I picked up a nice hardback annual at the weekend second-hand.
Its called Speed and Power number 1 from 1975.
Its based on a magazine of the same name.
Lots of great artwork.
I think we looked at little at the mags years ago.
Did you get Speed and Power?
Yep, I used to get Speed and Power every week on the way to school along with the occasional Purnell's History of the World Wars Special with drawings of tanks and planes (anyone else remember those?). I don't remember a Speed and Power annual though. Evry issue was packed with stories and photos of cars, planes, spaceships etc. I also think in picture 2 Ed Straker wants his SHADO car back !
ReplyDeleteDon't recall that Purnell World Wars Yorkie but I did have a lot of Purnell books. They were synonymous with the Sixties and Seventies for me, along with Hamlyn and a couple others.
DeleteI got S& P religously from issue I with the big foldout poster of world warplanes. Ive got this annual and the second one, with a Warthog tankbuster on the cover. Great mag with lots of Arthur C Clarke stories in the early issues. Just wish I still had all my back isues now for all the space articles!
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DeleteI did not get Speed and Power, but according to this site, it was published by IPC 1974-75, and ran to 87 issues. It was then incorporated in to Look and Learn, which is a magazine I did get. Several covers are also shown. I do not know how many Annuals there were, although I did pick up a couple of these some time back.
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I did get some of the Purnell's History of the World Wars Specials, and probably ended up with a couple of dozen. Most of the artwork was by John Batchelor. They were very good books, and helped me a lot when I was just learning about aircraft, tanks, and ships.
Do you still have your Look and Learns Paul?
DeleteWhen I moved to Australia in the early 70s, I discovered the first issue of Speed and Power and religiously bought every issue until it was folded into Look & Learn.
ReplyDeleteI loved the artwork and the cut out models. I kept the entire collection in one big box until decades later, I found someone else who would appreciate it as much as I had...
Very commendable giving them away Looey. I hate the idea that a collection of mags gets chucked away. Alas, many of mine were when I was a kid and I didn't even know I don't think. It just happened as I got older.
DeleteI never realised it was only 87 issues. I must have had them all then, as I recall it going over to Look and Learn, which I hated with a passion as it was really dry and historical. The only redeeming feature was the Trigan Empire strip which appeared now and then. My dad loved it and insisted I had to get it every week, but I never read it.
ReplyDeleteSad that you never read it Wote. Did your Dad suspect?
DeleteWould have loved this. I do have a complete 2nd printing of the Understanding Science mags sat in one of my bookcases that my mum says I badgered her to buy (I only remember them being around forever and reading them again and again - explains my mad scientist phase). We also had the Mind Alive series of mags (my brother has them in his bookcase).
ReplyDeleteI guess that in these modern times of internetland this sort of mag would never get printed now.
How long were you a mad scientist Timmy?
Delete9 years as undergraduate and postgrad insanity. Mwahahahaaaaa!
DeleteMy World of Wonder and Look and Learn collections should be in boxes, buried somewhere in my storage locker (I moved to a much smaller place four years ago, and had to put a lot of stuff in to storage). I certainly enjoyed Look and Learn, but then I have always liked history.
ReplyDeletePaul Adams from New Zealand
That must be dear Paul, rented storage.
DeleteYes, it adds up, month after month. But these are things I do not want to part with. The problem is finding anything in there, especially anything that went in early, and is now at the back, or has several other boxes piled on top - usually both.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. Is it dry?
DeleteYes, dry. Run by a storage company that has branches all over, at least in Auckland. Mine is up on the second floor. Basically a room, with a sliding metal door, and a padlock - rather like a garden shed, but indoors. The place I am in now does not have a shed or a garage, so there is nowhere to keep things that are not in use.
ReplyDeleteWow, just think of all the treasures you have stashed away Paul!
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