Chums 1928/29 | Chums 1932/33
Colour plates
These two copies of Chums are quite battered. This is the better of the two covers However, most of the interior art is in remarkably good condition, and I hope you enjoy the following samples |
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The Red Chevalier
How
Old Pew lost |
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Comically, this page is titled "Fighting aeroplanes of the Royal Air Force". It shows three ancient (in those days) 'heavy' bombers, a passenger aircraft, and several front line fighters - Gamecocks, Woodcocks, Siskins, and Grebes. No doubt the RAF realised it was not a good idea to name their aircraft after game birds - they might as well have called them 'sitting ducks' - because the next generation of fighters had more pugnacious names like Bulldog and Gladiator |
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An British boy reviews his Chinese army - an illustration from "The Secret of the Yellow Robe" |
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The 'Cutty Sark' in heavy seas
How his ancestor won his spurs. The photograph shows, I assume, King George V, while the colour illustration is of the Black Prince at Crecy in 1346 |
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Crash
at two miles a minute
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Roll-call at dawn. The gallant Australians at Gallipoli
At Bay - I wonder who exactly is most threatened in this pic |
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Lariat
versus Steer
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