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Maiden Flight of the Dandy - Annuals

1920, Book
Maiden Flight of the Dandy - Annuals
Maiden Flight of the Dandy - Annuals
Maiden Flight of the Dandy - Annuals
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Item no
39819
Title
Maiden Flight of the Dandy - Annuals
Description
The following writing was inspired by wintry objects in the Museum of Childhood collections. The writers are part of 26, a group of writers with a love of words, who have invented a form of writing, called a sestude, consisting of 62 words.

'Maiden flight of the Dandy'

'"Get out from under my feet!"
The boy slouches off to the shed.
Brainwave.
Balances his Dandy Christmas annual
on top of
his brother's metal strap-on skates.
Puffs out his chest
like Desperate Dan.
Hurtles down the hill.
Scattering stones.
Skinning knuckles.
Braking, Sir Coward de Custard.
Heels of his shoes worn down to stumps.
And that's how they invented the skateboard.'

By Fiona Thompson

Image: The British Girl's Annual 1920s, Princess Tina Annual 1974 & Blue Jeans Annual 1986
Date
1920
Type
Book
Location
Museum of Childhood