle Nicol20 January 2016 at 22:16

    I cannot decide between just seventeen and smash hits! But wow there was so many more about at that time that I compleatly adored! Fun times :) Dxx

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  115. Natalie Crossan20 January 2016 at 23:26

    The Beano x

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