I recently acquired from the internet an old copy of Woman’s Weekly for 14 May 1960 and I thought it would be interesting to look and see what was inside and to see how different life was in those far off days and also how different (or similar) magazines were then.
We are now out of the magazine start pages and into the horoscope and then on to the main articles which form the bulk of the magazine.
I recently acquired from the internet an old copy of Woman’s Weekly for 14 May 1960 and I thought it would be interesting to look and see what was inside and to see how different life was in those far off days and also how different (or similar) magazines were then.
As I said last week, the next item is a short story. In fact, this is a long story published in episodes each issue by the magazine and is ‘The Fair Prisoner’ by Iris Bromige.
It’s an excellent story from the instalment that I have here and further research reveals that Iris Bromige is an author of some note, born in 1910 although whether she is still with us, I am not sure.
She wrote romance books aimed at women and this is a serialised version of what appears to be a book published by Hodder and Stoughton as ‘Fair Prisoner’ in 1960 so the book was probably serialised in this magazine and then published. The book was also reprinted by MacMillan in 1969.
I recently acquired from the internet an old copy of Woman’s Weekly for 14 May 1960 and I thought it would be interesting to look and see what was inside and to see how different life was in those far off days and also how different (or similar) magazines were.
We have looked at the cover so it’s now time to have a look inside and, before we begin with the content, one thing that is immediately apparent is the paper that the magazine is printed on.
I recently acquired from the internet an old copy of Woman’s Weekly for 14 May 1960 and I thought it would be interesting to look and see what was inside.
The magazine was launched, would you believe, in 1911 and, so far as I know, it is still going today and can be brought in the newsagents. The magazine has its own website which describes the magazine as Help, advice and inspiration for mature women. That is a description which, I believe, fits the magazine in the 1960s as well. From the website you can also download a high res image of a recent magazine cover to see what is inside.
