Welcome to the 1880s

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Day: Sunday

Time: 4-5pm

Duration: 1 hour

Location: Knighton

Named Organiser: Kay

Did you ever look up from your teenage life of contemporary problems and wish you were back in the safe and easy times of the Victorians? Ever wished you were a Treasure Seeker, or that like Lucy you could go back?

Do you remember the days when you would pass copies of Jackie, or for the racier types Oh Boy! around the classroom? Magazines aimed at teenagers just like you, with their love stories, fashion advice, skin care tips, recipes, problem pages with the constant question of just how far you should allow a boy to go, career advice (nurse or secretary? nurse or secretary?), and pin-ups (David!, Donny!)

But if you had travelled through time to the 1880s you would have found the magazine passed around amongst you and your fellow teens was the Girl's Own Paper, with love stories, fashion advice (does my bum look big in this bustle), skin care tips, problem pages with the constant question of just how far you could go with a boy, recipes, career advice (nurse or typist? nurse or typist?), pin-ups (Princess Charlotte! Princess Alexander!).

This talk will look at teenage magazines of the 1970s and 1980s and compare them with their 1880s counterpart. Find out just what the girl of the 1880s read about, and thrill to the tale of She Couldn’t Even Boil a Potato.

A least one GOP annual volume will be available for browsing during the weekend.