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The Greyfriars Holiday Annual for 1927


1926

Greyfriars Holiday Annual

1928


The Holiday Annual 1927 was published by the Amalgamated Press in September 1926, in time for the Christmas market. It cost 6 shillings, had 360 pages, with a cover by R. J. Macdonald. It was reprinted in facsimile form by the Howard Baker Press in 1976.

 

Page

Title

Type

Author

Source

1

The Greyfriars’ Holiday Annual

Picture

Anon.

2

The Editor to His Friends

Article

The Editor [CMD]

3

Greyfriars Calling

Article

various

6

Greyfriars’ Champions - 1 : Bob Cherry

Poem

Anon. [GRS]

7

The Old, Old Story

Cartoon

C. H. Chapman

8

My Day at the Zoo

Article

Billy Bunter

9

Bunter, the Cricketer

Story

Tom Brown

15

In the Days of the Old Time Frontiersmen

Picture

E. E. Briscoe

16

The Ballad of the Holiday Annual

Poem

Anon.

18

Before the Driver Comes

Article

Anon.

20

Rival Authors [Cedar Creek]

Story

Martin Clifford

BF 963-964?

32

When the Red Man Roamed the Far West

Picture

E. E. Briscoe

33

Some Famous Atlantic Liners

Article

G G Jackson

36

Britannia’s Greyhounds

Picture

Anon.

37

The Twins’ Twin Twins

Story

Elmer K Arter

40

At the Crossroads

Plate

Anon.

41

Fighting Against Time

Plate

Anon.

44

A Speed Champion

Article

Anon.

45

The Song of the Birch

Poem

Dick Penfold [GRS]

46

Planning a Model Railway

Article

Anon.

49

Famous Public Schools

Picture

E. E. Briscoe

50

Out of Bounds [St. Austin’s]

Story

P G Wodehouse

75

Among the Treetops

Story

Clive Fenn

78

Famous Schoolboy Fights

Article

George Wingate

79

How to be Happy Though Harried

Article

A Holiday Annual Representative

80

The “Eyes of the Fleet” at Sea

Plate

Anon.

80

Aircraft at Sea [accompanying plate]

Article

Anon.

80

Greyfriars’ Champions - 2 : William Wibley

Poem

Anon. [GRS]

81

Sporting Records of 1926

Article

George Wingate

83

What Happened to Bunter !

Story

Frank Richards

cf. G 753-758

108

Bunter the Boxer

Picture

C. H. Chapman

119

Greyfriars’ Champions - 3 : Billy Bunter

Poem

Anon. [GRS]

121

Greyfriars to the Rescue

Plate

Anon.

121

A Tragic Event of Charles II’s Reign [accompanying plate]

Article

Anon.

138

Last - But Not Least

Picture

Anon.

148

Visions of the Future

Picture

C. H. Chapman

149

Schoolboys of the Empire

Song

H Gwynne / M Nutbrown

152

Picturesque Scenes of Cowboy Life

Picture

Anon.

153

Heavy Odds

Story

Cecil Fanshaw

166

“Gone Away” - How to Enjoy Hare and Hounds

Article

Anon.

169

Robin Hood Turns the Tables

Story

Morton Pike

189

How to Collect Birds’ Eggs

Article

Cecil Maylor

191

Billy Bunter’s Annual

Picture

Anon.

192

In Your Editor’s Den

BBA

Billy Bunter

192

Answers to Korrespondants

BBA

Billy Bunter

192

My Aerial Adventure

BBA

Tubby Muffin

193

The Rebbels of St. Sam’s

BBA

Dicky Nugent

195

Going Strong

Picture

Anon.

196

Fads and Fancies

BBA

Fatty Wynn

196

Ten Little Jigger Boys

BBA

Dick Penfold

197

The Volunteer

BBA

Dick Penfold

197

Chinese Chatter

BBA

Wun Lung

198

Favourite Mottos

BBA

Various

198

The Leg Puller

BBA

Dick Penfold

199

Sons O’ Devon

Story

Philip Hardy

200

Ambushed

Plate

Anon.

202

A Famous Character in Many Poses

Picture

R. Macdonald

203

Lord Eastwood’s Experiment

Story

Martin Clifford

G 127

225

My Towser

Poem

George Herries

231

Famous Public Schools

Picture

E. E. Briscoe

240

The Secret of the Ruined Priory

Plate

Anon.

240

The Smuggling Headmaster [accompanying plate]

Article

Anon.

242

Greyfriars’ Champions - 4 : Horace Coker

Poem

Anon. [GRS]

248

A Hero of St. Jim’s

Poem

Bagley Trimble

255

A Fat and Funny Fellow Fitly Featured

Picture

Anon.

256

Sporting Records of St. Jim’s

Article

Eric Kildare

258

The St. Jim’s Puzzle Corner

Article

Anon.

259

Health, Strength and Fitness

Article

Percy Longhurst

261

Top Dog !

Story

Owen Conquest

277

Greyfriars’ Champions - 5 : Lord Mauleverer

Poem

Anon. [GRS]

278

Glorious Grub

Poem

Tubby Muffin

279

The Rookwood Rat Hunt

Story

Owen Conquest

281

An Unwelcome Intruder

Plate

Anon.

281

A Highwayman at Rookwood [accompanying plate]

Article

Anon.

282

Greyfriars’ Champions - 6 : Dicky Nugent

Poem

Anon. [GRS]

286

The Night Raiders

Poem

Jimmy Silver

287

Sporting Records of Rookwood

Article

George Bulkeley

289

Nugent Minor’s Bad Start

Story

Frank Richards

M 100

348

A Jingle of the Jungle

Poem

Mr Paul Prout

349

Bunter the Palmist

Play

Dick Penfold

359

Index

Anon.


"The Greyfriars Holiday Annual for 1927" © Amalgamated Press 1926 "The Greyfriars Holiday Annual for 1927" Facsimile edition © Amalgamated Press & Howard Baker Press 1976


1926

Greyfriars Holiday Annual

1928

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